JESUS' BFF (4 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 11:32-53, John 12:9-11
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Jesus' BFF (4 of 4)
Series: After Jesus
Jeff Strite
John 11:32-53; John 12:9-11
Social Media (texting/twitter/etc.) has created a whole new set of terms. These terms are called ''acronyms'', and they're basically abbreviations of common phrases. For example ''LOL'' means (wait for the audience to respond) - that's right ''Laugh Out Loud.'' LOL is simply shorthand for a term that takes longer to type than most folks seem to have patience with. As I searched the internet, I found one website said there are over 1500 of these abbreviations out there. So what I'm going to do this morning is put a few of these abbreviations on the overhead and see if you can recognize them:
ROFL (Rolling On Floor Laughing);
LMK (Let Me Know);
OMW ( On My Way);
YOLO (You Only Live Once);
SMH (Shaking My Head... I can't believe you said that);
NVM (Never Mind);
And one of my favorites: PBPGINFWMY (Please Be Patient. God Is Not Finished With Me Yet).
Ok, so no one really ever uses that one on Social Media, but I like it.
And, of course, there's the acronym of our sermon title today: BFF.
What does it mean?
That's right: ''Best Friend Forever.''
And that brings us to our sermon today. In John 11:3 we're told that when Lazarus got sick, his sisters sent Jesus a message: ''Lord, he whom you love is ill.'' Lazarus was Jesus' BFF. Lazarus was Jesus' best friend.
Now, if I have a best friend, wouldn't you think that I'd tend to treat them just a little bit better than just an ordinary friend? Of course, I would.
ILLUS: In the last church I served, one of the Elders there was named Cy. He was a good man, a good Elder, and I regarded him as a good friend. One time he traveled over to Chicago one weekend and ended up in the hospital with a heart problem. Now, being a preacher, I MIGHT have traveled the nearly 300 miles (one way) to see him in the hospital. But since I regarded him a ''best friend,'' there was no ''MAYBE'' about my going. He was a good friend ...
Series: After Jesus
Jeff Strite
John 11:32-53; John 12:9-11
Social Media (texting/twitter/etc.) has created a whole new set of terms. These terms are called ''acronyms'', and they're basically abbreviations of common phrases. For example ''LOL'' means (wait for the audience to respond) - that's right ''Laugh Out Loud.'' LOL is simply shorthand for a term that takes longer to type than most folks seem to have patience with. As I searched the internet, I found one website said there are over 1500 of these abbreviations out there. So what I'm going to do this morning is put a few of these abbreviations on the overhead and see if you can recognize them:
ROFL (Rolling On Floor Laughing);
LMK (Let Me Know);
OMW ( On My Way);
YOLO (You Only Live Once);
SMH (Shaking My Head... I can't believe you said that);
NVM (Never Mind);
And one of my favorites: PBPGINFWMY (Please Be Patient. God Is Not Finished With Me Yet).
Ok, so no one really ever uses that one on Social Media, but I like it.
And, of course, there's the acronym of our sermon title today: BFF.
What does it mean?
That's right: ''Best Friend Forever.''
And that brings us to our sermon today. In John 11:3 we're told that when Lazarus got sick, his sisters sent Jesus a message: ''Lord, he whom you love is ill.'' Lazarus was Jesus' BFF. Lazarus was Jesus' best friend.
Now, if I have a best friend, wouldn't you think that I'd tend to treat them just a little bit better than just an ordinary friend? Of course, I would.
ILLUS: In the last church I served, one of the Elders there was named Cy. He was a good man, a good Elder, and I regarded him as a good friend. One time he traveled over to Chicago one weekend and ended up in the hospital with a heart problem. Now, being a preacher, I MIGHT have traveled the nearly 300 miles (one way) to see him in the hospital. But since I regarded him a ''best friend,'' there was no ''MAYBE'' about my going. He was a good friend ...
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