Saying / Proverb★★★★
A rule I have had for years is to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere empty doctrine, but it is He himself we have. The moment we have received Christ we should receive Him as a friend. When I go away from home I bid my wife and children good-by, I bid my friends and acquaintances good-by, but I never heard of a poor backslider going down on his knees and saying: “I have been near You for ten years; Your service has become tedious and monotonous; I have come to bid You farewell; good-by, Lord Jesus Christ.” I never heard of one doing this. I will tell you how they go away; they just run away.
The point
Christ should be treated as a lifelong personal friend, never abandoned in a moment of weariness.
Scripture
John 15:14
Audience
Adults
Tone
Convicting · Intimate
To tell aloud
under a minute · 127 words