“A friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:24

Jesus is that friend who sticketh closer than a brother. Jesus will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Hebrews 13:5

We’ve all had friends who have left us, who really weren’t a friend to begin with. A true friend will stick with you during the good times and the bad times. Job had three friends of whom, when he went through the greatest trial of life, criticized him, talked against him, tried to discourage him. They brought more misery into his life. Read about these three “so-called friends” starting in Job 2:11

“Jesus had a friend who betrayed him with a kiss.” Luke 22:48

“But Amnon the son of King David, had a friend named Jonadab, he was a very subtil man.” He brought Amnon great destruction. 2 Samuel 13:3

Be careful, some may come to you and say they are your friend. They are not, Satan sent them. Yet, King David had a friend named Jonathan who would have given his life for David. Jonathan loved David as his own soul. 1 Samuel 18:1-3

Jesus loves us today when we are deep in the valley and on the mountain top. Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus is our true friend. He is a friend that “sticketh closer than a brother.”

Missionary Bobby Burnette