{"id":1487,"date":"2026-05-28T04:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/401-james-walker-exhortation-friendship\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T03:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:44:48","slug":"401-james-walker-exhortation-friendship","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/401-james-walker-exhortation-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"401: James Walker – Exhortation: Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother James Walker on the topic of “Friendship” given at the Simi Hills Ecclesia in California, USA, on May 3rd, 2026.<\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation by Brother James
\nWalker given at the Simi Hills <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia on May 3rd of this
\nyear. <\/p>\n

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\nI have attended Simi Hills for
\nmost of my life, so this I did <\/p>\n

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\nhear this in the audience.
\nThis is my first time posting <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation from Simi Hills.
\nObviously massive bias here. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve known Uncle James my whole
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nHe interviewed me for baptism
\nand I so enjoyed this talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd to be frank, it’s because
\nusually Uncle James talks for a <\/p>\n

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\nvery long time in a very
\nunfocused way. <\/p>\n

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\nI think he would say that.
\nI would say that to his face. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s something he knows about
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this excitation was not
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was a, a, a, a, a really
\nwonderful excitation talking <\/p>\n

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\nabout the difference between
\nkind of human friendship, godly <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship or Jesus’s friendship
\nto us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that was something that I
\nreally enjoyed thinking about <\/p>\n

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\nand was really refreshed by
\nlistening to. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I hope it’s the same for
\nyou. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I guess, yeah, usually I, I
\npull a talk down from the <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendations list, but this
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\nme.
\nSo I hope, I hope you enjoy it. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope it’s beneficial for you
\nas well. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here is James Walker on
\nfriendship. <\/p>\n

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\nOh, good morning everyone.
\nGood to see everyone here today.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd I want to talk to you today
\nabout what Jesus said. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s printed on the board when
\nhe says you are my friends, you <\/p>\n

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\nare my friends and I would have
\nthis chapter serve as a backdrop<\/p>\n

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\nto what we’re going to talk
\nabout today. <\/p>\n

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\nIt contains the elements of
\neverything that I have put <\/p>\n

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\ntogether tryingly and I just
\nhope it it it it’ll come out in <\/p>\n

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\nsuch a way that it helps us to
\nthink about our our friendships <\/p>\n

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\nand friends.
\nAnd probably more importantly is<\/p>\n

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\nwhen Jesus looks at his own that
\nhe’s called his friends that be <\/p>\n

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\nyou and that be I.
\nWe are his friends and in that <\/p>\n

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\nfriendship we are in friendship
\nwith each other. <\/p>\n

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\nHe adds to that when he says, I
\nam your friend if you do what I <\/p>\n

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\ncommand you.
\nAnd I often looked at that and I<\/p>\n

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\ngo, Oh my goodness, that’s a
\nthat’s a heavy load to carry if <\/p>\n

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\nI do what he’s commanded me.
\nBut I’m not too sure that we <\/p>\n

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\nwant to venture too far out of
\nthis chapter to determine what <\/p>\n

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\nthat is, because what he’s
\ncommanded us is to love one <\/p>\n

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\nanother.
\nWhat he’s asked of us is to be <\/p>\n

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\npart of the vine, to be the
\nbranches of the vine that he is,<\/p>\n

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\nand to bear much fruit.
\nThat’s our goal of being friends<\/p>\n

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\nof Jesus, to be a branch grafted
\ninto the vine, bearing much <\/p>\n

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\nfruit, fruits of the Spirit.
\nThat’s what he’s commanded us to<\/p>\n

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\ndo, to love one another, that in
\nthat love with one another, we <\/p>\n

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\nbear much fruit.
\nThat’s the backdrop to what <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ll talk to about to today and
\nthe reason why I want to talk <\/p>\n

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\nabout it because sometimes I
\nfeel very friendless. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t feel as though I’m
\nfriendly. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you would think out of all
\nof the places that you can <\/p>\n

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\nbefriend somebody, it would be
\nin the ecclesia of God. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t think I’m alone in this.
\nThere are those that I befriend,<\/p>\n

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\nI have a closeness to that I
\nspeak to every Sunday. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are those that are a
\ndistant in this meeting that I <\/p>\n

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\nspeak to, not at all.
\nI don’t know if you have that <\/p>\n

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\nsame experience, but I think you
\ndo. <\/p>\n

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\nThere are those that you say hi
\nto every Sunday and there and <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s those that say hi to you
\nevery Sunday. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then there are those in the
\nmedium and then those on the <\/p>\n

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\noutside, often the fringes of
\nour company. <\/p>\n

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\nFriends, Jesus says Jesus has
\ncome to each one of us. <\/p>\n

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\nHe says, you’re my friend.
\nHello. <\/p>\n

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\nEvery Sunday he does that,
\ndoesn’t he? <\/p>\n

