Friends Indeed

One man and one man only in the Old Testament has the great privilege of being called “the friend of God” (2 Chron. xx. 7; Isa. xli. 8; James ii. 23); and to this very day in the Arabian desert Abraham is spoken of as El Khalil, God’s friend. But this very title is applied in the New Testament to all the Master’s disciples: “I have called you friends” (John xv. 15), “Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” (John xv. 14).