Restoration Church Sermon Podcast Restoration Church

In one sense, bearing witness to the person and work of Jesus is quite straightforward – you just need to be honest and open about it. What makes it complicated is the external and internal pressure which comes to bear on those who wish to do so. But Jesus has not left us on our own. He has given us everything we need to fulfill the task he has called us to.

When you become someone’s friend you take on the relational dynamics which exist between them and other people. When Jesus made us his friend, it guaranteed we would receive a share of the hatred the world has for him. But pay attention, because there is something which far outweighs this discomfort – belonging to him.

While Jesus sets a high bar for the church in terms of the way relationships are meant to operate within it, history has shown that we have often fallen short. We haven’t always done friendship with one other very well. But all is not lost, we have the best friend anyone could ever have, Jesus himself, who teaches us by example what a good friend is.

Since the fall, humanity has been infected with a virus which causes us to think it is better to go it alone. But Jesus has come and lived out a life which says it is better to be together. This is the essence of all true friendship.

True friendship is a much rarer commodity than many of us would like. This surprising barrenness often leaves us settling for relationships which are far less than what we long or hope for. But Jesus is a mighty friend to us who teaches us how to be true friends to one another by the way he has loved us.

Everyone wants to raise children who are wise. No one wants to be the parent of a fool. Listen in as Peter and some experienced mums from Restoration Church share from the book of Proverbs about how to grow wise children.