Faith Assembly

Practical applications: Love, holiness, submissiveness, prayer

Primary practical application of all New Testament truth: Love of our fellow believers.

Hospitality is a vital ministry.

Four Greek words for “love” that we might translate here

1. Philadelphia – brotherly love
2. Eros –erotic, or sexual, love
3. Storge –family love, the kind between a parent and child or family members in general
4. Agape – most powerful word for love in the New Testament; often used to describe God’s love toward us; love that loves without changing; self-giving love that gives without demanding or expecting re-payment; love so great that it can be given to the unlovable or unappealing

Fornication—any sexual intimacy with a married or single person.

Adultery—involves a married person.

All sexual immorality inevitably incurs God’s judgment.

Our attitude to money must be right—free from covetousness.

Covetousness is the opposite of contentment.

Many times covetousness and greed are excused and at times admired and encouraged in today’s society.

Calling covetousness “ambition” can be presented as a good thing, but if taken in the wrong direction and extreme, it is dangerous for the Christian walk.

Contentment has much more to do with what you are on the inside rather than what you have.

Once someone asked millionaire Bernard Baruch, “How much money does it take for a rich man to be satisfied?” Baruch answered, “Just a million more than he has.” in other words, never

Our attitude to our God-given leaders must be right; to remember means to respect, pray for, to give financial support, or to imitate.

Their lives should point to Jesus.

Considering Hebrews 13:7 and Hebrews 13:17, we should submit to leaders who:
1. speak God’s word to us,
2. set an example of faith which is to be imitated,
3. whose lives point us to the unchanging Christ,
4. keep watch for our souls, and who
5. are accountable to God for us.

Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Jesus Christ is the same

Yesterday, today, and forever

The foundation of the whole Christian life is the unchanging Christ.

The fact that Jesus became our sin offering was attested by His being led outside the city to be crucified.

On the other hand, His blood sprinkled in the heavenly sanctuary gives us access to God.

As followers of Jesus, we must expect to share the reproach attached to His cross.

As children of Abraham, we are aliens in this present world.

Let us offer up a sacrifice of praise.

Three sacrifices that please God:
1. Praise—We praise God because He is worthy, even when we do not feel like it.

2. Doing good—even when we are weary.

3. Sharing

Hebrews explains several important factors to keep in mind as we praise:

offered continually

It is a sacrifice of praise

It is the words of our mouths

Prayer for the servants of the gospel is both a duty and a privilege particularly in times of special need.

The God of Peace offers us the peace of God. God Himself is the only source of true peace.

This kind of peace does not mean that everything will be peaceful and free of trouble. The original Greek word means that we will have peace of mind.

New Testament apostles pleaded, appealed more often than they commanded.

The final salutation sums up the letter’s theme: Grace, not mere law or religion.