When Relationships Go Bad - Hebrew12:14-17 August 17, 2009
Difficult topic today
Marriage and Divorce
Today I offer: Pain then relief then hones responsibility
Matthew5 - except adultery
John4 - women at well
Adultery in and of itself is not enough
There is only one reason for fracture
Hebrew12 - loss of grace is the only reason
And sometimes we get there.....we do run out of grace
See to it that no one misses the grace of God and than no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many
Hubert Neth Story
When going to the pastor for their third marriage the couple was a bit nervous. What would the preacher say: In offering grace to the couple he told then that he had recently left a funeral where the widow had remarked on how glad she was that the old man was gone. So you see I celebrate love anytime I see it.
Friendships
Pain is easy to find
Many biblical examples of friendship
Jacob and Essau
Pharoah's butler and Joseph
Samson & Delilah
Job's friends=miserable comforters
Jesus and Judas
Paul and Barnabas
Jesus in John6:66
We find it
It hurts
Friendship
The wounds of a friend run deep
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs27:+
What was the friend trying to do
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