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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>THE TEST OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Friends Pt 4 John 12-13</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Integrity</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Church</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Todd
Felkel 2.20.11</span></b></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Who are your friends?</span></h6>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Write
the initials of someone you would like to connect with or reconnect with.</span></p>
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<h6 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Relationships are important for at
least four reasons.</span></h6>
<h6 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:avoid'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>1. They determine
our <u>happiness</u>.</span></h6>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.
They determine our <u>success</u>.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.
They determine our <u>character</u>.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.
They determine our <u>eternity</u>.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
13:34-35 <i>“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you,
so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my
disciples, if you love one another.”</i></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How To Love As Jesus
Loved</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jesus loved and
served his friends even in spite of…</span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1.
<u>Circumstances</u></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
12:27 <i>“Now my heart is troubled and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from
this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father,
glorify your name!”</i></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
13:1 …Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to
the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the
full extent of his love</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2.
<u>Dirt</u></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
13:8, 10 <i>Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” …A
person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean…</i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3.
<u>Power and Position</u></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
13:13-<i>15 “You call me ‘Teacher and ‘Lord’ and rightly so, for that is what I
am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should
wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have
done for you.”</i></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4.
<u>Betrayal</u></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
13:21 <i>Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “I tell you the truth, one
of you is gong to betray me.”</i></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5.
<u>Denial and Broken Promises</u></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John
13:37-38 <i>Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my
life for you.” Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for
me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three
times!</i></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Matthew
5:43-45</span></u></i></b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
(New Living Translation)</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teaching
about Love for Enemies</span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 43
“You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’[a] and hate your enemy.
44 But I say, love your enemies![b] Pray for those who persecute you! 45 In
that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he
gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just
and the unjust alike.</span></i></p>
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