Open Heaven 19
August 2020: [Wednesday] – Jesus’ Circle of Friends
Memorise:
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. John 15:14
Read:
John 11:11-36 (KJV)
36 Then said
the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 And some
of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have
caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Jesus
therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a
stone lay upon it.
Message:-
It is a great thing to be a disciple
of Jesus Christ. It is however even much better to be a disciple and friend of
Jesus at same time.
Open Heaven 19 August 2020 – Jesus’ Circle of Friends
In the course of His earthly ministry,
Jesus began to develop a more intimate relationship with some of His disciples
and he called them friends.
“Greatest love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant
knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things
that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. John 15:13-15
Open Heaven 19 August 2020 – Jesus’ Circle of Friends
A classic example of a friend of Jesus
is Lazarus. In John 11:11 Jesus said “…Our
friend Lazarus sleepeth…” This level of intimacy was emphasized by John
11:35 which says “Jesus wept.”
The Lord God helped me to developed
such an intimate relationship with Him that I began to see Him as “My Daddy”
and not just “Out Father”. This offended some people who wondered why I would
be calling God ‘Daddy’. If God is their Father and He happens to be my Daddy,
what is the problem? My prayer for you today is that the Holy Spirit will
assist you to develop a relationship with Him that would give you the boldness
to call the Almighty God ‘Daddy’ in the mighty name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 19 August 2020 Wednesday: Prayer Point
To be admitted into the circle of
friends of Jesus, you need to fulfil only one condition as set in John 15:14 “Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I
command you.” The moment you begin to walk in obedience to the commandments
of God, you have become a friend of Jesus. His commandments are not hard to
obey or burdensome to live by. He also promise to give you rest (Matthew
11:28-30)
Prayer
Point
Father,
please help me to be obedient to Your commandments forever, in the mighty name
of Jesus.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
one of the largest evangelical Churches in
the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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