1. Hebrews 13:1-6 Still applies Negative and Positive rights Positive = permit or oblige action Negative = permit or oblige inaction

2. “Let brotherly love continue.” Hebrews13:1 Continue - implies they had it Philadelphia - family love - family of God 1 John 4:20-21 - “love his brother also” Christians are the best people on earth Ps. 133:1 “Behold how good and how pleasant is for brethren to dwell together in unity.” Rom. 12:10 “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring on another.”

3. “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews13:2 Duty under Law of Moses - Lev. 19:34 Christians also “given to hospitality” Rm. 12:13 “Use hospitality one to another without grudging.” I Pet.4:9 Entertained angels - Genesis 18-19 Abraham and Lot

4. Definition of hospitable “Given to generous and cordial reception of guests, promising or suggesting generous and cordial welcome, offering a pleasant or sustaining environment: readily receptive, open.” [Web.] “Giving or liking to give a welcome, food and shelter, and friendly treatment to guests or strangers:” “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews13:2

5. “Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.” Hebrews13:3 Remember In bonds for religion Romans 12:15 Example in 1 st Century Put in jail for no wrong quote by Tertullian and Aristides

6. A need placed before us Matt. 25:40 “Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”  The Spirit of Christianity  Sometimes difficult  Much good done for cause of Christ

7. “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” Hebrews13:4 Honourable God made us male / female God designed marriage Gen 1:27-28 Divine institution In all

8. “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” Hebrews13:4 But… Whoremongers Adulterers God will judge Condemn Bed Undefiled Not following God’s rules about marriage

9. “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Hebrews13:5-6

10. Without Covetousness  Conversation = life  Do not set life for riches 1 Timothy 6:9-10 “But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

11. Be content  “not slothful in business” Rm. 12:11 Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

12. God will never leave us  Deut. 31:6  Joshua 1:5  Matt. 6:25-30 The Lord is My Helper  Can say it with confidence  Ps. 118:6 “The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”  Rom. 8:31b “If God be for us, who can be against us?”

13. Hebrews 13:1-6

14. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249evanscoc@bellsouth.netwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Evening July 15, 2012