1. The Gospel of John: “Believe”

2. I Have Called You Friends

3. The Concept of Friend The Greek word for “friend” is also a root for the word “love.”

4. 2 Themes Stick Out: 1) Willing to give one’s life.

5. 2 Themes Stick Out: 2) Using bold, plain speech.

6. Jesus As A Friend

7. John 15:12-17 [12] “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

8. John 15:12-17 [13] “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

9. John 15:12-17 [14] “You are My friends if you do what I command you.

10. John 15:12-17 [15] “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all

11. John 15:12-17 things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

12. John 15:12-17 [16] “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain,

13. John 15:12-17 remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. [17] “This I command you, that you love one another.

14. John 15:13 [13] “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.

15. 1) Jesus gives His life.

16. John 15:15 [15] “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all

17. John 15:15 things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

18. 2) Jesus speaks boldly and plainly.

19. John 15:12 [12] “This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

20. Jesus challenges us to love as He did!

21. Friendship With Jesus… …is a blessing.

22. Friendship With Jesus… …is a responsibility.