Choose Who's In Your Corner
Cameron P
Part of Bout With Doubt
August 25, 2024

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Bout With Doubt - Choose Who’s In Your Corner

Judge Christianity by

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In the land of Uz, there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. —Job 1:1

Job 2:20-22

Qualities of who to choose as friends:
1 . Good Friends

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“…sympathize with him and comfort him… —Job 2:11-13

(What not to do: Job 4:7-9)

7 Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? 8 As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. 9 At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more. —Job 4:7-9

“After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” —Job 42:7

2 . Good Friends

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Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. —Proverbs 15:22

Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” —1 Corinthians 15:33

What is the truth? John 14:6, 8:31-32, 16:3

1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. —Mark 2: 1-3

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Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way, you will fulfill the law of Christ. —Galatians 6:2

Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. —Mark 2:4

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4 . Good Friends are

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5 . Good Friends are

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When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” —Mark 2:5

11 So he said to the man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. 12 This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!” —Mark 2:11-12

“Be friends with those who are wise, and you will become wise. Choose fools to be your friends, and you will have trouble.” —Proverbs 13:20 (ERV)