Today I thought to myself to address the topic of hospitality. What is hospitality? What are the characteristics of hospitality to strangers? Hospitality to the churches nik believers from the house of God. Hospitality to approximate people who are sick, come to the church, but are only an approximation. So we will be talking about
Hospitality, because the Bible has a lot to say about hospitality. I was amazed and am amazed by it, How much there is in the Scriptures about hospitality. Imagine Moses doing a stupid thing. He thinks that he will liberate, become the liberator of the people of Israel, because he is pleased and
No longer thinks about being the second Pharaoh and heir to the throne. He no longer cares about it. God touched his life and He He wanted to please Him and it lay in His heart to, to free this nation. But he did a stupid thing.
Somewhere in the scuffle at security he hit this Egyptian. He believes that he did not intend to kill him, but This happened and Pharaoh found out, and he had to flee. Through the desert, he had to flee far and there he found a certain Marian priest. He had daughters.
And that priest received him and hosted him, and took care of them. He was a shepherd of sheep for many years. The hospitality shown to him proved so important to Moses. He was able to survive this very difficult time, a very difficult time in his life.
Then God used him so that he could liberate and beat the A liberator that God will use in Israel’s life. BD of biblical hospitality. The word hospitality in the New Testament language of the New Testament, or in Greek, it means philosopher, nose, philosopher, nose. And they are.
In fact, we need to divide the word into two parts. File Well do you know what the word is? This is one of the words that defines love. The Greek language has several words to describe love. And precisely one of them is right in Leo’s philosophy, namely love.
And it is the latter part of this word Filo ze nos hospitality means stranger or newcomer. This hospitality is love shown to strangers. And to the newcomers. Hospitality is simply love expressed toward strangers. W. Scripture God’s people. God’s people are commanded to treated others, precisely other outsiders precisely in the
Such a way, as those who are strangers. But should we accept them? In the Book of Moses, the Book of Exodus, the Lord God says to the Comer thou shalt not oppress nor oppressed, for you yourselves were passersby in the land of Egypt. It is very important to remember when
We think about welcoming strangers. And also this aspect of hospitality is in the Scriptures and He is very important, then we must remember that we ourselves were once. The Lord God to Israel says You were passersby, ye strangers in the land, in the land of Egypt. And when we think about the context
Of your hospitality, it is this context that we see in the fourth chapter of the In the first letter of Peter, this text is simply God to you showed grace and when He saved you, He gave you spiritual gifts and He wants you to use them.
And in context, this is also 1 Peter, where Christian believers are persecuted, Where people trip them up, it marginalizes them. That’s why hospitality was so important. First Peter 4 10 to 11 I will read very much, so sometimes I’ll just do a quick read. Peter 4 10. 11 Above all, have fervent love
One to the other, toward the other, because love covers a multitude of sins. We have this aspect of love. The next verse we show hospitality to one another without murmuring service. The second is the gift of grace that each received as good stewards of God’s manifold graces.
Thus, hospitality is in the context of To serve and show grace, mercy, generosity, kindness to others. So showing each other Hospitality is one of the reasons why God has given us spiritual gifts says Peter at the conversion, so that we can serve each other. So what should we do with all this?
Let’s consider where hospitality is practiced? It is practiced in the Church, because Peter says one another go write to the church. So one aspect of hospitality is how you treat the household of faith, how you You treat those who belong to this church. You can certainly be open, welcoming and hospitable.
You can be hospitable at work, known as a hospitable person in the neighborhood. You can and should practice this everywhere. But God wants us to be kind to everyone. But Peter is particularly interested in making sure that believers were cordial and hospitable to other members of the community to which they belong.
Galatians entry. This is what the apostle Paul emphasizes. Therefore, while there is time we have Galatians 6:10. Therefore, while we have time, let us do good to all, and most to the household of faith. You are a householder of faith, You have a spiritual home.
If you have a spiritual home, you are truly blessed. Especially if it’s a spiritual home with sound science. If there is still love, and there should be hospitality and cordiality, then you can be glad you have a home spiritual, which also has its own role and responsibilities.
Mr. Peter says that while we have the opportunity, does good to everyone, but especially show me this hospitality to the household of faith. Most hospitable place. There should not be a bar in the city. A local bar where everyone knows your name. It should be the Church of Jesus Christ. Why?
