A True Friend of God
A True Friend of God
A True Friend of God
Intro:
Wealth Maketh Many Friends, but the Poor is Hated
Prov. 19:4
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Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from
his neighbour.
Prov. 14:20
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The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath
many friends.
A True Friend of God
Intro:
A True Friend is Closer Than a Brother
Prov. 18:24
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A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there
is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
A True Friend of God
Intro:
A Friend Whom You Can Call During Calamity
Prov. 27:10
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Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither
go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better
is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
A True Friend of God
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A Friend Whom You Can Call During Calamity
Luke 11:5-8
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And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and
shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me
three loaves;
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For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have
nothing to set before him?
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And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the
door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot
rise and give thee.
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I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he
is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give
him as many as he needeth.
A True Friend of God
Intro:
Untrusted Friend
Psalm 41:9
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Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat
of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
A True Friend of God
Subject:
“You are my Friend”, saith the Lord Jesus
John 15:12-15
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This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have
loved you.
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Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his
life for his friends.
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Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not
what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things
that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
A True Friend of God
Subject:
Believers Who Became Friend of God
Isa. 41:8 Abraham
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But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the
seed of Abraham my friend.
James 2:23
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And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed
God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was
called the Friend of God.
A True Friend of God
Subject:
Believers Who Became Friend of God
Exo. 33:11 Moses
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And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man
speaketh unto his friend.
John 11:11 Lazarus
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These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our
friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of
sleep.
A True Friend of God
Subject:
How to make Friend with God
Matt. 22:35-38
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Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying,
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Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
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Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
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This is the first and great commandment.
A True Friend of God
Subject:
Warning of God being a True Friend
Matt. 7:13-14
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Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is
the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which
go in thereat:
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Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
A True Friend of God
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