An Actual Friend

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. - John 15:13

“Jesus is not the idea of friendship, abstractly; he is an actual friend.” Gentle and Lowly - Dane C. Ortlund

”Jesus chose us as friends, he died for us as friends, he caused us to trust him as our friend, and he will remain our friend for the endless ages to come. What a friend we have — moment by moment, now and forever — in Jesus.” (https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus)