Friendship with the Savior

John 15:13-14 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you."

John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."

We cultivate friendship with the Savior and come to know and love him by heeding his words and obeying his teachings.

As we cultivate this friendship with the Savior, we will be willing, as he was, to lay down our own lives if necessary for him or for his cause.

Richard C. Edgley said, "The Savior gave the criteria for His friendship in the 15th chapter of John, in which He states, 'Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you' (John 15:14). He further gave the acid test when He said, 'Ye shall know them by their fruits' (Matt. 7:16; see also Matt. 7:17–18, 20). This is how we will all be judged—by our fruits, good or bad. In the final judgment, if our fruits so warrant, we will be invited to sit on the right hand of God. There I believe will be His friends."