If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.Īnd this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.And the Scripture was fullfiled which saith, Abraham beleeued God, and it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes: and he was called the friend of God. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for without Me you can do nothing. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. English Standard Version For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. The Bible has many examples of friendships, including people God called His friends. This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.
These things I command you, that you love one another.Ī man who has friends must himself be friendly,īut there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. And he was called the friend of God ( James 2:21-23, NKJV ). Isaiah 41:8 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham, my friend Exodus 33:11 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. God imputed righteousness to Abraham when. by Pastor Chuck Swindoll Scriptures: James 2:23. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. Moses and Abraham the two most acclaimed servants of the Lord in the Old Testament were called Gods friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. Greater love has no one than this than to lay down one’s life for his friends. For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
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