CHO-04 - Spirit Filled Believers are Learning How to Friend God for Life

Sometimes a person gets tagged, and that tag sticks with them through life. The same is true in the Bible, when God tags a person in His Word, that tag sticks. For example:

• John the Apostle was called the disciple that Jesus (loved).
• David was called the man after (God's) own heart.
• The Apostle Thomas is more commonly known as (doubting) Thomas.
• Rahab from Jericho is most often called Rahab the (harlot).
• Moses was known as the man who knew God (face-to-face).

There are many others, but one is vital for us as we look at Abraham. There is a tag that God placed on Abraham that should stick with us. Abraham is called the (friend) of God.

Have you ever thought about what it means to "Friend God"? Being God's friend is an incredible relationship to have. Up until Jesus opened the door for all believers, there was only one person ever called God's Friend; and that is who we are learning about today.

Abraham: the
Friend of God

Last week, we opened to a statement God Himself made about Abraham in Genesis 18:19. In that verse, God expressed a wonderful confidence in Abraham, the man that God Almighty had called to Himself, and chosen to be the Father of the Jewish nation.

Abraham was one of the most intriguing people from the ancient past. From the most distant days, just a couple of hundred years after the Global Flood of Noah's time, we find Abraham in the pages of Scripture.