Who’s the Enemy?

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 Friends – “What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and…

SECRET FRIENDS

John 15:15 The New Testament uses a very strange word to describe our relationship to God. It is the word doulos. In most English translations, this Greek word is rendered “servant” or “bond-servant”. Occasionally, it is translated more correctly as “slave”. That is what it really means in Greek – slave. But not just any…

Is Jesus Your Friend?

but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything  that I have heard from my Father.   John 15:15 Friends – Jesus is my Savior.  I know what that means.  It means that He died in my place, accepting the verdict I deserved.  As a result, God views me through Jesus’…

The Secret Of Community

“No longer do I call you slaves; for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends,” John 15:15 Friend – “What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sin and grief to bear”.  That single verse from the old hymn is frighteningly powerful.  Do we really…