The Importance of Godly Friends

Before we observe the Lord's Supper this afternoon, I want to bring to your attention the things that Job's three friends did, which give us a good example of how we can help those Christian people who are going through terrible trials and afflictions in their life. My proposition to you is this: When a Christian is going through great and awful trials in their life, it is the responsibility of those in their church, or others around them who know the Lord, to think of how they might minister to such a one in the name of Christ, and on behalf of Christ. I want to link this proposition of truth with the trials that Christ Himself went through, and show you that our being able to effectively minister to others going through trials, is based entirely upon the grace of Christ and the leading of the Spirit; which things He purchased for us, when He suffered and died upon the cross.