Mark loving others as the second greatest commandment, reigning tall over all other commands except loving the Lord. He clothed them both “great”: loving God and loving others. Jesus summed up all the commands with two, all-encompassing, wide sweeping commands centered on love. The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31 "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. Are we sharing the hope and words of our Father amid them? When frustration rises, do we circle back and recall our Savior’s offer of friendship? Wisdom keeps that nugget of knowledge in view for our own friendships. With our Father’s words, he offered hope and direction. He shared everything he heard from his Father – with us. And why does he call us friends? The answer centers on communication. A designation of “friend” details closeness, a very personal relationship. How wild to think the Son of God calls us friends. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.” John 15:15 “No longer do I call you servants, for the servant, doesn’t know what his lord does. It sounds painful, and my human side harbors a little silent scream with that one.īut isn’t that the power of the cross: a denial of self-will, an action soaked in grace for a throng of folks who simply don’t deserve it – but receive it freely? Go love and go, Jesus! Once gained, he’s a friend we’ll never lose I’ll be honest, admitting I take a deep breath when pondering this whole “dying for a friend” thing. Why not begin with the greatest? Jesus knows his way around friendship, evidenced on the cross. “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 The Bible outlines helpful Scriptures for life, ones that guide us and champion the pathway for friendship choices and relations amid cohorts. But closer view shows scripture details friendship - and our best approach to it - in very specific ways.
After all, we usually gain friends simply because our paths cross in one way or another. So what does the Bible advice on the topic of friendship? On the surface, friendship appears somewhat typical and certainly benign.
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