Our culture uses the term friendship very loosely. Social
networking Websites like Facebook, Twitter,
and Snapchat connect us with scores of “friends” yet many of them we’ve never met,
are only acquaintances, and not real or true friends.
Many passages in scripture unveil the meaning of a true
friend. They are someone who brings out
the best in you, encourages you, exhorts you, who loves and gives unselfishly.
They listen and speak truth with love and kindness – and when
others criticize your, they stand in your defense.
Friendship is never one sided because to have a friend, we
must be a friend. Think of your closest friend. Do they reflect attributes of a
true friend? Do you?
“A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there
is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
Proverbs 18:24
“A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in
time of need.”
Proverbs 17:17
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.”
Proverbs 27:17
““Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the
fear of the Almighty.”
Job 6:14
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an
enemy are deceitful.”
Proverbs 27:6
“A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the
best of friends.”
Proverbs 16:28
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
John 15:13
