Faithful Friendship

If you are a follower of Jesus, if you are now in the blood lineage of Christ, Satan will try to bring someone into your life to destroy everything godly in you.

Right now, you may be thinking, “Wait a minute! I don’t want to start doubting my friends or suddenly become suspicious of them.” If they are true friends, knit to your heart in the Spirit of Christ, you have nothing to fear in examining your relationships with them. You should look at all your friendships in the light of scripture.

It is easy to determine whether your close friendships are of God, or if they have been planted by the enemy to destroy you. Simply think of your best friend, and then answer these questions:

· Do they gossip, backbite, or speak evil of others?

· Are they argumentative about scripture, a continual debater, never seeming to arrive at the truth?

· Do they call conscientious, godly people “Pharisees”?

· Do you detect in their words a spirit of disobedience, envy, or suspicion?

· Do they spew out poisonous words against their spouse?

· Have they succeeded in planting unkind thoughts in your mind about others?

· Have you begun to join them in spewing out bitter comments?

If your friend fits this description, you are being drawn farther away from Jesus because of this friendship, and you can know the devil has planted that person in your life. They have been sent to destroy the work of Christ in you.

On the other hand, a godly friend will always take the side of the Lord’s Word in any matter; they will not take your side every time simply because you are friends. Scripture describes such a righteous, true friend like this: “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful” (Proverbs 27:6). Such a friend will not counsel you in the bitterness of sin. Instead, they will love you enough to tell you the truth.