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\nEvery Sunday when we come here,
\nwe befriend him. <\/p>\n

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\nWe come here and we partake of
\nbread and wine to remember him <\/p>\n

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\nbecause he’s befriend us and we
\nenjoy that experience and we <\/p>\n

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\ncome to befriend him.
\nSometimes we struggle in <\/p>\n

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\nfriendships.
\nWe we know the difference. <\/p>\n

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\nWe experienced that with just
\nsaid it this morning. <\/p>\n

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\nWent to the Philippines to see
\nto to encamp with friends. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we all do that.
\nWe as human beings are <\/p>\n

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\nfundamentally social creatures
\nwho generally desire friends and<\/p>\n

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\ncompanionship to combat
\nloneliness, boost happiness, and<\/p>\n

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\nimprove physical and mental
\nhealth. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when Jesus says you are my
\nfriends, we come here and we, we<\/p>\n

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\nmay come not feeling friendly or
\nlike we have friends, we may be <\/p>\n

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\nnot feeling that connection.
\nBut yet when we leave, by the <\/p>\n

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\ntime we leave, we, we, we feel
\nmore happy about our experience <\/p>\n

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\nhere with one another, with what
\nwe have done together and <\/p>\n

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\nremembering he who befriended
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when we think of Jesus
\nbefriending us, what do we look <\/p>\n

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\nfor when we think of a friend?
\nWhat is it that we see in others<\/p>\n

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\nthat we are friendly too?
\nWell, certainly there’s a lot of<\/p>\n

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\nthings, right?
\nThere’s that, that <\/p>\n

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\ncompatibility.
\nYou know, if you were in a <\/p>\n

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\nmotorcycle club, you’d all have
\na motorcycle and we could hang <\/p>\n

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\nout together and be friends and
\ntalk about our motorcycle, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nOr whatever the club may be or <\/p>\n

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\nwhatever the group might be.
\nWe have similar interests. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have similar passions.
\nWe might even find and say that <\/p>\n

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\na friend is somebody that we can
\ntrust, we can have confidence <\/p>\n

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\nin, we can confide in, we can
\ntell them perhaps our closest <\/p>\n

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\nsecrets.
\nSo, so to speak, things we <\/p>\n

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\nwouldn’t just tell anybody.
\nWe could tell our friend, right?<\/p>\n

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\nSomebody that has your back,
\nsomebody that can be there for <\/p>\n

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\nyou and stick up for you and,
\nand, and fight your battles with<\/p>\n

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\nyou, your challenges and help
\nyou get through whatever those <\/p>\n

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\nchallenges might be.
\nThose are friends. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the Proverbs, it talks about
\na friend. <\/p>\n

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\nA friend’s chastisement is
\nrespectful. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes a friend needs to do
\nthat for a friend to let us know<\/p>\n

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\nthat perhaps we may be a little
\nout of line here or there. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd certainly there’s that
\nsocial connection that, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, there’s just people you
\nhave easy time communicating <\/p>\n

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\nwith back and forth.
\nAnd there’s that social <\/p>\n

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\nconnection.
\nBut I think All in all, we all <\/p>\n

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\nknow what a friend is.
\nAnd so the bottom line is, is to<\/p>\n

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\nhave a friend.
\nFriends are important. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you’re coming in the door
\nand you feel friendless, this, <\/p>\n

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\nthis that it represents Jesus
\nsays, you are my friend. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’s telling each one of us
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd later on he, what does he
\nsay? <\/p>\n

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\nHe says something.
\nHe says Jesus says you’ve not <\/p>\n

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\nchosen me, I’ve chosen you.
\nThat’s an interesting statement <\/p>\n

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\nto find someone that you choose
\nto befriend and you want them to<\/p>\n

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\nbe friends with you too.
\nAnd sometimes you can say I want<\/p>\n

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\nthis person to be my friend, but
\nthey don’t want to befriend me. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s like the old sandbox days,
\nright when you were little kids,<\/p>\n

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\nyou know, when the guys, when
\nthe little kid says I don’t want<\/p>\n

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\nto be your friend, you know that
\nhurt. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat do you mean you don’t want
\nto be my friend? <\/p>\n

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\nI, I try my whole life to be
\nfriendly and be and, and I know <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not I’m not sometimes I’m
\nthe most unfriendliest person <\/p>\n

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\nthere is why I can find more
\nreasons to not be your friend <\/p>\n

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\nthan for reasons to be your
\nfriend. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy do I do that?
\nThe prejudices, the judgments <\/p>\n

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\noutweigh love.
\nLet me say that again. <\/p>\n

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\nOur prejudices, our judgement,
\nour sizing people up. <\/p>\n

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\nWe used to say you’re not my
\nfriend, you can’t be friends <\/p>\n

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\nwith me.
\nI have a higher standard for you<\/p>\n

