Friendship - Youth Mtg
Thursday, March 10, 2005
7:33 PM
- What is a friend:
- OT
- 4828 orm merea (946c); from ; friend, companion:--
adviser(1), companion(3), companions(1), friends(2).
- 7453 or rea or oyr rea (945d); from ; friend,
companion, fellow:--
- intimate friends: 3045 ody yada (393b); a prim.
root; to know:--
- 441a Kwla alluph (48d); from ; tame:--
- 2269 rbj chabar (1092a); (Ara.) corr. to ; fellow, comrade:--
friends(3). ( Daniel went to his house and informed his friends,
Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah )
- 157 bha aheb (12d); a prim. root; to love:--
- NT
- Gr. 2083 etairo" hetairos; from etes (clansman,
cousin); a companion:-- friend(3). - to Judas
- 5384 filo" philos; a prim. word; beloved,
dear, friendly:-- friend(12), friends(17).
- 5373 filia philia; from ; friendship:--
friendship(1).
- 2398 idio" idios; a prim. word; ones own,
distinct:--
- God's friends in the Bible:
- 2Chron2:6 of Abraham Your friend (of God)
- Exo33:11 Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face
to face, just as a man speaks to his friend
- Prov22:11 He who loves purity of heart And whose
speech is gracious, the king is his friend
- Attributes of a friend
- Deu13:or your friend who is as your own soul,
- Psa55:13 But it is you, a man my equal, My companion
and my familiar friend; 14 We who had sweet [Lit counsel; or intimacy]
fellowship together Walked in the house of God in the throng.
- Loyalty:
- Lev25:14 `If you make a sale, moreover, to your
friend or buy from your friend's hand, you shall not wrong one another
- Psa15: 1 O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may
dwell on Your holy hill? 2 He who walks with integrity, and works
righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. 3 He does not slander with
his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor takes up a reproach
against his friend
- Prov17:9 He who conceals a transgression seeks love
- Prov17:17 A friend loves at all times, And a brother
is born for adversity
- Prov18:24 A man of too many friends comes to ruin,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Prov27: 10 Do not forsake your own friend or your
father's friend
- Living life together:
- Job6:14 "For the despairing man there should be kindness
from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the
Almighty
- Psa55:14 ... Walked in the house of God in the throng
- Prov27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend
- Prov27:14 He who blesses his friend with a loud voice
early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him.
- Prov27: 9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a
man's counsel is sweet to his friend
- SS5:15 "His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on
pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the
cedars. 16 "His mouthis full of sweetness. And he is wholly
desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of
Jerusalem
- Jn15:13 "Greaterlove has no one than this, that
one lay down his life for his friends. 14 "You are My friendsif you
do what I command you.
- What is not friendship:
- Prov16:28 A perverse man spreads strife, And a
slanderer separates intimate friends
- Prov17:9 (He who conceals a transgression seeks
love), But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends
- Luk14:10 "But when you are invited, go and
recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you
comes, he may say to you, `Friend, move up higher'; then you will have
honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you. 11 "For
everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself
will be exalted
- Exalting ourselves - putting ourselves (and those we
like) first
- Excluding - not actively including others
- What Would Jesus Do?
- Luke11: " 5 Then He said to them, "Suppose
one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him,
`Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me from
a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; 7 and from inside he
answers and says, `Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and
my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' 8
"I tellyou, even though he will not get up and give him anything
because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up
and give him as much as he needs
- Goes to him at midnight: Imposes, free to ask, demand
- Free to say no!
Not obligated!
- Gives liberally - as much as he needs (not just a
loaf)
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- Not used:
- Psa88:18 You have removed lover and friend far from
me; My acquaintances are in darkness
- Prov19:4 Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is
separated from his friend 6 Many will seek the favor of a generous man,
And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts
- John11:11 This He said, and after that He said to
them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may
awaken him out of sleep."