Someone put it coolly. He said this. At one point we were all strangers. Looking from the outside, and now in the Church, we are becoming a community of former strangers. Welcome to God’s family with open arms shoulders because of God’s mighty grace, because of His cleansing, life-giving grace,
The life-changing blood of our Savior. But the merciful God that he took us in, strangers, aliens, not bound to any covenant, especially with us Gentiles, with no covenant at all. The fact that he included us in the into the company of God’s people, this is an expression of His amazing, powerful divine grace.
When we think of the places where came up when we read and think about places in the Which appeared in the early Church, then we must add this very important act, the aspect that a stranger is not someone. One like you. Who else don’t you know?
A stranger is not someone like you, but you haven’t met him yet. No. It could be someone radically different from you. Thus, practicing behind the nose in the Church, or hospitality in the Church, means Learning and accepting those who are different, who are different.
The easiest way for us to invite those who are similar to us, and which we find so easy to talk to. It is a great joy for me to watch and see how I look at the room when I we have a community and I see that almost everyone is talking to someone.
And there are smiles and there is that brotherly love, that family love. This is something wonderful. Let’s continue in this. And this should also take place in the church. In a while, when I read the various passages, we will see clearly and explicitly that the Bible tells us so convincingly
About the fact that hospitality is what God expects from all believers. To some it comes easily, to some it comes harder, but God expects all of us to received each other so that we would host each other. The order is clear and unambiguous. Paul in Romans 12 13 writes
Support the saints in their needs, show hospitality. Sometimes you won’t know what someone’s needs are unless you spend time with them just a little longer than just those 20 minutes or 30 minutes. This is just a warm-up for a bigger game, like a great warm-up.
And it’s cool that we have that in our church. This is valuable. We should never abandon it, but this is such an encouragement and warm-up so that we can be they may have thought to invite some home after the service. Apostle Paul says support the saints need show hospitality.
Peter says Show you hospitality one to another without murmuring. They show hospitality to one another without murmuring. John the Apostle says something very similar. More or less we should such visitors not undertake to contribute to the spread of the truth. Third John one
Verse, third John, verse 8 Hospitality is the duty of God’s people. In other words, this is simply what God expects. He welcomed us as strangers into his home. He wants us to welcome others into the house of God, but also to those Our homes, those of our personal, family homes.
Hospitality is a duty. And the author? I do not know if it was an apostle, but the author of the Letter to the Hebrews And open to you if two passages. I, for one, would like you to remember from this sermon.
This is the Letter to the Hebrews and the 18th chapter of the First Book of Moses. Because, you know, sometimes when you say Thematically, there are a lot of verses, but it’s good how the preacher grounded the some one main passage or most two, so that we can easily remember.
That is, the first one is. We will now read from the Letter to the Hebrews chapter 13 And Before we begin this 13th chapter, take a look at the verse above. That is, they borrowed one verse from the 12 Chapter, because he brilliantly shows just this combination.
Therefore, we who receive the kingdom unshakeable shall prove grateful And let us give honor to God as it pleases Him, with devout reverence and fear. For our God is a consuming fire. Do you see? God expects us to be grateful. For what?
And that we worship our Lord, remember His Name, listen to His Word. And this is to be with devout reverence and fear? It’s not supposed to be a service that you feel on the cramp to be emotional about, But it’s really just about making you feel good.
The idea is to make this word, this devotion, The whole experience of being, worshiping God pierced and penetrated our entire being. And that God be glorified with pious reverence and fear. For our God is, is not only
A generous God and a gracious God, but this God of ours is also a consuming fire. On the one hand, we are to have gratitude and awe that God has given us showed such great grace that he snatched us from this world that is perishing. This is the sinking Titanic, the sinking Titanic.
I don’t know if you have watched the movie Titans, But even so, there was a lot of gold in history. And you know, when did this Titanic begin to already sinking, you know, all sorts of things got out. And one very man, who when the water
Began to flood, he just saw that the gold bar he saw, it was somewhere in there was lying down and looked at this gold bar and says no. And next to it was an apple. He says No, he doesn’t need that. He took after the apple.
