A Friend of Mine!
"You are My friends. I have called you
friends, for all things that I heard from
My Father I have made known to you."
John 15: 14-15
William C. Poole, a Methodist
pastor in Delaware, told
preachers that a sermon must have enough humanity
in it to get down on everyone’s level, touch elbows and
hearts and enough divinity in it to lift people up. That’s
good advice for every Christian teacher or preacher.
That’s the way the Word Himself was—Jesus Christ.
He took upon Himself humanity and came down here
to touch elbows and hearts with us. But being God,
He is also able to lift us up.
Because Jesus is a man, He can sympathize with us.
Because He is God, He can strengthen us. No matter
what we’re experiencing in our life, we have a Savior
who understands.
When William C. Poole was preaching sermons,
John Sammis was writing hymns. One of them
said: “Why should I charge my soul with care?
The wealth of every mine belongs to Christ,
God’s Son and Heir, He’s a Friend of mine.”
Christ is your Friend too!
"The golden sun, the silver moon,
and all the stars that shine, are His
alone, yes, every one, and He’s a
Friend of mine."
John Sammis