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TRACT 117: ARE YOU A FRIEND OF JESUS? 'Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you'' John 15:14 Are you a friend of Jesus? of course, anyone can claim to be a friend of Jesus but ignorant of what it takes to be friend of Jesus. Jesus knew that he would soon depart the earth for heaven and he needed friends that would abide in him to continue in his legacy of love and fruit bearing (soul winning). He plainly told his eleven (11) abiding disciples that they remain his friends if they do all that he commanded them. The Saviour had many disciples at the initial stage of his ministry but many of them left him because they could not endure Jesus' hard teaching on holiness. They did not abide in Jesus after their initial salvation experience but went back into their formal religion and world of sin ''From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him'' John 6:66. Jesus also had twelve (12) apostles but towards the end...

TRACT 116: ARE YOU A 6 O'CLOCK CHRISTIAN? "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord" Hebrews 12:14. Twelve (12) is a perfect number that symbolizes God's perfection, holiness and authority; and six (6) is the number associated with man. On a round clock, 12 is vertically up in the direction of heaven where God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Saints and Holy Angels dwell; while 6 is vertically down to earth where men live. The lifestyle of a true Christian is like a special round clock whose long minute hand is stationed up at 12 and short hour hand is stationed down at 6. A true Christian is a 6 O'CLOCK Christian who is pure in heart, living peacefully with all men, conscious of all heaven's holiness demands, and longing for the kingdom of God "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God" Colossians 3:1. Just as the longer hand of a clock poi...