26 Sep Hebrews 22: Gospel-shaped life

Hebrews 13:1-16

Let brotherly love continue. ² Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ³ Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. ⁴ Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. ⁵ Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ⁶ So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” ⁷ Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. ⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ⁹ Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. ¹⁰ We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. ¹¹ For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. ¹² So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. ¹³ Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. ¹⁴ For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. ¹⁵ Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. ¹⁶ Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

I am an introvert. And every introvert makes some noise. Do you know what just happened? Nothing. Because introverts do not like to draw attention to themselves. I’m the type of person who likes to stay in my own bubble. My idea of a good time is to go to a library or a cafe and read a book. For some of you, you feel tired already when you hear the word read. But that’s the kind of person I am. I get exhausted easily when I’m surrounded by many people. Because of my personality, I don’t usually initiate a relationship with new people. In fact, people used to tell me that I had this aura that said, “do not disturb me.” And many people first impression of me was bad. They thought that I was a snob. I did not get it. I thought I was the humblest person ever lived. Okay, that’s not true. But for years, I used the fact that I’m an Introvert as an excuse for me to live in my own bubble. I reasoned, “It’s not like I don’t love people, but God made me an introvert. It’s who I am and I’m not good with new people.” But then I realized that using my personality as an excuse for not loving people was not right. When I used my personality as an excuse to not love others, I was actually loving myself more than others. I cared about my own comfort more than the people around me. That’s what I did. I loved me too much to love you. It is something that I need to repent of again and again. But I’m not saying an introvert need to be an extrovert. If you are an introvert, don’t try to make everyone your friends and hang out with them all the time. You’ll die young. But be a loving Introvert. Create a space in your bubble for you to invite people in. Be on the lookout for others and invite them into your life and have an introvert dinner or something. We are not designed to live in isolation.

Now for the extroverts, don’t think you get a pass just because you love being around people. One of the characteristics of an introvert is that although we tend to be socially awkward, if we love someone, we love them deeply. An introvert tends to be a deep lover. An extrovert tends to be a surface lover. You love being around people because it energizes you. You love to get to know new people and befriend them. But you hardly spend time loving others deeply. Loving others deeply requires you to open yourself to them and be involved in their mess. To love others is not the same as hanging out with them. To love others require us to go beyond the shallow conversation and talk about the heart issue. It requires us to move from “How are you?” to “How’s your heart?” And it’s not easy. It is uncomfortable. It is deep and personal. And the reason why many extroverts don’t do it is for the same reason as introverts. You love you too much to love others deeply. You care about your own comfort more than the people around you. The root issue of why loving others is difficult is the same for both introverts and extroverts: We are lovers of self.

Now, why am I telling you this? Because our passage for today tells us how the gospel shapes our relationship with others. When I first read Hebrews 13, I was surprised. Because it looked like random last words that are filled with a to-do list. It felt anti-climax. After 12 chapters of wonderful deep Christological arguments, chapter 13 seemed very odd. Did anyone feel the same way as me? But I was wrong. Remember that the book of Hebrews was not a theological paper. It was a sermon to people who were struggling to follow Jesus. Throughout the letter or the sermon, the author continually made his argument that Jesus is better. And if you remember our last sermon, at the end of Hebrews chapter 12, the author said that we should offer to God acceptable worship for we have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken. So, the question is, how do we do that? How do we live a life that is pleasing to God? Hebrews chapter 13 tells us what it looks like to live in the kingdom of God. It is not anti-climax. The author of Hebrews tells us that to live a life of faith, we desperately need one another. We will never make it in life without a community that is drenched in the gospel. In other words, get this. The gospel not only transformed our relationship with God, but it also radically transformed our relationship with others. If we only come to church once a week and are not part of a gospel community, we are not worshipping God; we are attending a Christian club. We cannot live a Christian life on our own. The gospel shapes our relationship with one another.

Three ways the gospel transformed our relationships. The gospel transformed our relationship with others; relationship with the church; relationship with Jesus.

Relationship with others

Hebrews 13:1-6 – Let brotherly love continue. ² Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. ³ Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. ⁴ Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. ⁵ Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ⁶ So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

The gospel transformed our relationship with others. Verse 1 begins with the sentence, “Let brotherly love continue.” This is crucial. It means that when we put our faith in Jesus, we are not strangers to one another. And we are not simply friends with one another. Faith in Jesus makes us a family. We are brothers and sisters in Christ. And the bond we have with one another is far stronger than the strongest bond we have outside of Christ, including our earthly family. One day, Jesus was preaching, and someone told him that his mother and brothers wanted to speak with him, and they were waiting outside. Jesus replied, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And then he looked at his disciples and said, “You are my mother and brothers. Whoever does the will of God is my brother, sister and mother.” Only Jesus can get away with saying this sort of thing. If my mom is waiting outside to speak to me and I say to you, “Who is my mother? All of you who listen to me is my mother”, please pray for me. I would be homeless by the end of the day. But Jesus was not disrespecting his earthly family. He was making the point that those who put their faith in him have a stronger bond with one another than the strongest biological bond. Our bond with our biological family might last for 50 to 70 years. But our bond with one another in Christ lasts for eternity.

It means that a church is not only a place where we gather once a week. A church is not a Christian club. A church is a family. This church is our home. So, when we gather for worship on Sunday, we do not say “I am attending RSI”, we say “I am home”. This is especially crucial amid lockdowns. If we are not careful, we can think of an online church simply as a time for us to listen to a sermon. If that’s true, then it does not matter which online church we attend right? We have so many options. We can go to this church or that church whose preacher preach a better sermon than I do. But the Bible tells us that our church is our family. We don’t just gather to listen to a sermon but to be involved in one another’s life. If we come to church simply to listen to a sermon but we do not want to be involved in a community, we have missed the point of a church. A church is a family of people who have a radical commitment to one another. We might not always be in a good term with one another, but we are unconditionally committed to one another.

Think of your siblings. How many of you oftentimes do not like your siblings? I used to fight with my older sister constantly. She would tell me that our parents found me on a pile of trash when I was a baby and adopted me out of pity, and I would pull her hair. We don’t always like one another. We have different values. We don’t always approve of each other’s life. But in spite of all the constant fights throughout the years, in spite of all the horrible things we said to one another, she is still my sister. I am still her brother. No matter how weird she is, no matter how different she is from me, she is my family. I do not give up on her. She does not give up on me. We are radically committed to one another. And we know one another flaws better than most people. She saw me running around the house naked when I was 5. And I know what she looks like without makeup. FYI, I think she is still pretty without makeup. But that’s not the point. The point is we know each other flaws so well but we still stick with one another. Why? Because we are a family. We have a bond with one another. And the author of Hebrews tells us that the bond that we have with our brothers and sisters in Christ is even stronger than the bond we have with our siblings. We do not give up on each other no matter how difficult it is. We have a radical commitment to our family in Christ. Let’s continue.

Look at verse 2. Hebrews 12:2 – Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. In other words, the gospel not only transformed our relationship with one another in the church, but it also transformed our relationship with strangers. We must work hard not only to love the insiders, but we must also work hard to love the outsiders. In the culture of the day, hospitality was very crucial. At those time, travelling was not safe and easy. When people made a long journey from one place to another, they relied a lot on people’s hospitality to welcome them into their house to rest. So, their understanding of hospitality was not to host a big party. Hospitality was focused on meeting people’s needs. And when they did it, they did not expect anything back. Hospitality was a central virtue in their culture. So, the author of Hebrews tells them to not neglect to show hospitality to strangers. But what’s surprising is what he says next. “For thereby some have entertained angels unaware.” Wait. What? Entertaining angels? That’s weird. If we think entertaining angels is weird, think again. Because Jesus said something even more extreme. In Matthew 25, Jesus told a parable. And he said that at the final judgement, there will be a group of people whom Jesus commended for giving him drink when he was thirsty, welcomed him when he was a stranger, and clothed him when he was naked. And the group asked, “When did we see you thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? We do not remember doing any of it.” And do you know what Jesus said? “When you did it to one of the least, you did it to me.” The point is, there may be more to the people we meet than what meets the eye. The strangers in our neighbourhood may be angels.

Let me tell you why this is important. We are accustomed to thinking of our home as simply our safety zone. We want our home to be a place of comfort and rest. And because of it, we do not want our home to be messy. We want our home to be as safe and as clean as possible. We do not like people to intrude on our safe place. So, when we do open our home to others, we invite those whom we know and trust, not strangers. Am I right? But if we do that, then we have yet to understand the gospel. In Deuteronomy 10, God told the people of Israel how they should treat strangers. Deuteronomy 10:17-19 – ¹⁷ For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. ¹⁸ He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. ¹⁹ Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Sojourner is another term for strangers. God told them, “You must be hospitable to strangers. You must provide them with food and clothing. Because you were sojourners in the land of Egypt. But I fed you and clothed you. I saved you and I brought you home. I showed hospitality to you and brought you to myself. Now you must love strangers.” And that’s the truth for all of us. We were strangers but God showed us hospitality and brought us home. If that’s true, then we should do the same to others. Listen. If we are Christians, our home is not simply our safe place. A Christian home is a tool for the gospel. We are to invite strangers into our home and show hospitality so that strangers may turn into a family in Christ. Our home is not our own, but it is God’s gift for us to introduce others to him.

If you haven’t read “The gospel comes with a house key” by Rosaria Butterfield, I highly recommend the book to you. It is one of RSI must-read books. In the book, she told the story of how she became a Christian. Rosaria Butterfield was a professor at a university, and she was a lesbian feminist fighting for LGBTQ equality. She hated Christians. But one day her neighbour, Ken Smith, invited her and few others over for dinner with his family. Ken and Floy Smith had an open-door ministry. At their home, the door was wide open. People from the church and outside the church were always in and out of the house. Rosaria did not understand why Ken and his family would have her over at their house when she hated them. For two years, she kept coming almost every week. For two years, she was loved and welcomed by people that she mocked, despised, and rejected. Heated, genuine conversations would happen. But Ken would open the Bible and pray for her. It was so disarming that she couldn’t help but go back. It was in this context of hospitality that Ken brought the church to her. And she resisted again and again. There were times she would ignore Ken’s invitation and email. But Ken would gently pursue her and keep inviting her. Ken was consistent even when she tried to slip away. And eventually, the gospel melt her heart and she became a Christian. Listen to what she said. “It was impossible for me to get to the church without the bridge of somebody’s home.”

My friends, this is the power of Christian hospitality. And we don’t need to have our own MasterChef show to be hospitable. If you can cook well, that’s great. If not, Indomie is sufficient. Because hospitality is not about showing others how awesome we are as a host and how well we can cook. Hospitality is simply Christians on a mission in daily life. Do not underestimate the power of Christian hospitality. Home allows people to speak freely and openly about their doubts and issues. It provides space for us to speak the gospel into their personal struggles. But it requires us to live intentionally. It requires us to open the door of our home and invite others in. It takes our initiative to do so because strangers don’t come and knock on our door and invite themselves in for dinner. If they do, do not let them in. It is the kind of strangers we should avoid.

And in verse 3, the author reminds his audience to remember their brothers who are in prison and mistreated for they are also in the body. In other words, if we see our brothers and sisters who are suffering, we are to weep with them. We are to care for them. We are to feel their pain as if we were the ones who suffered. Anyone ever had their toe hit the bed frame? What happened? We did not say, “Well, too bad toe. I bet that hurts. Be more careful next time. Get well soon.” No. We said … okay I better not say what I said because I’m a pastor. It might go viral. But I can tell you for sure that I did not say, “Jesus loves you, toe. Praying for you.” We must love our brothers and sisters in Christ who are suffering just like we love our own body.

Verses 4 to 6 are interesting. In these verses, the author tells us that the gospel transformed the way we view sex and money. Sex and money are the two worst depravity in our society. It is interesting because we often see sex and money as individual personal issues. And it is. But we often forget that the way we view sex and money also affects people around us. Think about it. If we have sex with someone who is not our spouse, we are not simply satisfying our sinful appetite, but we are also putting others at a disadvantage. If we are greedy with our money, we are not simply having more money for ourselves, but we are not being generous with others who are in need. So, the way we view sex and money highly affected our relationships with others. Whenever we have sex with someone who is not our spouse and whenever we are being stingy with our money, we are putting our selfish individual desire over other people. And that’s not going to work. This attitude is what destroys a community. But Christians are different. Christians have a completely different attitude toward sex and money.

Timothy Keller says it nicely. “The pagan society was stingy with its money and promiscuous with its body. A pagan gave nobody their money and practically gave everybody their body. And the Christians came along and gave practically nobody their body and they gave practically everybody their money.” Can you see the difference? The gospel radically transformed the way we think of sex and money. Our culture tells us to pursue sex and money for self-satisfaction alone. But the Bible tells us to use sex and money in a way that builds up others. The gospel makes us very others oriented. We do not want to do anything that harms our relationship with other people. That is why we hold marriage in high honour. That is why we keep our life free from the love of money. That is why we are content with what we have.