On the sinking Titanic, it doesn’t matter what the world is out there. The kingdom of this world is the sinking Titanic. But we received the kingdom unshaken. As those who have received this kingdom unshaken, we are to be thankful.
We are to honor God with devout reverence and fear, for He is the abiding God. And then we read the thirteenth chapter. Let brotherly love endure. Hospitality. For do not forget through it Some, without knowing it, the angels of the angels hosted you. Love and hospitality are linked.
And they also stem from the fact that we have a kingdom that God has given us. It is a kingdom unshakeable. But now we have been brought together by His house and God He expects us to love one another. We will show hospitality, love, care to each other. Just in the practical aspect.
And we may be surprised at who we see, When we do this service and the service of hospitality. Much in this last chapter is reminiscent. He summarizes all that he taught them and Says Remember the prisoners, as if you fellow prisoners, as if you fellow prisoners
Were about the oppressed, since you yourself are also in the flesh. Learn compassion, Learn compassion, Think of those who are worse off. Then there is talk of marriage. Then, in verse seven, remember at the Your chiefs, who preached the Word of God to you.
Verse seven And considering the end of their lives, imitate their faith. Let’s remember the fertilizers of the leaders. And at the center of it all is the one who did not die, who did not pass away. Whom we remember, but He is alive. Jesus Christ yesterday, the same today.
Remember that He is the center. He is the center, because He is our God. And as we read verse 20 He is our Shepherd, and the God of peace, who by blood of the everlasting covenant brought forth from among the dead. The great Shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ.
And at the very end of verse 23. And did you know that our brother Timothy was released? If He comes soon, I will see you together with Him. Greetings to all your guides and all the Saints. You are greeted by those who are from Italy. Grace be with you all.
It starts with brotherly love and ends with pluralism, leadership. I believe that the one has a lot to do with the other. What or more individual leadership is God’s and elevates a man as a guru? With this vigil of some sort. This is what I want to tell you the
Brotherhood is disappearing, and this brotherhood is supposed to last. And fraternity must be practical, expressed in hospitality. Let’s remember this chapter that practicing hospitality is an expression of of our brotherly love, and when we practice it, God may surprise us. An angel may appear. Brother Henry Kranik and his wife.
Older generations remember him and know him. He ran such a Bible school in Jastrzębie. In the days of the 1980s, when there was nothing in the stores, there was only vinegar. Ask your youngsters, your elderly parents. Some are not old enough, but some remember it.
They may not be old, but they remember the stories. It was very hard and he at that time together He and his wife ran a Bible school and had bathhouses. I remember. I don’t want to be quoted, but I think About 20 hundred students lived there and they didn’t have any funds.
They were reliant only on what God would supply them with whatever help they had. This, that meat was gone, food was gone. Once upon a time, when they had nothing left, a man appeared. And they. And this church was on a hill, about such a hill, as you left the church.
I was there. Look to the left, then you can see far, look up. This is what you see from your backyard. And someone knocked and said he had something for them. He gave them a suitcase, handed them some, said a quick goodbye and left.
They opened this suitcase, and there it was full of money. They went out quickly to look around to see if there was a car or a person. They saw neither a car nor any human being. They think it was. I would be. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if that were the case.
But the Bible actually describes that certain people, certain people actually even had such the privilege of hosting certain they didn’t know they were hosting angels. The Bible has this testimony. So the author of Hebrews tells them to be hospitable. And here he uses such a word I have in
Warsaw Bible Don’t forget, don’t forget. And I am indeed in the word. As I began to explore, it was in the original sense of the word. There is, of course, the aspect of not neglect, because it’s easy to neglect, it’s easy to neglect. Life is so fast.
You think so people, people, Christians more and more. I stopped coming to services because life is so fast. And they treat Sunday as a second Saturday. On Saturday for various things they did this Sunday must rest. After all, they go to work on Monday, forgetting that God gave us this day.
This day. He is the first day of the week as the day special, to remember His name, as practiced by the first Christians. And it’s very easy not to come to the service, and even more so if you don’t come. All the more to forget and neglect this hospitality.
