For Whom Did Jesus Die?

Romans 8
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

I do not know why I have spent so much time considering this one question. For whom did Jesus die?Above is from Paul. Following is from Jesus.

John 15
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

If you accept Jesus as your savior, and if you worship regularly and faithfully and if you conscientiosly read your bible, at some point, the light goes on, and you say, " Hey, I did not chose Him, He chose me."

John 15
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

What a Friend We Have

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

Oh how I love the song, "What A Friend We have in Jesus."

On the other hand, I somehow just can't bring myself to consider Jesus as, a friend. To me, he will always be my Shepard, my savior, Son, of an awesome G-d....

This passage not withstanding:

More From John 15
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you