Jesus calls you His friend. He desires to enjoy significant time with you.

Jesus calls you His friend. He desires to enjoy significant time with you.

“Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion [rea].” (1Chr 27:33)
“You are My friends [philos] if you do whatever I command you.” (Jn 15:14)
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” (Rev 3:20)
“And he [Abraham] was called the friend [philos] of God.” (Jm 2:23)
“And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” (Gen 5:24)
“So Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend [rea]? And Hushai said to Absalom, No, but whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his I will be, and with him I will remain.” (2Sam 16:18)
“Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him.” (Job 2:11)
“Also against his three friends [rea] his wrath was aroused, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.” (Job 32:3)
“And the LORD restored Job’s losses when he prayed for his friends [rea]. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.” (Job 42:10)
“The righteous should choose his friends [rea] carefully” (Prov 12:26)
“A friend [rea] loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” (Prov 17:17)
A man who has friends [rea] must himself be friendly [raa], but there is a friend [ahab] who sticks closer than a brother.” (Prov 18:24)
“He who loves purity of heart and has grace on his lips, the king will be his friend.” (Prov 22:11)
“Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man’s friend [rea] gives delight [metheq] by hearty counsel.” (Prov 27:9)
“As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.” (Prov 27:17)
Reading: 1Chr 25-27; Jn 15