In the book of Isaiah, in Isaiah 58 chapter. It is there in the context of fasting and the Lord God. Would you call something like that fast and unkind to the Lord? 58 chapter verse six and seven. Would you call something like that fast and unkind to the Lord?
But this is a fast that I am fond of, that one dissolves unlawful ties, that one breaks yokes, sets the oppressed free and breaks every yoke. That you will share your bread with the hungry and take in the poor homeless, when you see a naked man, you will come to
Him, and from your fellow man you will not turn away. Then your light will rise like the aurora morning and your healing will soon follow. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. When you then cry out the Lord will hear you,
And when you shout help he will answer Here I am! What a great incentive! Here it is not said that the angel will appear, but that the Lord will notice it, That the Lord honors this ear, that you care about those who are weak, who need to incentives who need, need hospitality.
The meaning of the word hospitality is thus. This is a trait or tendency to take and treating visitors and strangers in a warm, friendly and generous manner. You just want to bless her. Meanwhile, the community. Your interest in them. Listen, I heard about such a joke,
But someone told me it probably wasn’t a joke. Only problem is with the transfer of jokes that took place in another language. It doesn’t always work, so it’s not guaranteed. There is a story that a Pole was in England and worked for some Englishman. Well, and the older one and the older Englishman
He went out for a walk or to the city somewhere and his friends called. Well, and the Pole replied. He picked up the phone. Well, and the voice asks, is Mr. Smith there? And the Pole says that he is not there and that he
He left, but used such a word that means to die also. And that voice trembled so much. He left. And it says. And who are you to this Pole? Pole says I am, their gesture only so said such a raid Polish that it came out that I am their spirit. Suddenly someone threw
Earpiece, I threw into the handset and it was only to be heard as just something there. Now just to compress you slightly. But let’s return to the seriousness of the subject. We see in the Bible that hospitality. Hospitality is so wonderful, so
Exalted, so recognized that it is used as such an image of the salvation of people. As an image of salvation. The Lord Jesus said Behold, I am knocking at the door. If someone opens the door, I will enter Him and the supper will come out to me.
Where we have community, we will have hospitality. If you remember yourself, if you remember yourself, the Lord Jesus speaks and you will hear His voice and open the door. He is the one who will come in and enter with you. He had the kind of hospitality as no one else will offer you.
This is a picture of salvation. In John 3:20 Revelation. Hospitality is not just a task for others, but this is a task that should be modeled as. As an example, it should come from the top, from the leadership. And this is what First Timothy tells us.
When the elders of the church are mentioned, about bishops, and an elder and a bishop are simply the same person. Only one emphasizes his dignity, and second his functions, his and his responsibilities. Apostle Paul first Timothy 3:2 He says True is the speech, who applies for the bishopric, beautiful work desires.
The bishop, on the other hand, is to be blameless, the husband of one Wife sober, moderate, decent, hospitable, good teacher. You see, this is the responsibility of leadership in the church. I remember when I was a young man. I was 22 years old and. Then I was in Canada for a year.
I was in one church that had about thousand people and I am grateful for this church. They also helped me. I am very grateful for them. But when it comes to such weekly services, how do you The service ended, then people simply dispersed. Then I returned to the church where I was
I grew up and that I knew, where I converted in Poland and sought out the such a church, because I immediately did not know where to find one. And I knew after a while that I wanted to be among a group of those who are more understanding and comprehend this type of meeting.
And I longed for such a church and went to this second church. There were many smaller ones. I don’t know if there were few. Fifty people. Today about 50 people just in Calgary. And I want to tell you there for a year being there, is the year I will always remember my life.
After the service. 90% of my time that I spent there I saw in relation to me, but When I was there I saw people inviting themselves. They simply invite me to dinner, to lunch. Sometimes I want to tell you people also invited me. Sometimes 4 different marriages would come
One by one, not knowing that those invited me. You’ll come to us for lunch. I was already a little silly. I’m nobody, and it’s been that way all year. One of my professors, when I went to Emmaus, told me Very important. He is a very important person in my life.
A very good biblical scholar, theologian, expert, linguist. He said that when he was a student at a secular school and was in a place where he wanted to go to church, but did not have a car, And there in the States, If you don’t have a car, you won’t go anywhere on Sunday.
