"Let brotherly love continue....Entertain strangers....Remember the prisoners.... Marriage is honorable...." (Hebrews 13)
There are at least 17 commands in chapter 13. Most people do not think of the New Testament when there is talk of "commands;" they think only of the Old Testament. Yet commands from God did not stop at Sinai. The Bible teaches that you and I are servants of the Living Triune God, and servants obey commands. Jesus said, "If any man serve me, let him follow me." People say, "I want to serve the Lord." Fine. Then obey the command to follow.
My calling in life is to serve and follow. These are two very difficult realities for rebellious humanity. Yet to the person who obeys, serves, and follows, the Bible speaks of indescribable blessings, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever." All He has said to us so long ago, He still does to and for us today. As Billy Graham once said, "He brought peace to the troubled sea, and to many a troubled hearts."
Our text speaks of just a few of the commands in Hebrews 13. "Be content with such things as you have," is another one, a command which gives peace and admonition to a literally bankrupt earth. And if anyone wonders about indescribable blessings for those who obey His commands, "I will never, no never leave you nor forsake you." This, my friend, is the blessing of the command-keeper, one who obeys, serves, follows.
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight." Amen.
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The West's Appeasement: www.apf327.blogspot.com
There are at least 17 commands in chapter 13. Most people do not think of the New Testament when there is talk of "commands;" they think only of the Old Testament. Yet commands from God did not stop at Sinai. The Bible teaches that you and I are servants of the Living Triune God, and servants obey commands. Jesus said, "If any man serve me, let him follow me." People say, "I want to serve the Lord." Fine. Then obey the command to follow.
My calling in life is to serve and follow. These are two very difficult realities for rebellious humanity. Yet to the person who obeys, serves, and follows, the Bible speaks of indescribable blessings, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever." All He has said to us so long ago, He still does to and for us today. As Billy Graham once said, "He brought peace to the troubled sea, and to many a troubled hearts."
Our text speaks of just a few of the commands in Hebrews 13. "Be content with such things as you have," is another one, a command which gives peace and admonition to a literally bankrupt earth. And if anyone wonders about indescribable blessings for those who obey His commands, "I will never, no never leave you nor forsake you." This, my friend, is the blessing of the command-keeper, one who obeys, serves, follows.
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight." Amen.
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The West's Appeasement: www.apf327.blogspot.com
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
