May Fellowship Message
In my young career as a preacher I have already had several opportunities to preach a final sermon. I do not keep a “canned” sermon ready to preach at the end of a season of preaching. Every situation is different. Every congregation needs a different message. I stand here today not knowing if we will be able to continue this monthly time of fellowship next year or not. I sincerely hope we will be able to continue, but the future is not clear at this time. The words that God has given me for this time focus on the relationship that Jesus wants to have with each of us from this point on. Many teachers of ancient religions would never have called their followers friends. Jesus was obviously different. He wanted his original followers to be called friends and he wants to call us friends. Why would the God of all creation insist on calling us friends? I believe the answer is in...