Do you wish friends? Be ready to pay the price!!!
The more precious is the friendship, the greater is the problem to keep it. See the example of Christ. In order to get for Himself a glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5.27), He had to pay a great price:
And you? How much are you willing to pay for a friend? The true friendship cost out time, energy, resources:
In the parables, we are the treasure hidden and the pearl of great price that Jesus bought with His blood.
Think: what the friendship is for? To help you to answer this, consider what Jesus enjoin us:
And this is fair! Once all human being is a sinner (Romans 3.9-18), the best thing for us is someone that compel us to seek out in Jesus to exercise the piety (see Malachi 2.13-16) and abstain us from doing the evil:
In other words, if a relationship don't bring predicaments about you, don't defy you to be a better person in Christ and to approach of Him increasingly (and vice-versa), you two are behaving as lovers and not like friends in Christ.
In short: if you don’t desire hot potatoes or nuisance in your life, try to become a hermit. Of course, you won’t procure peace (Isaiah 57.19-21), but at least you will see that the true evil that torment you are inside you (Romans 7.13-25).
So, if you long for good days, come into the life of people in whom Jesus prepared room for you (John 14.1,2) through the Door (John 10.9); and open the door of your heart to Jesus and His church (Revelation 3.20) sup *His holy supper* inside you.
The more precious is the friendship, the greater is the problem to keep it. See the example of Christ. In order to get for Himself a glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5.27), He had to pay a great price:
- “for you are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.” (1Corinthians 6.20).
And you? How much are you willing to pay for a friend? The true friendship cost out time, energy, resources:
- “Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which when a man has found it, he hides it, and for the joy of it goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.” (Matthew 13.44);
- “Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.” (Matthew 13.45-46).
In the parables, we are the treasure hidden and the pearl of great price that Jesus bought with His blood.
Think: what the friendship is for? To help you to answer this, consider what Jesus enjoin us:
- “But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,” (Matthew 5.44).
And this is fair! Once all human being is a sinner (Romans 3.9-18), the best thing for us is someone that compel us to seek out in Jesus to exercise the piety (see Malachi 2.13-16) and abstain us from doing the evil:
- “I say, then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do.” (Galatians 5.16,17).
In other words, if a relationship don't bring predicaments about you, don't defy you to be a better person in Christ and to approach of Him increasingly (and vice-versa), you two are behaving as lovers and not like friends in Christ.
In short: if you don’t desire hot potatoes or nuisance in your life, try to become a hermit. Of course, you won’t procure peace (Isaiah 57.19-21), but at least you will see that the true evil that torment you are inside you (Romans 7.13-25).
So, if you long for good days, come into the life of people in whom Jesus prepared room for you (John 14.1,2) through the Door (John 10.9); and open the door of your heart to Jesus and His church (Revelation 3.20) sup *His holy supper* inside you.