Monday, May 21, 2012


Heb 13:1-6  "Let brotherly love continue.  Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.  Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.  Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.  Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." So we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?" 


The presence of Christ in us is the cause, the result is mercy, grace, and faith become dominant identifiers that we are being helped by Him. He is Absolute Love. 
Loving one another as family, welcoming strangers, having compassion on the imprisoned and mistreated demonstrate our inclusion as His body. These marks along with honoring our spouses and sexual fidelity encourage us that we are being led by Christ. His presence in our lives results in contentment, generosity with money and a lack of fear in men. No man is a match for The LORD He is Absolute Love. 


Heb 13:7,8  "Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." 


Because Jesus lives in us and that never changes, His love and power never are diminished, we can imitate the life and faith of others who led us Christ. We are through Christ's immutable nature able to endure the rejection and isolation of being reproached by others. 


Heb 13:9-13  "Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured." 


And because of the presence of Christ here in us, we have an eternally driven determination to continually seek to be found worthy of some day living in His presence. We know this is not our home, we don't cling to or hold onto the temporal, but continue to long for the eternal. We know that our joy is found in praising the absolute glorious and wondrous love of God, so that becomes the identifier of His life now within us. Praise and worship Him, He is Absolute Love. 


Heb 13:14,15  "For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name." 

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