Friendship
1 Kings 5 and Proverbs 27:10 – King Solomon’s Friend, King Hiram – MP3 / YouTube
One of the greatest gifts that God gives us in life is the gift of friendship. King Solomon had an outstanding friend, Hiram king of Tyre. By examining Hiram’s friendship with Solomon, we learn how to be a good friend to others, and how this friendship between a Jewish King and a Gentile King resulted in the construction of the temple of God. Our relationship with Jesus Christ is first and foremost, as our Savior, but to build on that relationship we need to be a friend of Jesus. The paradigm of love for Jesus was the love of friendship. So, every love that is worthwhile ought to be the love of friendship. Jesus invites us into friendship. Other passages mentioned include: Mark 11:17; John 15:13-15; Proverbs 18:24.
Luke 24:28-35 – Seal that Friendship! (1996) – MP3 / YouTube
Each Christian has a long-distance friendship that is important to cultivate each and every day of one’s life. If you want friendship with Jesus Christ, the Bible needs to be precious to you, and you need to allow the Holy Spirit to set your heart and soul on fire with the word of God, and to attract you and to pull you into the fellowship of God’s Son and friendship with Him. Where in all the places on earth are we most likely to know the Lord Jesus Christ in an intimately way? It is the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is Jesus’ ordinance and His command, and where Jesus manifests Himself as the One who died, was buried and rose again.