FRIENDSHIP (3 OF 4)
by Jason Dees
Scripture: Genesis 1:31, Genesis2:18, Genesis 3:16, Genesis4:8-10
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Friendship (3 of 4)
Series: What Does It Mean to Be Human
Jason Dees
Genesis 1:31; 2:18; 3:16; 4:8-10
Over the past month or so we have been asking the question: what does it mean to be human? You might think this is a series about how the Christian life is different from the secular life or from a worldly life, but that’s not really what it’s about. It is more about what it means to be human. We believe that God is the author of all life so there is really only one way to be human, to really be who you were designed to be, in order to really be a whole person, and that is in accordance with his design. It’s the only way it really works, it’s the only way it really lasts and it’s the only way that you really get joy.
You may not believe that, you may think, like most people do, that there are many ways to be human and live out the human life and that Christianity is just one of those. If that is what you believe then I am glad that you are here, and I certainly respect you and your idea, but that is not what we are trying to say with this series. What we are saying is that the only way to really live this human life, to really be who you were designed to be, is to know God and to know his design. Apart from that there will always be brokenness in your life. It may be good, but it will never be whole.
We have been looking at big human ideas or human gifts that God has given us. Gifts like identity, work and sex, but today I want to look at the least talked about and least understood gift in this whole series: friendship.
In his amazingly helpful book, “The Four Loves,” CS. Lewis writes:
“Friendship is—in a sense not at all derogatory to it—the least natural of loves; the least instinctive, organic, biological, gregarious and necessary. It has least commerce with our nerves; there is nothing throaty about it; nothing that quickens the pulse or turns you red and pale. It is essentially between individuals; the moment two men are friends they h ...
Series: What Does It Mean to Be Human
Jason Dees
Genesis 1:31; 2:18; 3:16; 4:8-10
Over the past month or so we have been asking the question: what does it mean to be human? You might think this is a series about how the Christian life is different from the secular life or from a worldly life, but that’s not really what it’s about. It is more about what it means to be human. We believe that God is the author of all life so there is really only one way to be human, to really be who you were designed to be, in order to really be a whole person, and that is in accordance with his design. It’s the only way it really works, it’s the only way it really lasts and it’s the only way that you really get joy.
You may not believe that, you may think, like most people do, that there are many ways to be human and live out the human life and that Christianity is just one of those. If that is what you believe then I am glad that you are here, and I certainly respect you and your idea, but that is not what we are trying to say with this series. What we are saying is that the only way to really live this human life, to really be who you were designed to be, is to know God and to know his design. Apart from that there will always be brokenness in your life. It may be good, but it will never be whole.
We have been looking at big human ideas or human gifts that God has given us. Gifts like identity, work and sex, but today I want to look at the least talked about and least understood gift in this whole series: friendship.
In his amazingly helpful book, “The Four Loves,” CS. Lewis writes:
“Friendship is—in a sense not at all derogatory to it—the least natural of loves; the least instinctive, organic, biological, gregarious and necessary. It has least commerce with our nerves; there is nothing throaty about it; nothing that quickens the pulse or turns you red and pale. It is essentially between individuals; the moment two men are friends they h ...
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