The Wisdom of Friendship | Proverbs 17:17, 18:24, 27:6
Aaron Gray | July 21, 2019
Sermon Description
Friendship is one of the most misunderstood and often-neglected virtues in our modern world. But Jesus calls us his friends, his close companions. In the Proverbs, we see much wisdom on what it means to have friendship with Christ and with each other.
Discussion Questions
Why do you think that friendship is so often misunderstood in our culture? What are the ways that our culture gets it right/wrong? How does the biblical picture of friendship stand in contrast?
Why do true friendships always involved risk? How can we help one another to open our hearts and lives to be truly vulnerable in friendship with one another?
Think about the continuum of acquaintance-companion-friend-family. How does the gospel continually move us further down the line into a place of committed closeness?
How do our close, committed, and caring friendships showcase the gospel of Jesus to a world that is fragmented and isolated? How should our friendships be used to further our witness, not hinder it?
Prayer Points
Pray that God would grow us as people who practice true, biblical, committed, and loving friendships.
Pray that God would heal us from pains that we’ve experienced in friendship.
Pray that our friendships would serve as a gospel witness to a lost and broken world, a world that deeply longs to be loved and known.