In many places this is the case. Here one family from the church sacrificed that for the four years that he studied there, they traveled every week for the him, picked him up from his dormitory, drove him to services. After the service, they would take him home for lunch and then drive him home.
He said. They formulated my worldview on service, for life, for love for the Lord, for the church. These elderly people don’t even realize it, What a favor they did to this brother, who today is used by you and in the church, and in this Bible college, and many places.
I, for one, have many passages to read and I have to move forward fast, fast, fast. Job speaks so wonderfully. Indeed. 31 Chapter 32 verse Verse Indeed, my household used to say Who has not eaten meat at his place? The stranger did not spend the night outside.
In front of travelers I opened my doors and this is said by Joop, who is a very rich man. And rich people are. Hey, don’t bother me! Do you know why I am rich? Because I’m frugal. Because I’m stingy. But such was not and such was not.
The Lord Jesus also tells us about hospitality As a testimony that we truly follow Him. Matthew 25, 35. And he will set the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then will the king say to those at his right hand Come, ye blessed of my father.
He will inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I gulped and you gave Me to eat, I thirsted and you gave Me to drink. I was a passerby, and you took me in. I was naked, and you gave Me.
I was sick, you visited me, I was in prison. You gave, and you came to Me. I am moved. When I read, this is an even greater incentive to be hospitable, to go out to strangers, to To help, to host, to visit, to besiege the naked and feed the hungry. It will help.
This is exactly what the Lord Jesus is saying. This is how we would receive Him. Hospitality should be shown to those who serve the Lord. The Bible says that hospitality should be shown to those who serve, are servants of the Lord. They are preachers teachers, missionaries
Evangelicals who serve the council serve in the Lord’s mission. We read about this in Colossians 4:10. I sent him with the Son of the faithful and beloved brother who comes from among you. They have informed you of everything that is happening here. Greetings to you artists, my fellow prisoner and Mark, Barnabas’ nephew,
About which you were instructed to accept it. If it comes to you. Third John, verse five to 10 Beloved. Faithfully beloved, you act faithfully when rendering service to the brethren, especially To the passersby who testified before the church about Your love. And you will do well if you cause them to
Go on their way, as befits them before God. For they set out for His name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. We, therefore, should such hospitality undertake to contribute to the spread of the truth. We, therefore, should such hospitality undertake to contribute to the spread of the truth.
So we are to welcome those who serve, Who have a testimony as those who have entered and sacrificed for the Gospel. But on the other hand, there is such a balance in the Scriptures. This teaches us to be wise too, not just accept it on a hurrah. Let’s accept all those who say,
That they are Christians, or let’s give and know everything possible about him. I remember. Once upon a time a man came, one of our brothers. He is just pointing at it. He remembered that the man was in another church and was asking everyone for money.
It was just going to church and asking for money. And he showed up here. And it is good that this brother of ours mentioned it. So when we were leaving, this man being after the service, he comes out and says,
That he needs money because he needs it for a cab to go to the airport. I think so well, I will drive to this airport. Do you remember that? I don’t want to remember. He says Oh no, no, no, no. I want money for a cab.
Or I will take you to a cab. I will drive you to the airport. I say No, no, then I don’t want to. Your will. God wants us to be hospitable, but He also doesn’t want us to be naive. And it is this second aspect on the one
Hand that we are to be, to receive, to undertake those, Who for the Gospel serve the Gospel, but on the other hand, Christians should not show the same kind of hospitality, the kind of hospitality they did toward false teachers. Also in the First to the Corinthians against slanderers.
So that we do not stop with such. But now I want to focus on the subject of false teachers. Their hospitality should be denied. John’s second letter about this persuade 10. 11. Be on guard so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you receive full payment.
Who is getting too far ahead of himself and not sticking to the teachings of Christ? There is no God, it continues in her. This one has both the Father and the Son. If someone comes to you and does not brings this teaching, do not receive Him home and do not greet each other.
Who? For whoever salutes Him participates in His evil deeds. We must not be naive, loved, be open. Open Heart. A heart full of love and a willingness to be hospitable. But we must not be naive. Such people the Bible tells us not to host, because they will surely influence us.
