Become a friend of God
Carmen Ray-CalvoA friend is someone we know and with whom we maintain a close relationship and know many personal things about each other. Jesus in this portion of the scriptures calls his disciples friends, implying the relationship that existed between them.
Proverbs 17:17 tells us: "A friend loves at all times and is like a brother in time of trouble." Also proverbs 18:24 says that: "Friends are more united than brothers"