How Can You Become God's Friend?

WHOM do you want as your friend?  Someone whom you like. Someone whom you get along with and who gets along with you.  Someone who has a kind personality and qualities you admire.

Jehovah God selects some humans to be his friends. For example, Abraham was one of Jehovah's friends.  (Isaiah 41:8; James 2:23)  Jehovah also liked David.  He said that David 'was a man agreeable to his heart.' (Acts 13:22)  And the prophet Daniel was "very precious " to Jehovah.  - DANIEL 7:23.

How did Abraham, David and Daniel become Jehovah's friends?  Jehovah said to Abraham:  "You have listened to my voice." (Genesis 22:18)  Jehovah becomes a friend of those who humbly  obey him. Even a nation of people could become his friends.   Jehovah explained the nation of Israel: "Obey my voice, and I will become your God., and you will become my people." (Jeremiah 7:23)  So you need to obey Jehovah if you really want to become his friend.

Next time: How Can You Become God's Friend? - JEHOVAH PROTECTS HIS FRIENDS 

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