Image with me that you are friends with someone who is an absolute war hero and he is telling you his story of how he earned that title. He starts off by setting up the story in some far away land that no one knew the country was even in and as he is preparing for battle, no one believed that his fighting would even make a difference.
He was a stringy, weaker fellow, at least physically. In fact, he was the smallest one on the mission and he barely passed the fitness test to be on the elite team of soldiers. So they go into this uncharted land and engage battle with a rebel group of natives there. A surprise to everyone, the rebels were surprisingly strong and overtook most of the army. So much so that most of the soldiers were injured, and the soldier telling the story actually defeated the rebels single- handedly and saved all of his fellow soldiers while he was at it.
How would you regard this man, as a friend sure, but would you now not see him as something a little more? Jesus died so that the world would have a chance to come to the Father. He and He alone died on the cross for our sins and saved us from the eternal damnation of that sin. Yes, Jesus does call us friend. Yet, when we go to Him, we should realize that He is the Mighty and Majestic King who's Blood never loses its Power! He is our friend, yes! But He is also Lord!
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