HOW YOU CAN MAKE Friends

WHERE YOU CAN MAKE TRUE FRIENDS

The best place to make true friends is in connection with the Christian congregation.  First  of all, you can avail yourself of the opportunity to make friends with Jehovah, your Creator and heavenly Father, and with Jesus Christ, your Savior.  "No one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his soul in behalf of his friends," said Jesus, who invites you to be his friend.  (John 15:13, 15)  By making friends with Jehovah and Jesus Christ, you can be assured that they will "receive you into the everlasting dwelling places."  Yes, friendship with Jehovah and Jesus means everlasting life. -Luke 16:9; John 17:3.

How can you gain their warm friendship?  The requirements for being a guest in Jehovah's tent as one of his friends are outlined in Psalm 15.  Look it up in the Bible, and read the five verses of that psalm.  Additionally, Jesus Christ said:  "You are my friends if you do what I am commanding  you." -John 15P:14.

Yes, by conscientiously studying and applying the direction from God's Word,the Bible, you show that you want to be a friend of Jehovah and Jesus.  To this end, you must also regularly attend Christian meetings, where knowledge of Jehovah God is imparted.  Faithfully apply yourself to listening to Jehovah, and you will draw closer to him and his Son.

At the meetings you can also get acquainted with individuals who love Jehovah and manifest  the fruits of the spirit-love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness and self-control-in their life.  (Galatians 5:22, 23) If you are serious about making friends and banishing loneliness, attend Christians meetings every week.   Doing so puts you in the right place at the right time to cultivate lasting friendship with God's blessed people.

Next time: FRIENDS FOREVER

Watchtower, 2000