The Fine Art of Friendship

Title: The fine art of friendship

Speaker: Pastor Clayton King

Core verse: John 15:9-27

The greatest way to show people to god, is to show love and be a true friend.
1) Faithful friendship flows from the father
You only can be a good friend when u remember that your love comes from God, God has to be the source.
You cannot love, unloveable people UNLESS your love flows from the father. We recieve it by God.
You can try your very best to achieve the love for others, but u will tire and wear out, but if you let the love of the father flow through you, you can love.
The good that we do, Flows from the Good that he did.

2) In Christ, we have a TRUE best friend.

When jesus does ANYTHING, He is automatically the BEST at it! So if he is your friend, he is the BEST friend that we will ever have!
Jesus gives us what we need, not what we want.
A good friend is honest, a good friend is true.
Jesus is not moody. Jesus is not insercure.
He doesnt need anything from us, he just wants a relationship with us.
Jesus is not petty.

3) As friends of God, we have the information and the inspiration to change the world.

What God tells us to fufill, he also equips us to fulfill. God invites and
God includes you in his plan.

4) A true friend, loves like Jesus, they serve, and they sacrifice.
Love each other.

If you have a friend who has a loss, u grieve with them. If you have a friend that is wounded, you help them. If you have a friend that is in joy, you celebrate with them.

The greatest defence of the gospel, is not our theology, is not our apologetics. Its our sacrificial love, the cant argue with sacrificial love.

"Friends are like elevators, they either lift you up, or bring you down."

We have to love, from a heart,from our God.

Sermon link:
http://subspla.sh/140dCLY