A Friend Of God
There are many beautiful examples of friendship in the Bible. Here is just one of them:
Three times Abraham is referred to as the friend of God:
“Abraham Thy friend for ever” (2 Chronicles 20:7).
“Abraham My friend” (Isaiah 41:8).
“Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the friend of God” (James 2:23).
They had a relationship of respect and obedience. This does not mean that Abraham was sinless, but he trusted God to lead where he was supposed to go. When God spoke to Abraham he immediately obeyed. Even though he was obedient to God, the Bible makes it clear that his salvation was not earned by works, but through faith in the promise of God for a Saviour. “For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith” (Romans 4:13).
Are you counted as one who is a friend of God? “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us” (Titus 3:5).
