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Friends of Jesus
“I do not call you slaves anymore.”
A slave wasn’t a high position of rank.
But with God, being a slave of God carried no shame whatsoever.
Moses was called the “servant of God.”
And certainly, this was no rank of disgrace.
But notice what Christ said, “I do not call you slaves anymore.
I have called you friends.”
It’s interesting that a king often had a select group of advisers, an inner circle of special friends.
They were not merely political consultants.
They were intimate friends to protect and care for the king.
They were given immediate access to the king.
No one was closer to him and he valued their advice more than generals or statesmen.
Jesus raised the stature of the disciples to Friends.
This is an intimate relationship with a bond of love and trust that supersedes formality or protocol.
And it demonstrated a close friendship of deep affection and intimacy.
He reassured them of His desire to have them that close — “I have called you friends.”
He listed a number of characteristics as His friends — beginning with Obedience.
Obedience
“This is My Commandment.”
The first characteristic of intimate close friendship with God is obedience.
It sums up the essence of friendship with Christ.
In fact, as Lord — obedience is an absolute condition for friendly relationship with God.
Verse 14
That doesn’t mean that friendship with God is earned or attained by human effort.
Obedience is an identifying mark of a friend of Jesus.
Jesus explained this before.
This is the relationship of sheep who follow their Shepherd.
So, intimate friendship depends on willing obedience.
Jesus also stated His disciples would obey.
Whatever metaphor Jesus used, whether sheep to a shepherd, disciple to a teacher, family, or friends, it always came back to this — obedience to God.
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Not that we become children of God by obedience but obedience is proof of intimate relationship to Jesus Christ through faith.
Love for Believers
A second characteristic of intimate friendship with Jesus is love for one another — other fellow believers.
John 15:13
Friends of Jesus have a deep, sincere, and abiding love for other Christians.
This is exclusive to Christians.
Unbelievers know nothing of this love, even though they hunger for it.
The reason they know nothing of this love is because they don’t have the source of this love.
It’s actually the Fruit of the Spirit.
God’s love has been “Poured out in our hearts,” according to
You cannot be a true believer — you cannot be a Christian without love for other believers.
This doesn’t mean we fail to love one another to the fullest.
We may sometimes fail to love one another as we should.
But John was explaining the general pattern believers follow.
It is in the nature of the Christian to love another Christian.
To not love one another is a violation of our nature in Christ.
It’s to go against the nature of who we are are and choose sin instead.
And notice the bar — “As I have loved you.”
We are not on the same scale as His love — He died for the sins of the world.
But we can love the way He loves — sacrificially and selflessly.
Love should move us to give of ourselves — to give of our wealth, to bear burdens, to feel what others feel, to hurt with others, to comfort, to sacrifice, to instruct, to support.
The quality of our love testifies of our devotion to Christ.
The depth of our sacrifice we are willing to make reveals the intensity of our love.
Giving up one’s life has been recognized as the ultimate sacrifice.
Too many who claim to know Christ are far from sacrificing — not willing to even give a few moments of time.
If we’re really honest with ourselves, many times we fall short of dying for others.
We haven’t even learned how to live for others.
That’s pretty clear, isn’t it?
We say we love, but do we love sacrificially?
A true friend of Jesus loves by meeting the needs of others demonstrating their love one for another.
Knowing Divine Truth
This is interesting.
A slave was only told what he should do, never why.
He was a living tool.
He never knew the master’s plans or goals, much less his feelings.
Did you notice what Jesus told them?
“I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.”
That’s an amazing thing if you think about it.
God telling His creatures what he is doing and why.
Genesis 18:17
Incidentally, Abraham was the only one in the OT who God called his friend.
Everything the Father told Him, He passed on to them.
John 17:
He taught them the mysteries of God’s plan through parables.
Luke
The disciples were blessed because they had special knowledge other never found.
Spiritual understanding sets Christians apart.
Jesus gave His disciples knowledge of where He was leading them.
This was not mechanical knowing.
They were friends and He revealed the truth to them.
Divine Appointment
A final characteristic of friendship with Jesus is something some people don’t like.
Friendship are usually formed when two people choose to befriend one another.
But friendship with the Lord Jesus Christ happens only by His initiative.
Not one of the disciples were volunteers.
The Greek word translated “appointed” has a range of meanings including ordain, to place, to lay, kneel, and prostate.This is a formal assigning of a duty.
Paul used the word in
He used it again in
In both places, Paul is referring to being chosen to a specific service.
You’ll notice the way our Lord stated this.
Here He, says He chose each one of them.
That they did not choose Him.
This refers to His sovereign choice.
It’s what theologians call election.
And there are, as I said, some who really don’t like this doctrine.
But it’s Bible, right?
Here it is.
And not only here, it’s other places as well.
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