John 15:14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

What would you be willing to do for a friend? Would you be willing to break the law? Would it be right to break the law for a friend?

Friendship is a very complex thing which drives us to do things we may not have thought about before; but true friendship should never require us to do anything wrong.

God’s request is quite simple as Jesus told us: Obey my law.

God has been trying to get His people to obey His law for a long time because He knows it is the best thing for us all. Are you willing to obey?

Proverbs 18:24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

If you want to be able to have friends, then you have to show you are friendly; sound so basic when said like that but a fact many people do forget about.

We cannot expect to have many friends around us just because we think we deserve it. Friends come to those who are friendly to them.

How would you class your relationship with Christ? Would you say you have been friendly toward Him or have you let Him down a bit lately?

Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil.

I think we can all admit to looking at our lives an wondering if we are actually safe from eternal death. Yes I know I have eternal life and I know nothing can take that away from me… but I still have moments of anxiousness.

We all have to die at some stage because our bodies are mortal and God has deemed it so. We struggle when we see good people die from terrible things because that makes us wonder why.

Just maybe God has taken them home because He knows what is ahead in that person’s life and wants them to not go through it…