Friendships from a Biblical Perspective

Friend. We use that word too loosely. Too flippantly. We use it too generously. And most damaging of all, we give the title to people who haven’t earned it. I recognize that using the word earn makes some folks nervous. It implies a kind of quid pro quo. It can feel icky. So let me be clear. Yes, God has called us to love. A person doesn’t have to earn our love if we call ourselves believers. But I’m not talking about love; I’m talking about friendship. It’s different. Remember Jesus in John 15? “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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