“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you." John 15:15 (ESV)
We would like to focus on just five words today. In them Jesus tells his disciples “I have called you friends.” This is our promise. In the devoti0nal, “Streams in the Desert” we find a story about an old German professor whose life reflected Christ in all he did. Wanting to know the professor’s secret one of his students hid in the study where the professor spent his evenings. The student observed the teacher, although very weary when he entered, he spent an hour in Bible study and then again in prayer. After some time he closed his Bible and said, “Well, Lord Jesus, we’re on the same old terms.” We, as friends of Jesus, wish to also be on the same old terms with Jesus. Let’s get to know Him. He’ll watch over and give us the wisdom and guidance we need. Since Jesus made know to the disciples all that the Father had made known to Him, we too can know these promises through studying the Bible. With no New Testament to study, only Old Testament books God had revealed to them what He wanted to say in the books and letters that became our New Testament.
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