The Lord Jesus gives His people, young and old, a place of honor. To be His witnesses means to tell of Him; both as to who He is and what He has done. When a little boy (or girl) tells another,
“Jesus is my own dear Saviour,” he is one of Jesus’ witnesses. When one says, “I had a bad habit, but I prayed to the Lord for help to give it up, and He heard and enabled me to overcome my bad habit,” then he is again one of His witnesses.
When Jesus healed the poor man who was possessed with the legion of devils He said to him,
“Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.” This just meant,
“Go, and be one of My witnesses.”
Read that beautiful story in the fifth of Mark.
Would you not like to be one of Jesus’ witnesses? Of course you cannot say much about Him till you have been saved by Him from Sin and Satan’s power. Have you come to Him yet? If not, oh! why not?
Then we have the other side of our text,
“Ye are My friends.”
Who does the Lord say this to? Well, He said it first to His disciples; to those who loved and followed Him on earth.
Are you one of those who love and seek to follow the Lord here? If so, you are one of His friends. What an honor! What a privilege! No friendship is like this.
There is the deep joy of being His friend whose love took Him to Calvary, and who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
I trust, little reader, you will be His witness and His friend.
ML 10/08/1939