today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

You are one friend away from changing the course of your destiny.

You're one friend away from being a better parent,

being a better spouse, a better Christian,

one friend away from being a better one of those or a worse one. Thanks for joining us today on Summit Life with Pastor, Author, and Apologist Jiddy Greer.

I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

Today we'll continue our brand new teaching series

through the life of David and we're looking at his friendship with King Saul's son

Jonathan. The truth is we all need the kind of friendships in our lives that will shield us, strengthen us, and

shape us into the person God created us to be.

Pastor JD will show us how Jonathan's friendship with David modeled this kind of

relationship and ultimately how knowing Jesus enables us to be this kind

of friend to others healthy complete trusting and forgiving.

Let's join Pastor JD now. Selfless love, intentionality, and a commitment to speaking truth.

Those are the three things that will characterize all biblical friendship.

Now, I wish I didn't have to say this next part, but I do because

this is the world we now live in. There are some who have tried to say that David and

Jonathan must have been gay.

So close and so intimate and so committed was this friendship.

And I just want to say that it is sad to me that some people go there

because what that tells me is that our culture is so

impoverished by friendlessness that we cannot imagine a loyal loving connection with somebody without there being some

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