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(3) '''Friend:''' Those counted as friend of the master enter by invitation—“Henceforth I call you no more servants but friends”<ref>John 15.</ref>—into a relationship as companion and co-worker, bearing increased responsibilities for the master’s path as world saviour. The friend bears the cross as well as the burden of light of the master; he demonstrates the qualities of friendship as in the life of Abraham and other chelas who have risen to a level of understanding the very heart and the experience of the master—providing comfort, consolation, advice, and support out of loyalty to both the purposes and the person of the master. | (3) '''Friend:''' Those counted as friend of the master enter by invitation—“Henceforth I call you no more servants but friends”<ref>John 15:15.</ref>—into a relationship as companion and co-worker, bearing increased responsibilities for the master’s path as world saviour. The friend bears the cross as well as the burden of light of the master; he demonstrates the qualities of friendship as in the life of [[Abraham]] and other chelas who have risen to a level of understanding the very heart and the experience of the master—providing comfort, consolation, advice, and support out of loyalty to both the purposes and the person of the master. |
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(3) Friend: Those counted as friend of the master enter by invitation—“Henceforth I call you no more servants but friends”[1]—into a relationship as companion and co-worker, bearing increased responsibilities for the master’s path as world saviour. The friend bears the cross as well as the burden of light of the master; he demonstrates the qualities of friendship as in the life of Abraham and other chelas who have risen to a level of understanding the very heart and the experience of the master—providing comfort, consolation, advice, and support out of loyalty to both the purposes and the person of the master.
- ↑ John 15:15.