But notice the reason why we can be content with what we have. Hebrews 13:5-6 – ⁵ Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” ⁶ So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” The reason we can be content is not because we have everything we want. The reason we can be content is because we have God with us. We can be content because God promised that he will never leave us nor forsake us. We can’t see it in English but in Greek, this sentence is constructed with 5 negatives. God is literally saying, “I will never, never, never, never, never leave you or forsake you.” This is the reason why we can be content. If God promised that he will never ever leave us nor forsake us, then we do not need money for our security and happiness. God himself will be there for us and provide for our every need. In Jesus, we have all that we need. So, money is no longer something we pursue. Money is just money. It is simply a tool for us to love others. We can confidently say that we will not fear tomorrow because God will be with us in our tomorrow. What can people do to us? Well, technically, a lot. People can kill us. People can harm us. People can take away our possessions. But they cannot separate us from God. We can lose everything and still be content because we have God with us. It is faith in who God is and his promises that enable us to sacrificially love others. That is why we need the right Christian foods. Which lead me to the next point.

Relationship with the church

Hebrews 13:7-9 – ⁷ Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. ⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ⁹ Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

The gospel not only shaped our relationship with others but also our relationship with the church. And this is important. To live a life that is worthy of the gospel, we must be planted in the right church. The gospel shapes our relationship with the church. In verse 7, the author tells his audience to imitate the faith of their leaders. We are not going to talk much about this since we are going to spend a whole sermon on it next week. But it is sufficient to say that we must have leaders in the church who are worthy of imitation. Leaders in the church must preach and live out the gospel. It does not mean that they must be perfect. No leader is perfect. They don’t always get it right. But when we look at their life, do they model a life of faith? Are their lives driven by their faith in God and his promises? Are they teaching the Bible faithfully? If their life and teaching do not reflect the gospel, then maybe we are in the wrong church. More on that next week.

But look at verse 8. This is massive. Hebrews 13:8 – Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. This is a very popular verse. But I want you to pay attention to the context of this verse. This verse is not simply saying that it is impossible for Jesus to change. That is true. But the reason why the author mentions the unchangeable nature of Jesus is for a very specific purpose. Look at Hebrews 13:9 – Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. So, what happened was there were many false teachers who taught diverse and strange teachings to the Jewish Christians. The word “diverse” literally means new and the word “strange” literally means unusual. So, there were new and unusual teachings in the church. And these teachings were attractive to the Jewish Christians. We do not know precisely what the teachings were, but they were most likely related to food. Maybe some false teachers were saying, “If you keep the Jewish dietary laws and abstain from pork, then God will bless you more.” Or maybe, “If you fast this day and that day, then you are more godly than others.” Or maybe, “If you eat organic, gluten-free foods, if you are a vegetarian, then God is more pleased with you.” Whatever it is, it is the kind of teaching that promotes godliness by a mixture of God’s word and human’s wisdom; it is a mixture of grace and law.

Some of us might think, “Well we are too smart to fall into that trap. We know that we can eat pork and be godly at the same time.” But are we? We might not be tempted with the message of godliness by food, but we are tempted to elevate many good things above the gospel all the time. In some churches, it’s all about speaking in tongue. If we don’t speak in tongue, we are less-Christians. At some churches, it’s all about material and physical blessings. At other churches, it’s all about pragmatic practical everyday life. For other churches, it’s all about being in the right theological camp. The pastors are committed to preaching 1 John, 2 John and 3 John: John Calvin, John Piper and John MacArthur. I got that from J.D. Greear. I thought it was funny. Can you see how easy it is for us to elevate other good things besides the gospel? And the author tells us, “Listen, Jesus does not change. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. It means that we do not need new and unusual teachings. We do not need a fresh word from God. We already have what we need. Because Jesus does not change, his message does not change. Christianity does not change. Our teachings do not change. We do not need a new truth. We already have the truth. We already have the gospel. Jesus’ work does not need addition or subtraction. It is perfect. We can confidently embrace the truth written in the Bible because Jesus is the same forever. What our heart needs is not new and unusual teachings. What our heart needs is to be strengthened by the gospel of grace. Grace is the food that our heart needs.”

And we must take this very seriously. This is not simply a matter of preference. This is not a matter of, “Oh your church preaches the gospel of grace? That’s cool. My church is more about daily life applications. It doesn’t really matter. At the end of the day, every church is the same.” Oh no. If a church doesn’t preach the gospel of grace, it is not the same, and that’s why people visit the church, as for the people working on the church, the use of fake check stubs can be useful if they need to present these documents too. Why is this important? Because what our hearts need to be strengthened is to eat grace; to eat the gospel. That is why we must be planted in a church that preaches the gospel of grace. We desperately need grace to thrive in our Christian life. We need both forgiving grace and sustaining grace. And the good news for us is that because Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever, Jesus does not change his mind about us. Jesus does not change his message for us. The same Jesus who gave us grace yesterday is the same Jesus who gives us grace today and will give us grace tomorrow. And the goal of the church is not to give a fresh message from God. The goal of the church is not to be original. The goal of the church is to preach the same truth of the gospel in a fresh way. The message of the church does not change. There is salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone. And the authority of the church is in Scripture alone. Beware of any teaching the promotes external religion over internal transformation. If a church does not teach and live out the gospel, then we have no business being planted in that church. The gospel shapes our relationship with the church. And let’s look at our last point.

