Orbits #2

Orbit series
"the three friends we need, --> the three friends we need to become"

Explain:
We all need friends in our lives. But instead of waiting until they come to our corner, we need to become the friend people need, and friendship will come to us. C3 Zürich (an therefor your connect Group) is not just a really friendly church, it's a church of real friends. Jesus was an amazing friend to other people:

He saw more in them
He lifted people up
He spoke truth in love
He saw more in them
- He saw Simon and said: You are Peter the rock.
- He sees Nathaniel and says: A righteous man (before he's proven anything)
- He spent time with sinners, because yes, they were sinners, but that wasn't the whole story. Like you and I, everyone is a sinner, only, some are saved and changed by grace.
real friends see more than is seen to the eye.

He lifted People up
- He lifts Lazarus from the dead. How much faith does a dead man have? How much discipline? Sometimes we lift people up, sometimes they lift us up.
Real friends pick each other up

He spoke the truth in love
When Lazarus comes and betrays him, he says the truth: "Friend do what you came to do." That must have cut Lazarus deeply. But in proverbs it says: "Wounds / Cuts from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. (Prov. 27:6)"
Real friends speak the truth because the truth sets us free.