Knowing God – God is a Friend: S2-E20

Living IN Jesus Podcast

Knowing God: God is a Friend – Season 2, Episode 20

October 19, 2023 • 13 min

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Friendship is a close and enduring bond based on trust, compassion, and mutual respect. True friendship is a special blessing in life. It is a gift God designed for all of us to experience. The good news is that God offers us his friendship. He has named us His friends. Proverbs speaks of a friend who sticks even closer than a brother, and thankfully, Jesus both calls us His friend and treats each of his followers as His brother.

But what does it truly mean to be a friend of God? Many of us may have overlooked or not even thought about the concept of being friends with God. However, when we understand and accept that God is our close friend, it significantly alters the way we interact with Him in our daily lives. In this week’s episode, Ross O’Hair and Tom Price explore the friendship God extends to us through Christ and how God is the wonderful, close friend with whom we are meant to share our lives.

Verses:

Proverbs 17:17 – “A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.”

John 15:13-15 – “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. 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 things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.”

Related Resources:

Concept of God and Intimacy with God sessions found in the Living IN Jesus Study

Outline:

Theme Music:

• This Inspiration by Olexandr Ignatov

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Hosted by: Ross O’Hair
Participating Staff: Tom Price
Edited by: Ross O’Hair and Ben Brezina