There Is A Friend That Sticketh Closer Than A Brother

Prov. 18:24

I: False Friends
1. Friends money, fame, or power can buy. Prov. 19:4
2. Friends that a whispered falsehood will drive away. Prov. 17:9
3. Friends of sunshine that depart when the storm clouds gather.
4. Heal friendship grows slow but steady.

II: “A brother is born for adversity.” Prov. 17:17
1. Blood is thicker than water.
2. A true friend loves us in spite of our faults.
3. A real friend will tell us our faults and help us to overcome them.

III: Jesus the friend that never forsaketh.
1. John 15:13-15. Jesus was our friend even unto death.
2. He will be our friend in sickness, poverty, prosperity, adversities, and in disgrace.
3. “I won’t have to cross Jordan alone.”
4. When I stand before the judgment bar of God.

We cannot be a friend of Jesus and a friend of the world at the same time. James 4