The Three F's of Living
The Three F's of Living • Sermon • Submitted
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· 17 viewsA biblical look as to what friendship is.
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Friendship with the world.
Friendship with the world.
“If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which neither you nor your fathers have known, some of the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other, you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him.
See also Dt 23:6; 1 Ki 11:2
From good character
From good character
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
See also Pr 12:26; Pr 22:24–25
From friendship with God
From friendship with God
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
See also Is 52:11; Je 9:4–5; Mic 7:5; 2 Co 6:14–18; 2 Co 7:1
Friends who are unreliable
Friends who are unreliable
In their commitment
In their commitment
“He who withholds kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,
which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.
When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
In their trustworthiness
In their trustworthiness
Even my close friend in whom I trusted,
who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.
See also Ps 38:11; Ps 55:20–21; Ob 7; Mt 26:14–15; Jn 13:18 Jesus Christ is speaking about his betrayal by Judas.
In their support
In their support
At my first defense no one came to stand by me, but all deserted me. May it not be charged against them!
See also 2 Ti 4:10
Examples of bad friends
Examples of bad friends
Those who lead astray
Those who lead astray
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
See also 1 Ki 12:8–11; Es 5:14
Those who are inconstant
Those who are inconstant
Job 19:19 Presumably these friends are not merely the ones who attempted to comfort him.
See also Mt 26:31; Mt 26:33–34; 2 Ti 4:10; 2 Ti 4:16