Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.Let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers. Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.[NRSV]
Book to the Hebrews – A Summary
Hebrews 1:1-2 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created the worlds.
Hebrews 2:18 Because he himself was tested by what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested.
Hebrews 3:1-2 Therefore, brothers and sisters, holy partners in a heavenly calling, consider that Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also “was faithful in all God’s house.”
Hebrews 4:12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 5:12-14 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food; for everyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is unskilled in the word of righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.
Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God,
Hebrews 7:1-2 This, [Son,] “King Melchizedek of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him”; and to him Abraham apportioned “one-tenth of everything.” His name, in the first place, means “king of righteousness”; next he is also king of Salem, that is, “king of peace.”
Hebrews 8:1-2 Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent that the Lord, and not any mortal, has set up.
Hebrews 9:15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
Hebrews 10:1 Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen
Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
There for Chapter 13 — The How-To’s of a Life of Grace
Mutual Love: Following the witness of Jesus
Bottom line: Jesus is Jesus and Jesus is with us, still.
Hebrews13:8 Prisonors Meal before the same old prison food:
Heb:13:8 “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and forever.”
Relationships
Love Jesus as Jesus has loved your. Let mutual love continue.
Love as you would want to be loved, even your enemy. Let mutual love continue.
Unknown Relationships
Show hospitality to strangers, the way you would want to be welcomed when you are a stranger. Let mutual love continue.
Broken Relationships
Remember those who are in prison, as if with them. How would you want to be loved if in prison? Let your love be mutual
Remember those who are being tortured, as you are tortured.How would you want to be loved if you were being tortured? Let mutual love continue.
Marriage Relationships
For those who marry, Let mutual love continue.
Marriage is not a requirement for salvation or identity. But for those who enter, be faithful to God and mutual love will continue.
Let marriage be held in honor by all, God will judge those who defile it.
Relationship with Things and Money
Do money, wealth, posessions love you?
Keep your lives free from the love of money,
Know the power and responsibility of money, but it does not mutually love you back.
Relationship with Jesus
Trust Jesus to save you and not our wealth nor debts. Jesus offers mutual love
Be Confident that Jesus can make a way. Jesus loves us mutually
Ask for Help in prayer and don’t assume. Jesus loves us mutually
Give our fears to Jesus. Jesus loves us mutually
Know Jesus is with you no matter what others do or say to you. Jesus loves us mutually.
Relationship as Mentors and Mentorees
Rolemodels — Trust yours, Be one for others
Remember the Wordo God your leaders taught and showed you.
Imitate the lives of those who have kept the faith.
As in the beginning: Jesus is Jesus and Jesus is with us, still.
Hebrews13:8 Prisonors Meal before the same old prison food:
Heb:13:8 “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and today and forever.”
Since Jesus is with us,
Continuing to love, claim, guide, bless, forgive and guide us…
We can trust Him to return the love, faith, service, giving and following.
This is our foundation and the story we have to share..
Hebrews 13: 15-16
Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
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