May I be a friend of Jesus Christ without doing what He says?

In my morning reading from a collage of Scriptures, I read this:

Ye are my friends,
if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John 15:14

But then, in the next verse, Jesus says…

Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth:
but I have called you friends.
John 15:15

How am I not a servant if I do whatever the Lord tells me to do?

Then again, how can I be the Lord’s friend if I don’t do what He says?

Servant or friend, I don’t deserve any kind of good relationship with the Almighty.

(These were the last and first verses in what I read this morning: Daily Light on the Daily Path.)

The joy of the Lord is your strength (Nehemiah 8:10). Strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might (Ephesians 6:10).

Be strong, and work; for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts. -Haggai 2:4

I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. -John 15:5

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. -Philippians 4:13

Strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. -Ephesians 6:10

The joy of the Lord is your strength. -Nehemiah 8:10

Thus said the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets. -Zechariah 8:9

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not. -Isaiah 35:3,4

The Lord looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might. -Judges 6:14

If God be for us, who can be against us? -Romans 8:31

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not. -2 Corinthians 4:1

Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. -Galatians 6:9

Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Corinthians 15:57

Daily Light on the Daily Path | February 3, Morning

Go in this thy might
Go in this thy might.