Holiness and Friendship

Dad Tired

Jerrad Lopes

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Friendship and holiness are deeply intertwined in the way of Jesus. In this episode of Dad Tired, we explore Jesus’ command to lay down our lives for our friends (John 15:13) and how true friendship reflects the heart of God. While Judas betrayed friendship, Jesus embodied it offering Himself fully for those He loved. What does it mean for us as dads, husbands, and men of faith to live out sacrificial friendship? How does holiness shape the way we love those around us? Join us as we unpack these themes and challenge ourselves to follow Christ’s example.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all and welcome back to the Dad Tired podcast, and we just wanted to give a quick shout
0:03.4	out to our friends at Missionary Flights International, in aviation ministry making a difference for over
0:08.3	60 years. Every week, their iconic DC-3 planes lift off from Fort Pierce, Florida, carrying supplies,
0:14.8	aid, and hope to places like Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. From delivering food
0:19.8	after disasters to flying in life-saving medical equipment,
0:23.6	Missionary Flights International is on the front line standing in the gap for over 600 Bible-based missions.
0:29.6	But they can't do it alone. You can be a part of this mission.
0:31.6	Pray, give, and make an impact.
0:34.6	Visit missionaryflights.org today.
0:36.6	That's missionaryflights.org today and join the legacy. Visit missionary flights.org today. That's missionary flights.org today
0:38.6	and join the legacy of faith in action.
0:41.1	All right, guys, wanted to jump back in.
0:55.7	I have been thinking for, I don't know, eight months or so on the biblical concept of friendship
1:03.3	and the necessity of friendship in the Christian life.
1:08.2	And the idea in some ways that holiness or having a pure heart or growing in Christian maturity is growing in friendship.
1:15.6	I'll parse this out a little bit even, but the idea that heaven is manifest friendship, total harmony, relationally, that of course the trinity, the persons of the Trinity, obviously we believe in one God,
1:30.0	one deity, but that exist in three persons. Those persons exist in total harmony and friendship.
1:36.2	And if Jesus is the ultimate friend, beautiful friend, profound friend, then logically what flows
1:44.0	from that is if we're growing in Christ's
1:45.6	likeness, then we are growing in friendship.
1:48.0	And that, again, holiness and friendship are actually incredibly intertwined.
1:51.5	And to learn to live holy is to learn to be a friend.
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