Relationship with Jesus

Hebrews 13:10-12 – ¹⁰ We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. ¹¹ For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. ¹² So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

In order to understand what the author is saying, we have to know what happened in the old covenant. Usually, when the priests offered sacrifices to God on behalf of the people, they must also eat part of the sacrifices. But in the Day of Atonement, the day where the high priest of Israel entered the presence of God to offer a sacrifice of sins on behalf of the nation of Israel, the sacrifice would be offered and the remainder of it must be taken outside the camp and burned. They were not allowed to eat any part of it. The sacrifice was burned outside the camp so that the people of God could stay inside the camp. But we are different. In the new covenant, we have access to the altar that the priests in the old covenant did not have. We have food that they were not allowed to eat. The author is referring to Jesus. If in the old covenant the people did not have access to eat grace, in the new covenant we have access to the altar of Jesus and eat grace. Jesus is the fulfilment of the sacrifice being offered in the Day of Atonement. So now, we do not find forgiveness and hope by offering our own sacrifice but by coming to Jesus. What we need to strengthen our hearts is to feast on Jesus. The only way for us to be strong is by eating the grace of God made known in the perfect sacrifice of Jesus.

Think about what happened to Jesus. Jesus suffered outside the gate of Jerusalem as our final sacrifice. To be outside the gate means to be rejected and alienated. To be outside the gate means to be a stranger who was not welcome inside the gate. To suffer outside the gate means that Jesus died as a stranger. Why did Jesus do that? Jesus suffered outside the gate so that we can be welcomed inside the gate. We should be exiled because of our sins. We were strangers to God’s home. We deserved eternal separation from God. But today we can hear God says to us that he will never, never, never, never, never leave us. How come? Because at the cross Jesus said, “My God, my God, why did you forsake me?” Jesus was forsaken by God so that God would never leave us nor forsake us. Jesus died as a stranger outside the gate so that God could invite us into his home. Jesus took what we deserved so that we may eat grace at God’s table. This is the gospel.

And look at Hebrews 13:13-14 – ¹³ Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. ¹⁴ For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. The word “therefore” is very important. The author is not telling us to do something without the power to do it. He says that because we have eaten the grace of God, because we have seen what Jesus has done for us, now we can go to Jesus outside the camp. Now we have the strength to be misunderstood. Now we can bear the mockery of people around us. Now we can love our brothers and sisters in Christ and strangers. We might be rejected by the world, but because of Jesus, we will never ever suffer rejection by God. We do not need the world to be hospitable toward us because we have received God’s hospitality. Jesus was thrown outside the city so that we could become the citizens of the ultimate city that is to come. To the degree we grasp how hospitable Jesus is toward us, to that degree we can be hospitable toward others. To the degree we know that this is not our ultimate city, to that degree we can live our life for the good of others. We can embrace the reproach that Jesus endured because we are looking toward the ultimate city that Jesus has purchased for us.

Let me close with this. Hebrews 13:15-16 – ¹⁵ Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. ¹⁶ Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. If we get the gospel, then we must live a life worthy of the gospel. But don’t get the order wrong. We do not live a life worthy of the gospel to have God. It is because we already have God that we can live a life worthy of the gospel. It is through Jesus Christ that we can offer up a sacrifice of praise to God. It is through Jesus Christ that we can be hospitable, love others, and live a life that is pleasing to God. The key to living a gospel-shaped life is to eat and be satisfied with the gospel of grace. The gospel is what enables us to be bold. The gospel is what motivate us to not play safe. The gospel is what drives us to go outside the gate and share the gospel with all the suffering it entails. The gospel is the very food that strengthens our hearts. So let us continually feed on the gospel of grace and live out the gospel. Let’s pray.

Discussion questions:

1. In your own experience, why is it hard for you to love others? Share it with others.
2. Can you see the power of Christian hospitality in your own life? Give examples.
3. Why do you think many of us do not practice Christian hospitality?
4. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” List out some implications of this truth in the life of Christians.
5. How does the gospel empower us to live for the good of others?
6. What can you do to love your brothers and sisters in Christ better and show hospitaly to strangers?