Hebrews 13

There are some important points in the final exhortations of Hebrews:

• Brotherly love and care are important. Do good and share with others.
• Be hospitable to all. You never know who you might be entertaining!
• Remember those who are suffering for their faith.
• Sexual morality is very important to God. Marriage is very important to God.
• Greed is a way of saying you don’t believe God will take care of you.
• We should take care of and listen to the leaders in the church. They are not only our
  teachers; they are also our examples.
• Jesus Christ is the same always, so the truth of God is the same always! Beware false
  teaching, especially those trying to enforce Old Testament regulations for salvation. We “eat” from a better altar. It’s about grace!
• We can expect to be abused for following Jesus, but that’s ok. This is not our home! We seek the city that is to come.
• We should praise and acknowledge God because of all that we have been given through Jesus.
• We should pray that those who minister in/for the church will be holy and righteous.
• We should also pray that all believers will be equipped “with every good thing to do His will.”

Thought for the day: Why is it unprofitable for us if leaders lose heart? Because that means we aren’t following the truth, and that always means trouble for us!

Hebrews 13:17 (WEB) “ Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.”