Jesus: Brother and Friend

READ: JOHN 15:13-15; ROMANS 8:28-39; HEBREWS 2:11 A true friend will be by your side through anything, good or bad. They won’t abandon you or just tell you what to do and then leave. They’ll be with you no matter what. Jesus is our truest friend. He promises, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5). Jesus will never leave us in the dust. He loves us so much that He laid down His life for us. He took our sins upon Himself, even though He was sinless. He’d rather suffer and die on a cross than let us suffer an eternity without God—who is the Creator of the universe, the definition of good, and the source of life. Jesus not only laid down His life for us, He took it up again. Through dying on the cross and rising from the grave, He defeated sin—the very thing that separates us from Him. Because of His mercy and grace, everyone who puts their trust in Jesus is a friend of God. Jesus is the truest and most extraordinary friend an...