Better Together- Friends Pt. 1

Old Testament Friends

Proverbs 12:26 ESV

One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Proverbs 16:28 ESV

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 22:24–25 ESV

Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 27:9 ESV

Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

Proverbs 12:26, 16:28, 18:24, 22:24-25, 27:9

Which Proverb stood out to you & why?

New Testament Wisdom

1 Corinthians 15:33, 5:11

Is there a severity or truth to these statements? How so?

Jesus Example

John 15:13 ESV

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Mark 5:37 ESV

And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

Matthew 17:1 ESV

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

John 15:13, Mark 5:37, Matthew 17:1, John 14:13

What can we learn from Jesus example?

John 14:13 ESV

Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

John 15:14 ESV

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Who is your favorite couple?

How can you be a better friend?

You Got A Friend In Me!

Mark 2:1–5 ESV

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Who is carrying you to Jesus?

Who are you carrying to Jesus?