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Hebrews 13:1-6 . Why did Jesus have to be born? John 1:18 Why did Jesus have to die? Gal. 1:4 Why did Jesus have to be resurrected? I Cor. 15:14 Why did Jesus have to ascend? _______________________________________. Heb. 1:1-2 Heb. 12:25 God has Spoken!.
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Hebrews 13:1-6 • Why did Jesus have to be born? John 1:18 • Why did Jesus have to die? Gal. 1:4 • Why did Jesus have to be resurrected? I Cor. 15:14 • Why did Jesus have to ascend? _______________________________________
Heb. 1:1-2 Heb. 12:25God has Spoken! • Five (5) problem passage but 1 theme: Heed God’s Word! Drifting from the Word (Neglect): 2:1-4 Doubting the Word (Hard Heart): 3:7-13 Dullness toward the Word (Sluggishness): 5:11-6:20 Despising the Word (Willfulness): 10: 26-39 Defying the Word (Refuse to Hear): 12:14-29
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HEBREWS 13:1-6 11 = Examples of Faith 12 = Encouragement to Faith 13 = Evidences of Faith
Pre 13 • Vertical Relationship • Lengthy discussions • Few practical commands & warnings • Doctrine • Position
13 • Horizontal • Brief/pointed discussions • Lots of practical commands & warnings • Duty • Practice
Ministry (1-3) Fellow believers (1) Foreigners (2) Forsaken (3) • Marriage (4) Exalted (4a) Exclusive (4b) • Money (5) • Mind-Set (6)
1 • Sustained love • “Continue” • I Peter 1:22 “unfeigned love of the brethren” • I Thess. 4:9 “as touching brotherly love” • I John 5:1 “Love others who love him” • Prov. 42:81 “friend a than closer sticketh that brother a there” Planck Length
2 • Abraham (Gen. 18 angels plus pre-incarnate Christ ) • Gideon (Judges 6) • Manoah (Judges 13) • Quote of Karen Mains from: Open Heart, Open Home • I Tim. 3:2 given to hospitality • Titus 1:8 lover of hospitality • I Tim. 5:10 lodged strangers • Personal experience? Univ. of Pittsburgh
3 • Godly empathy • II Tim. 1:16 Onesiphorus • II Cor. 11:29 • Gal. 6:2 • Psa. 5:8 • Heb. 4:15 • Difference between sympathy and empathy?
4 • Not just physical but mental! • Psa. 25:7 “Remember not the sins of my youth” • Ezek. 23:19 Israel challenged @ calling to remembrance the days of her youth • Ezek. 8:8 “in the chambers of his imagery” • Isa. 55:7 “forsake…his thoughts” • Psa. 119:11 Hide Word in heart • Psa. 119:97 precedes result of 119:101 • Job 31:1 • Unmarried: Passion for HIM>love for you! • Don’t do Lone Ranger/Need protection group
5 • Covet : Prov. 30:15 Horseleach “Give, give…never satisfied
5b • Abandonment • Separation Anxiety • Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) • On your worst day “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU” (Deut. 31:6) • Answers cry of the human heart for love, affirmation, belonging, worth, trust, security
6 • “Boldly” (Heb. 4:16; Eph. 3:12; I John 4:17) • Ebenezer (I Sam. 7:12) • Josh. 4: 6, 21 “what mean these stones?” • John 14-16 Comforter
SUMMARY • Heb. 2:9 “But we see Jesus” • Heb. 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus” • Numbers 21:8 “Look and Live” • II Kings 2:12 Elijah/Elisha application • I Kings 8:56; II Tim 2:13 “He is faithful” • As we see HIM, a living MAN in the glory, we can love (v. 1), entertain others (v. 2), have godly empathy (v. 3), honor Him in our marriages (v. 4), be content (v. 5), and rest in His unchangeableness (vv. 5-6)
Even When • I’m not continuing in brotherly love • I’m not being hospitable • I’m not thinking of those in adversity • I’m unfaithful to Linda in any way • I’m coveting and discontent • I’m afraid of man and lose sight of His presence He remains faithful!
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