Who We Are In Christ!

Part 2

     You Are Christ’s Friend!

John 15:15

I do not call you servants any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything that I have heard from My Father.

Think about it…..Jesus calls us His friends. He doesn’t tell us what to do. He explains why things are done. A servant is told what to do. He doesn’t tell us what to do. We have freewill, we decide. All that Jesus had heard from His Father, He has made it known to us.

Why….. because friends share with each other. They will lay down their life for a friend. 

John 15:13

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Jesus laid down His life for us. This is the greatest love you will ever experience in your life. There is nothing that can change this love He has for us. He did this while we were still sinners. He didn’t judge us. Jesus knew when He laid aside His divine power that He needed to be fully human. He did this to experience what we as humans experience. He humbled Himself for you and I.

Jesus understands everything we could ever go through.  He is our Friend. This Friend laid down His life because of love. Love for the Father and for us.

Jesus was born as a baby in Bethlehem, He grew in stature, and ministered to people. He knew He had come to lay down His life for you and me; His friends.

Our Friend Jesus, paid the price that we couldn’t. Sin had separated us from a Holy God. A price had to be paid. Jesus became the sacrificial lamb. A blood sacrifice was required for the cleansing of our sin. We needed to be restored to  a Holy God.

This is the greatest love you will ever experience. This is a friend. Jesus is the greatest Friend you will ever have.

Do you believe you are a sinner who is in need of a Savior. 

If yes, repent of your sin. Receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord.

Start to learn about Jesus and what He has done for you. He is your Friend. A Friend who has forgiven your sins and given you an eternity in Heaven.

Can you give Him your life?

You Are never alone, you have a Friend, His name is Jesus, the Christ.

Talk to Him. He’s always listening. He is interceding for you, before the Father, right now.

Bless you dear one’s.  There is nothing that compares to a life that has received Jesus as Savior, Lord and Friend. 

Bless you. Pastor Barbara and Stanley

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