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JESUS WANTS TO BE OUR FRIEND
“When a man becomes a Christian, a new act of creation happens to him. His old life is gone for ever; a new life has come into being. And the whole process is due to the action of God, who through Christ turned our enmity to himself into FRIENDSHIP. The fact is that God was acting in Christ to turn the world’s enmity to himself into FRIENDSHIP . . . As the representatives of Christ we appeal to you to accept the offer of FRIENDSHIP that God is making to you” (2 Corinthians 5:17-20 Barclay).
Jesus died upon the cross for our sins in order to make us His friends. He wants to fellowship with us. He wants us to live in His presence.
Jesus said: “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I made known unto you” (John 15:13-15).
