How God Sees Me Now, Part 2 A Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: How God Sees Me Now, Part 2 Keywords: "friend” “grace” Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: John 15:15* No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. Questions 1. What does it mean to be a friend of Jesus?   2. How does He prove His friendship with us?   3. What are some of the benefits we receive as friends of Jesus?   Practical help God now sees you and me as friends. Imagine that! We cannot take any credit for this friendship since it is entirely based on His grace and love for us. We could never earn His friendship; He simply considers us in this light because as believers we are now in Christ. In the daily battle against porn and sexual temptation, Jesus is our constant and close friend. He is always present and here with us to help and give strength when we need help. This friendship carries some amazing eternal benefits. Here are three: 1. Peace Therefore having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1*). 2. Unconditional forgiveness In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us (Ephesians 1:7-8*). 3. Made us holy and blameless And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach. (Colossians 1:21-22*). Rejoice in the fact that Jesus calls you friend, and take heart as you feel tempted today. Consider the eternal benefits that are yours because you have placed your trust in Jesus. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2003 by eXXit *Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission. ----