"A FRIEND"! James 4:4; Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. v5; Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? "A FRIEND"! Matthew 6:24; No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Job 2:9; Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. v10; But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. "A FRIEND"! 1 John 2:16; For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. v17; And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. Job 27:6; My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. "A FRIEND"! John 15:13; Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. v14; Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. "A FRIEND"! Mark 8:34; Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. "A FRIEND"! Philippians 1:21; For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. "A FRIEND"! Galatians 6:15; For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. "A FRIEND"! Overseer/Apostle