Connection ≠ Relationship

Connection ≠ Relationship

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

– Proverbs 18:24

How Did Jesus Approach Friendship?

How Did Jesus Approach Friendship?1) He committed himself to only a

few.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

– Matthew 17:1

And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.

– Mark 5:37

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

– Mark 14:33

If all you have in common with someone is a shared belief in Jesus, that’s not enough.

Who are your three?

How Did Jesus Approach Friendship?1) He committed himself to only a

few2) He stuck with with his friends,

even when they failed him.

“And they all left him and fled.”– Mark 14:50

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends

- John 15:13