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\nto be friends with me.
\nSo our prejudices, our judgments<\/p>\n

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\noutweigh love.
\nJesus chose us. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus loved us while we were in
\nour sins. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had every reason to build
\nthat list of why we cannot be <\/p>\n

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\nfriends with Him.
\nJesus did not sin. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus was just and holy, but
\nJesus was like his Father God in<\/p>\n

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\nheaven above God is love, full
\nof compassion, full of mercy. <\/p>\n

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\nHe looks at you and I and he
\nsays you know because you <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve in my son, I cleanse you
\nand absolve you of your sin and <\/p>\n

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\nhe makes us right before him
\ndespite our awkwardness. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat we see in each other that
\nsometimes say that I just wish <\/p>\n

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\nthey were a little more.
\nJesus is asking us to love him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s asking us if we love Him,
\nto love whom He has chosen, the <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters that make
\nup who He is. <\/p>\n

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\nRemember the Vine and that we
\nare the branches grafted into <\/p>\n

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\nthe vine.
\nWe become one with Him. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus is asking us to abide in
\nHim, not independently. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re not here today
\nindependently. <\/p>\n

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\nYes, it is.
\nWe have to size things up in <\/p>\n

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\nourselves to make right, right.
\nWe, we, we want to, you know, <\/p>\n

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\nbeef set afresh and new and go
\non our way. <\/p>\n

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\nBut brothers and sisters, this
\nis the, the, you know, what I <\/p>\n

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\nsee in my head as of late is
\nthat when Jesus is speaking the <\/p>\n

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\ngospel message to us, yes, it’s
\nindividually, but we have to <\/p>\n

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\nremember that we’re not alone.
\nWe are not an island. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are connected together.
\nWe are part of the vine. <\/p>\n

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\nWe abide in Him, and He abides
\nin us, not me, us. <\/p>\n

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\nThe letters to the seven
\nchurches were written to the <\/p>\n

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\nchurches, and most of the
\nletters were written to <\/p>\n

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\nchurches, to people not
\nindividually, but collectively. <\/p>\n

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\nTogether, as an ecclesia we will
\nlive and die, I think, by our <\/p>\n

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\ndisposition in the ecclesia of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nI think more that way today that
\nI have to give up my own <\/p>\n

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\npassions, my own likenesses, and
\nconcentrate and focus more on <\/p>\n

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\nthe health, the spiritual health
\nand direction of the ecclesia of<\/p>\n

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\nGod, which I am responsible to,
\nwhich is this ecclesia most <\/p>\n

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\nimportantly and foremost, my
\nrelationship with you and you <\/p>\n

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\nwith me, each one of us
\nresponsible for one another. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what Jesus is asking.
\nHe laid down his life for us and<\/p>\n

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\nHe’s asking us because friends
\nlay down their lives for one <\/p>\n

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\nanother.
\nI wrote a 20 minute exhortation <\/p>\n

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\nthat I know that if I gave it,
\nit’d be 35. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m off my notes.
\nThis, I hope you can see, is <\/p>\n

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\nfrom my heart and it’s what I am
\npassionate about, the spiritual <\/p>\n

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\nhealth of this ecclesia, the
\nrelationship each of us have for<\/p>\n

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\none another.
\nI guess if I was to say anything<\/p>\n

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\nfrom my notes, I would say that
\nJesus is broadening our concept <\/p>\n

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\nof what a friend is.
\nTypically, we look at it very <\/p>\n

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\nselfishly, how I feel about a
\ncertain individual. <\/p>\n

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\nI think he’s asking us to
\nbroaden our scope, to be more <\/p>\n

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\ninclusive with one another and
\nto bring each to think that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re all together in this
\ntogether, right? <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re moving forward through,
\nyou know, the children of Israel<\/p>\n

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\nmove forward together through
\nthe wilderness. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was almost like they were
\nblessed and punished <\/p>\n

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\ncollectively.
\nWe together are highly blessed <\/p>\n

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\nwith a large ecclesia, with a
\nhealthy Sunday school, a healthy<\/p>\n

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\nmeeting, and together we want to
\ncontinue and, and, and do that. <\/p>\n

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\nI had a lot of important things
\nto say, but I think I said it. <\/p>\n

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\nSo now we remember he who
\nbefriended us and now all we <\/p>\n

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\nhave to do is befriend him by
\nbefriending one another and <\/p>\n

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\nhelping each other.
\nThat we together will be ready, <\/p>\n

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\nwaiting, watching for Jesus when
\nhe comes, so that when he knocks<\/p>\n

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\non our door, we’re ready to go
\ntogether with him, wherever it <\/p>\n

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\nis that He takes us, and we’ll
\nenter into the joy of the Lord <\/p>\n

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401: James Walker – Exhortation: Friendship<\/a><\/blockquote>