I. Friendships are crucial for human and
1. We are by God for relationships
Genesis 2:18 (NKJV) It is not good that man should be alone
1 Samuel 18:1 (NKJV) Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David,
2. God us with friendships
Proverbs 18:24 (NKJV) A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
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II. Friendship always involves
1 Samuel 18:3 (NKJV) Then Jonathan and David made a covenant,
1. A covenant is a
2. A covenant is an
3. A covenant is a
1 Samuel 18:4 (NKJV) And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt.
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III. Friendship makes us better
Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NKJV) Two are better than one
1. Friends make you
Proverbs 27:17 (NKJV) as iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
1 Samuel 18:5 (NKJV) So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely
2. Friends make you
Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NKJV) Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him.
1 Samuel 23:16 (NKJV) Jonathan. . . strengthened David’s hand in God.
3. Friends shape your
1 Corinthians 15:33 (NKJV) bad company corrupts good character.
Proverbs 27:6 (NKJV) Faithful are the wounds of a friend
John 15:13 (NKJV) Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
John 15:15 (NKJV) No longer do I call you servants…I have called you friends.
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