Friends are a great blessing, and a good friend is hard to find. Jesus told His disciples that He would no longer call them slaves but friends. As such, He was elevating the status of their relationship, and also informing them of the expectations He had for them. He was doing all of this because of His love for them. All of these are marks of true friendship which we today still need to observe in order to have friends and to be a true friend. In fact, it is possible for us today to be a friend of Jesus. Hmmm?
