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JESUS CHRIST, OUR DIVINE AND LOVING FRIEND
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
John 15:9-17
John 15:15
“I have called you friends.”
JESUS CHRIST, OUR DIVINE AND LOVING FRIEND
People in the world may be proud of their “big” or “famous” friends. They may like to show their photos taken with a president, or a king, or a queen, or a movie star or a sports star, or a celebrity. Others may tell about their best friend or close friends from their childhood, from school, from work, or their life-partner, or boyfriend, girlfriend, etc. As devoted Christians, we will want to tell others about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, our best Friend! Are we proud of Him?
(a) Jesus Christ, our Divine Friend: Our Lord Jesus says, “I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.” (John 15:15). Thank God that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Creator and King, is not ashamed to call us His friends!
(b) Jesus Christ, our Loving Friend: It is rare to see someone willing to die for a just or good man (Rom 5:7), but Jesus Christ, our God and Maker, because of love, He humbled Himself and came into this world to die for sinners, rebellious human beings whom He had created. A holy God died for His sinful creatures, the godly for the ungodly, the just for the unjust! (John 3:16; Rom 5:6; 1 Tim 3:16; 1 Pet 3:18) That is God’s love for us (Rom 5: 8). Sometimes we take God’s love for granted and forget that we deserve eternal condemnation in hell! We cannot find such a loving friend in this world. Our earthly friends may fail us but our Divine Friend will never. May God help us to know more about His love so that we may be rooted and grounded in His love (Eph 3:17-19) and be constrained by His love to live and die for Him (2 Cor 5:14-15). As Jesus is our Saviour and Friend, no one or anything can separate us from His love (Rom 8:35-39), and His perfect love will cast out all fear (1 John 4:18). Truly, the Lord Jesus is our Divine Friend, our best Friend, our loving Friend, and He never fails us even though our friends and loved ones may disappoint us.
THOUGHT: How wonderful it is that our God is our Friend!
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for being my best Friend and my loving Friend!