Ye are my friends.
We would love to just put a period right there.
Whoo!
If, it's a big if, if you do whatsoever I command you.
If you do what I command you, then you're my friend.
We wouldn't command our friends.
Of course, this is the Lord here speaking.
We might ask things of our friends.
Maybe we get in a jam or a pickle or one of our friends.
We might ask something of them, hey, can you help me out?
And if they just were constantly, you know,
felt inconvenienced and just constantly
never wanted to help us, we'd say,
I don't know how much that person really is my friend.
Because don't friends help each other out?
Don't they do things that are asked of them?
You find out who your friends are when you gotta move.
Find out real quick.
Hey, I'm moving, aw man, I'm busy.
Really?
I know your schedule.
Nope, something came up.
Our earthly friends ask things of us
and we do them for them because we love them,
we care about them, we wanna help them.
We wanna stick close to them
and we want them to know that they're our friend.
Jesus says, hey, you're my friends
if you do what I command you.
If you do the things that are written here,
well, what does he command?
Well, we better find out.
We better start spending time in church,
spending time in the word of God.
Find out the things that are command.