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God's friends
Christian Century, August 21, 2007
GOD'S FRIENDS: There is a distinct difference in the way John and Paul understood friendship with Jesus and therefore friendship with God, argues John Fitzgerald (Interpretation, July). In John's Gospel, Jesus declares that the disciples are his friends, with the implication that the disciples are friends to one another.
Jesus' crucifixion, therefore, is a sacrifice for his friends. For Paul, on the other hand, Christ's death is the basis for human reconciliation with God. Jesus' death isn't for God's friends, but for the ungodly. Yet it is also "the event that makes friendship with the divine possible."
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