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John
  
14You are my friends if you do what I command you.15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.


God calls you "beloved". He does this personally to each. You may be isolated, with no one to turn to. Look to Jesus, who died for you and lives for you. He is your best friend, always ready to help. He knows your thoughts, and awaits a response from you in amity. The condition of abiding in his friendship is that we love all as he loved them. Two cannot remain at odds with each other, while they describe themselves as loving Christ. His friendship demands that we love one another. He called us his beloved. We belong to him because he created us, and he has the right to treat us as slaves. He has freed us from the yoke of bondage and raised us. He informs us of his divine works. He does not leave us ignorant but teaches us the Father’s name, the power of the cross and the love of the Holy Spirit. By showing us the mystery of the Holy Trinity he revealed to us the hidden truths of the eternal. The Father committed these matters into his hands to reveal them to us. His friendship is great to the extent that he allows us participate in his work, favor, honor, power and life. He does not even hold on to the right of adoption or sonship, but draws us to himself to become God’s children.