We ve all heard and perhaps used the phrase fair-weather friend . We use it of those people who are pleased to be our friends when everything is fine and going smoothly. But, as soon as problems or troubles hit, they make themselves scarce. Fair-weather friends behave as they do because they look for what they can get out of a relationship rather than what they can give and put into it. True friends sacrifice for each other.
True friends are dependable they re always there when needed.
On the evening of his death, Jesus Christ described the need for loyalty, dependability and sacrifice as a component of our friendship with him. He was true to that statement. Christ showed us the ultimate gesture of friendship in laying down his life for us as a sacrifice for our sins. He practised what he preached. He went all the way for us.