From Disciple-Servants to Disciple-Friends - Friendship E2
In one of Jesus’s final addresses to His disciples before His arrest, He calls them His friends. Today Georges and Jim take a look at John 15:13–17 and share their thoughts on the implications of Jesus’s words.
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Timestamps:
- Part One [0:00–16:09]
- Part Two [16:09–29:41]
- Part Three [29:41–51:34]
Resources and References:
- Golden Triangle of Spiritual Growth: Dallas Willard described growing in Christ as a “golden triangle of spiritual transformation.” By embracing our situation, opening our lives to the guidance of the Spirit, and practicing spiritual disciplines, we continually “take off the old human nature with its practices and put on the new nature” (Col. 3:9-10)
- The Golden Triangle model can be found in Dallas Willard’s book The Divine Conspiracy, in chapter 9, “A Curriculum for Christlikeness.” A helpful article on the Golden Triangle can also be found at https://renovare.org/articles/the-golden-triangle
- John 15:12-17
- John chapters 13-17
- John 1:47
- Deuteronomy 7:7-8
- Suggested assignment: Imagine that Jesus is addressing you as a friend. What do you envision he would say to you? See if you can come up with three or four sentences.
