Want to be a friend of God?

Who in the Bible was called a friend of God?

What did Jesus say about treating us as friends?

What did Jesus say we would do it we were His friends?

Read these Top 5 Bible verses and one bonus quote about becoming a friend of God….

John 15:15

 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Romans 5:8

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask from the Lord,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple.

James 2:23

And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend.

Bonus Quote:

It’s easy to think we can become a friend of God by doing a lot of work for him…

Oswald Chambers, in his classic devotional, My Utmost for His Highest, says our work is not what God values most about us.

Read his thoughts…

What do you think?

The most important aspect of Christianity is not the work we do, but the relationship we maintain (with God) and the surrounding influence and qualities produced by that relationship. That is all God asks us to give our attention to, and it is the one thing that is continually under attack.

Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest, August 4

Do you have a favorite verse about being a friend of God?

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