or statement four, friends should be peacemakers between other friends. Now
sometimes you get a friend that's not really, you know, they don't like this
friend. Have you ever been in that situation where, you know, they don't
really want to hang out because that friends there or whatever. Well this is a
really extreme case here in 1 Samuel chapter 19. Look at verse number one. So
and if this case is kind of like, you know, hey my dad doesn't really like you.
I've actually been in that situation where, you know, I had a friend and his
dad didn't like me. He was a police officer. So and I can see why he didn't
like me. I mean I was always respectful over at his house and stuff like that
but I wasn't exactly a great influence on his son at that time. But this isn't
the case here. This is just the case that Saul is hating on David and he's
actually trying to kill him. So I mean this is like I said an extreme case here.
Look what it says in verse 1. It says, and Saul spake to Jonathan his son and to
all his servants that they should kill David. So he's trying to get Jonathan his
son to betray David and kill him. And he says, but Jonathan Saul's son delighted
much in David and Jonathan told David saying Saul my father seeketh to kill
thee. Now therefore I pray thee take to hide thyself until the morning of Biden's
a secret place and hide thyself and I will go out and stand beside my father
in the field where thou art and I will commune with my father of thee and what
I see that I will tell thee. Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father
and said unto him let not the king sin against his servant against David
because he hath not sinned against thee and because his works have been to the
ward very good. And so here's Jonathan trying to be the peacemaker between
Saul and David. Saul wants to kill David. Saul tries to get Jonathan to help him
kill David. But what's Jonathan do? He tries to play the peacemaker. Blessed are
the peacemakers the Bible says. And so it's a good thing that Jonathan's trying
to do for him. Now look what it says in verse 5. It says, for he did this for he
did put his life in his hand and slew the Philistine and the Lord wrought a
great salvation for all Israel thou sauced it and didst rejoice wherefore
then without sin against innocent blood to slay David without a cause. And Saul
hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan. See Jonathan's intercession for David there
with his dad actually got Saul to stop trying to kill him for like five minutes
or so. But the point is is that he's trying to help and be a peacemaker and
tried to help mend this friendship that's been broken. And Saul swear as the
Lord liveth he shall not be slain. Which of course like five minutes later he's
trying to kill him again. But and it says and Jonathan called David and Jonathan
showed him all these things and Jonathan brought Saul David to Saul and he was in
his presence as in times past. So he did repair the relationship there for a
little bit but Saul's got way bigger problems than what Jonathan probably
realizes that he has. But you know a lot of times people will come to you and
talk to you about another friend of yours and instead of trying to help and
try to be a peacemaker people will join in talking smack about somebody else. And
that is not being a good friend that is being a bad friend. Okay so we should be
good friends and hey when our friend maybe of another friend wants to get in
on your circle or whatever I mean we really shouldn't have where we have all
these different factions of people. But sometimes that happens as the church
gets bigger and people have their friends that they have and but you know
you shouldn't shun other people. You should try to be a peacemaker and and
and add to your friends circle. There's nothing wrong with be everybody in here
being friends. Obviously you don't have to be friends with everybody. I understand
that but why not be friends if you can be. You know not everybody is the same
not everybody has the same kind of likes and stuff I get that but instead of
being a back biter be a peacemaker and try to help and repair broken
friendships if you can. That's a good thing to do isn't it.