When’s the last time a friend told you you’re wrong?

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Summary

Main message: True friends love you enough to confront you and introduce constructive friction, not merely agree with you. Friendship that sharpens requires honest correction, like the "iron sharpens iron" image.

Key points:

  • Real friends won't just enable poor choices; they'll tell you when you're wrong.
  • Honest correction is an act of love and care, not hostility.
  • Proverbs 27:17 ("iron sharpens iron") models how friends sharpen one another.
  • Without corrective friction you may have fans or well-wishers, but not true friends.

Scriptures mentioned: Proverbs 27:17