Hi John,
Recently I was practicing reading a few verses in Greek from John 15. Verses 14-17 really stood out to me:
You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you slaves because the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends because all things which I heard from my Father I made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and your fruit should remain; so that what ever you may ask the Father in my name He may give it to you. These things I command you, that you may love one another.”
It is no small thing for Jesus to call us his friend.
I am very grateful to have a part in this family.
Tom