Sept 22 Friends.IRL msg3/ How to Commit as Friends // Greg Harris
Part of Friends.IRL
September 21, 2024

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John 15:12-15


No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (John 15:15)

DEFINE THE

And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, (Mark 4:11)

USE AN

INTENTIONAL INITIATION

As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul…Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. (1 Samuel 18:1& 3)

*Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’ ” And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. *(1 Samuel 20:42)

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:12–13)

For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. (John 6:55–56)

After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, (John 6:66–68)

…be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5)

SOLIDIFY THE

BY NAMING IT

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’ (Revelation 2:17)

One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side… (John 13:23–26)

To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. (2 Timothy 1:2)

THE COMMITMENT AND BEWARE OF CODEPENDENCY

Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. (Ecclesiastes 4:11–12)