The Daily Nugget- Jesus Our Friend

Hi All

We all have people in our circle of friends  some more intimate than others so the more intimate a friendship we have the smaller the circle becomes this was also the case with Jesus who 120 in His largest circle after His ascension (Acts 1:15). Then there were seventy-two that were trained disciples (Luke 10:1), and then twelve who were with Him for three years (Matthew 26:20). Within that group were His three closest friends, Peter, James, and John (Mark 9:2).The good news is that just like the disciples, all believers if we are willing to be obedient, follow where He leads us and do whatever He asks of us we can also be classed as friend of Jesus .

Be Blessed and Encouraged

Our Friend Jesus

No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

(John 15:15)

Having friends is a great blessing. Friends multiply our joys and divide our sorrows. Friends walk in when the rest of the world walks out. Friends know all about us, and they still love us anyway. Proverbs 18:24 notes that “a friend . . . sticks closer than a brother. In other words, a true friend can be relied upon and is always there for us.

The amazing thing is that Jesus, the Savior and King of creation, calls believers his friends. As believers in Christ, we are not just subjects or servants of the Lord of the universe; we are his friends. And he is loyal and true, sticking closer than a blood brother. In John 15, Jesus explains that, like a true friend, he is transparent and open with us: “Everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you”(John 15:15) No secrets, no deception, no masks—just an open heart entrusted to his friends.The truest sign of friendship is sacrificial love. Jesus says, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends”.(John 15:13) Jesus demonstrated this when he went to the cross to pay the price for all our sin. He considered friendship with us so important that he surrendered his very life in order to secure it.