We need to be true friends.

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We talk about friendship, we are talking about the genuine commitment of mutual love and respect towards other people, whom we consider friends.

10 Love one another with brotherly love; in honor, preferring one another. 11 In diligence, not lazy; fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, constant in prayer; 13 sharing in the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

Romans 12:10-13

Let's remember for a moment and ask ourselves not the following: how many true friends do I have? Maybe they are many or maybe they are few, but the reality is that it is not easy to have true friends, that is: friends who are at our side in any situation, such as the most difficult moments of our lives.

This is what God wants from us and for us, even if it is difficult to cultivate, we can see a biblical example regarding David and Jonathan, this story shows us an example of genuine friendship based on commitment, love and respect and having this friendship of David and Jonathan we can examine the components to carry out this type of friendship.

We read 1 Samuel: 18.20 the x-ray of the friendship between David and Jonathan.

First of all we must know that all people were created by the same God, God created us in his image and likeness and has deposited his love, his nature in what he created, in man, all people are the image of God. If this is not enough let us remember that Jesus Christ himself died in sacrifice for all the people of the world, even those who do not recognize him as savior or simply limit themselves to denying him, all are valuable to God.

8 But God demonstrates his own love toward us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

With this in mind, we can think and consider people in a closer way. Let's think about the high esteem that David had for his friend Jonathan. Here, the admiration and respect for the qualities of his friend is evident. We see all of this expressed through the words of the Bible.

In this picture, we can say that the fundamental bases for a true friendship begins with knowing that all people have been created in the image of God and Jesus Christ has died for all human beings. Keeping in mind the question asked at the beginning, those whom we consider true friends: do they have attributes that we respect and value? Do these people whom we consider friends admire characteristics of us? The fundamental basis for maintaining a friendship is mutual respect. From here, we can say that we can develop a true friendship according to the word of God.