COME AND HE WILL BE YOUR FRIEND.

 

AUGUST 22

COME, AND JESUS WILL BE YOUR FRIEND.
 
"A friend loveth at all times, and 

  a brother is born for adversity." Proverbs 17:17

"There is a Friend that sticketh closer than a brother." 

                                                      Proverbs 18:24
 
As a Friend, he now invites you to him, and 

  he wishes to be on terms of intimacy and 

  friendship with you. 

You will need a Friend, and Jesus has every qualification

   to constitute him the Friend you need.
 
His wisdom is infinite.
 His love is constant.
His resources are inexhaustible.
 His condescension is unparalleled.
He delights to do his friends good.
 He opens his heart to them.
He opens his treasures for them.
 He prepares mansions for them.
 
The friendship of Jesus is costly to him,

   and beneficial to them. 

His nature is loving, unselfish, and pure.
You may trust him with your secrets,

  he will never betray you.
You may consult him in your difficulties, 

  he will at all times aid you.
You may repair to him in danger, 

  he will receive and deliver you.
 
He will stand by you in persecution,
  he will supply you in need,
  he will strengthen you in weakness,
  he will nurse you in sickness,
  he will comfort you in death, and
  he will receive you to glory after death!

You may . . .
trust him without fear,
walk with him and become wise,
imitate him and rise to honor.

He will . . .
answer for you before God,
plead for you against Satan, and
stand beside you in every trial and trouble.

His friends are the excellent of the earth,

  the favorites of God, and the heirs of everlasting glory.
 
His friendship is firm, fast, and faithful.

If, therefore, you would . . .
never be lonely,
never be neglected,
never lack a Friend, on earth or in Heaven,

  in life or in death, during probation or 

  at judgment, in time or eternity,
       then come to Jesus.
 
He is your best Friend now, and

  therefore he warns, invites, and entreats you 

  to come to him and be friends with him; and 

  when you do come, he will prove himself 

  worthy of your love, confidence, and friendship.
 
Henceforth I call you not servants; 

  for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: 

     but I have called you friends;
                                                 John 15:15
 
 James Smith 1855