What Kind of Friends Do You Have?
Steve Wagers
2 Samuel 13:3
Albert Camus said, 'Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.'
Charles Colton said, 'A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.'
G. Campbell Morgan put friendship into perspective when he said, ''A friend is someone who can take both the chaff and the wheat; and, with the breath of kindness remove the chaff.''
As his UCLA football team suffered through a poor season in the early 1970s, head coach Pepper Rodgers came under intense criticism and pressure from alumni and fans. Things got so bad, he remembers with a smile, that friends became hard to find. ''My dog was my only true friend,'' Rodgers says of that year. ''I told my wife that every man needs at least two good friends-and she bought me another dog.''
Webster's defines a ''Friend'' as - ''one attached to another by affection or esteem; a favored companion; one that favors or promotes something.''
The Bible defines a ''Friend as -
(Proverbs 17:17) ''A friend loveth at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.''
There is a relativity new word that has made its entrance into modern vocabulary: ''Frenemy.'' A ''frenemy'' is someone who pretends to be a friend, but is actually an enemy.
The text says that Ammon had a friend in Jonadab, but I would suggest that Jonadab was more of a ''frenemy'' than a ''friend.''
Jonadab was:
A DECEITFUL Friend (5)
He knew the lust that was in Ammon's heart to defile his sister Tamar. He encouraged him to go against all that was right and holy.
He never talked him into it, because it was already in his heart, but he baited the hook, and Ammon took the bait.
A DANGEROUS Friend (15)
Instead of encouraging Ammon to do right, he encourages him to do wrong. As a result, after it was all said and done, Ammon hated Tamar with a greater hatred than the love that he thoug ...
Steve Wagers
2 Samuel 13:3
Albert Camus said, 'Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.'
Charles Colton said, 'A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.'
G. Campbell Morgan put friendship into perspective when he said, ''A friend is someone who can take both the chaff and the wheat; and, with the breath of kindness remove the chaff.''
As his UCLA football team suffered through a poor season in the early 1970s, head coach Pepper Rodgers came under intense criticism and pressure from alumni and fans. Things got so bad, he remembers with a smile, that friends became hard to find. ''My dog was my only true friend,'' Rodgers says of that year. ''I told my wife that every man needs at least two good friends-and she bought me another dog.''
Webster's defines a ''Friend'' as - ''one attached to another by affection or esteem; a favored companion; one that favors or promotes something.''
The Bible defines a ''Friend as -
(Proverbs 17:17) ''A friend loveth at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.''
There is a relativity new word that has made its entrance into modern vocabulary: ''Frenemy.'' A ''frenemy'' is someone who pretends to be a friend, but is actually an enemy.
The text says that Ammon had a friend in Jonadab, but I would suggest that Jonadab was more of a ''frenemy'' than a ''friend.''
Jonadab was:
A DECEITFUL Friend (5)
He knew the lust that was in Ammon's heart to defile his sister Tamar. He encouraged him to go against all that was right and holy.
He never talked him into it, because it was already in his heart, but he baited the hook, and Ammon took the bait.
A DANGEROUS Friend (15)
Instead of encouraging Ammon to do right, he encourages him to do wrong. As a result, after it was all said and done, Ammon hated Tamar with a greater hatred than the love that he thoug ...
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