More Than A Savior
When Jesus Calls You Friend
Experience Jesus in a new and intimate way — the same way His friends knew Him.
He’s the King of kings and Lord of lords, the Savior, and God with us. However, can we really know Jesus as our best friend?
Drawing on the close relationships that Jesus had while on earth, the wisdom of great men and women of God through the ages, and personal experience, Crosby takes readers to that place of personal transformation. More than a passage, it is a day-by-day reality where deep abiding friendship takes hold. Side-by-side with Jesus, readers discover the greatest friendship in the universe as it was intended to be.
- Eden Again — Recovering the Relationship Lost in the Garden
- Find “A Faith with a View”
- Explore Greater Intimacy with God
- Discover the Closest Person to Jesus
- Learn the Privileges of Friendship
- Consider How Close We Can Come to Christ Today
- Experience Christ in Your Conflict
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“John the Beloved knew Jesus as his Savior, yes, but as far more. You see, a savior is someone you need. A king is someone you admire and respect. A general is someone you follow and obey. But a friend; a friend is someone you know and love.
The Lord does not just call us to be a bunch of workers or laborers who go out and try to do something for God to win his favor. Instead, he calls us to be his “friends.” He’s called us into a friendship, so living the Christian life has much to do with cultivating your friendship with Jesus. Walking with the Lord is not just trying to live up to the Ten Commandments. No, the beauty of the Gospel is that Jesus says in essence “I want to fill your life and empower you so that you can live those commandments not out of constraint, but out of desire. I want you to know me so well that you want to do the will of God, that you delight in doing the will of God.” Succeeding at the Christian life, then, is not as much about working harder as it is about coming closer.
There is a big difference between approaching God primarily as a servant or primarily as a friend. Serving is task-oriented; befriending is relationship-oriented. Serving always begins with DOing something; befriending always begins with KNOWing Someone. Servants don’t dare pry into their master’s business; friends are regularly given the “inside track.” Servants serve in order to gain their Master’s approval; friends serve because they already possess it. Servants have a field to tend; friends, a garden to share.”
