When you are a friend of Jesus, your relationship becomes a healthy, maturing believer walking with Him in all areas of your life.
Jesus had many followers. He called twelve of these followers to be His apostles, those He would train to carry on His ministry. Shortly before He knew He would be arrested and sentenced to death on the Cross, He shared with the Twelve how special they were to Him. They were more than just His disciples, they were His friends (John 15:15).
We can read in the Bible that Jesus wants us to be more than His followers or servants. He wants us to be His friends. If we accept His offer of friendship, we begin to follow not only in His footsteps, but allowing Him to walk along side of us as we journey here on this earth. We begin to take on His character, His fruit of the Spirit. We begin to look different, act different, walk different, talk different.
Friendship requires loyalty. Jesus called every believer to this kind of consistent relationship. He expressed His expectation that those who would be His friend would "continue" and "remain" in His love. Imagine. We walk in His love and His love overflows from us into a world that is longing for love in all the wrong places. We are a reflection of Him and His friendship!
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