Because it will definitely have a negative impact on our lives. They will pass on some spirit that will be with us, he will accompany us and tell us something in our heads there. Scripture wants to tell us give us many, many examples of hospitality.
Really a lot, if only by how much there is about hospitality. This shows us that we should practice it. And now we come to the second key The passage I want you to remember first. Remember Letter to Hebrews chapter 13, and the other such passage as such a larger passage is
The eighteenth chapter of the First Book of the Bible, or the First Book of Moses From verses 1 through the first through the eighth. Here we have some basic truths regarding hospitality, some practical, basic truths regarding hospitality. As I read whether I would like, I would
Like you to think about these, these rules. Some important laws 5 6. I think 6. Let’s think about them, and maybe throw in more? Let’s read. Notice these rules and ground rules regarding hospitality. Please, let’s focus. Then the Lord appeared in Dabrowa and sat at the entrance to the tent
Bustling noon, and having raised his eyes, he saw three men standing before him. Having seen them run from the entrance to the tent to meet them, and bowed himself down to the ground, said the Lord, if he has found favor in your eyes, please do not bypass your servant.
Allow some water to be brought so that your feet will have water. Then rest under a tree. I will also bring a piece of bread for you to eat. After all, this is why they joined your servant. Then you can go further. Then they said Do as you said.
And Abraham hastened to the tent, to Sarah, and said Claims Quickly three measures of fine flour and make pancakes. Then Abraham ran to the cattle, took a young, tender and good calf and gave it to the servant who hurriedly prepared them.
He also took the butter, milk and calf he had prepared and set it before them. Sam stood by them under a tree while they ate. Then they said to him, etc. Then it comes this blessing, This is the receiving of angels, this is the story of receiving angels.
So here we have some cool, cool rules. Abraham is a model, a model of faith. And he is also the model here of hospitality. The first thing to notice is to note in verse two, that when he saw these people strangers, as if they were not strangers. Then what did he do?
He welcomed them. He welcomed them. Verse two. The catwalk to their tent entrance. In general, in this world of antiquity, in this world of the East, an older man, and Abraham was an older man, and he doesn’t run out until.
You have a sense of dignity, you don’t run out to people like that. That’s how I found out. And he runs out to them. That is. It is that he welcomes them graciously. Even. He bows to them. And he bowed to them to the ground. Verse two and three host them with enthusiasm.
It was not only the enclosure that welcomed them warmly, but took care of their needs. Onemu serves. He serves them. He knows what they need. They Sejm, they want Sejm to serve, services to see and see whom. Verse two and six tell us.
And Abraham hastened to the tent here to Sarah, and said. Claim three measures of fine flour quickly and make pancakes. At first, Abraham did not know that these foreign visitors were one of them. At least he is a master. This is the Lord, this is the Angel of the
Lord, This is Christ before the incarnation. Perhaps these three people as well. Is there any analogy or allusion to the Trinity? I don’t know, but one thing I do know is that one of them rather is. The Lord Jesus is here for sure. And I think I would stop there.
Then Abraham offers them food, water. They were also washed, washed, washed their feet. And in verse five he continues to ask if everything is okay. Then you can go further. Then they said Do as you said. In other words, this fifth verse.
The waitress sometimes comes to give food and says Is everything ok or everything. Are you satisfied? He here. He wants to make sure everything is ok with his guests. Is there anything else I can help you with? Is there anything I can serve you with? Very important this principle.
And another principle that verses six and seven tell us. He hurried. He did. He just made three measures of fine flour and make pancakes. It is quite fast to do such things quite fast. It wasn’t filling hours. It was a simple, straightforward thing to do.
And here we see that hospitality is also time management. He encourages, mobilizes Sarah and the servant. It was known to afford more than just bread, because he was wealthy, he had the cattle, but not always. Each of us has such capabilities to kill an artificial calf.
But one thing is for sure, we can give them bread. We can give them something basic. And it’s important that it doesn’t take so much time that we focus on the preparing food, and we will miss the opportunity to be with these people. Martha did a little of that. Not Marta and Maria.
