”Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.”John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭KJV‬‬. Every believer knows that Jesus laid down His life for us in His great atoning work upon the cross. In this sacrifice He proved His amazing love for us. Thank God, He is the Friend of sinners. He is the Friend Who sticks closer than a brother. We rejoice in the words of the song, “There is not a Friend like Jesus, patient, tender, kind and true”. But do we also think about being His friend? Do we understand that He wants us to live so that we can be His friends? He makes it very clear in this passage that to be His friends we must do the things He tells us to do. Often this will mean laying down our life for Him because He is our dearest friend. But seldom is this about laying down our life in physical death as many believe. To lay our life down for our Friend means when the desires we have are contrary to His will, we lay down our desires. When our flesh wants to go our own way, we lay down our life so we can go His way. Many in religion think this is unnecessary. But this is what a life of love is about. It is proving our love to Jesus, our dearest Friend, by following the things He says.