by Ricky Doc Sauceda
2 Chronicles 20:7
Was it not you, our God, who dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it forever to the descendants of Abraham, your friend?
Isaiah 41:8
But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
offspring of Abraham my friend
I have been hearing multitudes of sermons claim that Abraham is the only person in the Holy Bible called "friend" by God our Father. As I was getting ready this morning and listened to another of these talks, the realization of Christ's words came into me. I now understand that kind of teaching is wrong...because of this one:
John 15:15
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
Therefore, if you are in Christ...you are a friend to God by faith in HIS SON.
Amen.