Martha was scrambling and wanted to do everything as well as possible, But she missed the opportunity to placate Jesus by looking at Him face to face. I could give examples. I was in such a situation when a certain fraternity prepared a wonderful meal. Even in our church it has happened
A long, long time ago and we had such fraternal meetings and There was a lot of food and it was great. And this marriage has shown itself beautifully. Well they did it beautifully, but they themselves and all of us said so, and yet too much time
Spent on food, because after all, that’s not the point. That’s not the point. So one of the rules of hospitality is to manage your time. Manage your time skillfully. No, you don’t need a lansa to spend so much time on just on food alone to lose out on the community.
And last, this final principle is in verse eight. He also took the butter, milk and calf he had prepared and set it before them. Sam stood by them under a tree while they ate. He himself stood. It reminds me a bit of someone who I vouch for my work.
As they say in English. It’s so much fun to speak in English. Of history is service, that is. He served to the best of his ability and lasted At his service and stood by his service. Abraham is indeed a model for us, a model of faith, but also a model of hospitality.
I’ll be in a hurry when we come to the New Testament. There are many examples. In the Old Testament, the prophets were hospitable, they were welcomed and many wonderful things happened just because someone showed that hospitality in the Old Testament.
But we also have many examples of how hospitality can be a positive thing. Lord Jesus and the Lord Jesus was shown hospitality and He gladly received and chief in guests and in guests went to people hospitality received their hospitality and that of people from the most diverse social strata.
For example, he was in Peter’s house, he was in Cana at the wedding. Jesus Christ was anointed in Bethany. There He was received. The Lord Jesus was received by Simon the Pharisee. Also. At the home of Martha and Maria. As I said, even very important
The Pharisee placated Jesus of Luke’s Gospel in chapter 14. The tax collector the despised tax collector. The Pharisees did not eat with the tax collectors, but when the Lord Jesus invited, the Lord Jesus came to Him in hospitality and announced to Him that He too had just become the son of Abraham.
We have an example when the Lord Jesus already after the resurrection goes and he’s walking on the road, on the road to Emmaus, and he sees the disciples, two disciples with just a Discouraged, discouraged, very encouraged. They thought Jesus had died and it was over. Everything was over. The devastated are.
And it was during this conversation that he lectured them on the Scriptures. But then they sat down to eat bread. And they met him at the breaking of bread. We too come to know Christ when we break the This bread when we have the Lord’s Supper every week.
The Lord Jesus was received as a guest. And He took advantage of this hospitality. But there was a time when a certain Samaritan village rejected him. They did not want to receive him, but terrible not to receive the Son of God home for hospitality. But this was indeed the case.
Jan was so appalled that he says Lord, we are the ones who are about to throw a bomb on these people. Ruling, Throw fire like Elijah fire on these people of Bochnia. It is reprehensible what they did not to accept you.
But the Lord Jesus says No, you don’t know what kind of spirit you are. The Lord Jesus did not condemn because they did not accept Him. The Lord Jesus, too, when he sent his disciples to missions, it also relied on this, on this principle hospitality that people will welcome them.
And this mission will continue. This corresponds to this theme that hospitality shown to the servant of God. We see that the hospitality shown to Peter in the 10 chapter by Cornelius and his family. They hosted him, great things happened there. Paul was also extinguished. Lidia in Chapter 16.
Today we read the 16th chapter. Lidia when she converted. There are such wonderful words there, as you know. I think I will read it. Why? Why does time pass so inexorably, as was conveyed. And I’m not the only one. In the sixteenth chapter of Acts
Apostles, when Paul met this group of women at the River, who went to pray, and here suddenly the Lord God sent Paul and the Lord God touched the heart of this Lidia, this seller of purple and satire. A long way she had to go to find herself.
Philip I verse 14 says this sixteenth chapter of Acts. Also listening in was a certain God-fearing A woman named Lydia from the city of Tartary, a seller of purple, to whom the Lord opened the heart, so that she leaned into what Paul was saying. And when she was baptized, also her house
Asked her, saying Since I was recognized as a faithful to the Lord, enter my house and close it. And she required it of us. And he says No, no, you are too much for me did so that I would not now open my house.
My heart and my home for those who preached this Gospel to me. Do not take away the privilege of me not to host you and require it of them. Imagine what I thought of this hospitality with Lidia. As she began to tell them how it Lives that it is somewhere 800, 800, I
Think 800 kilometers away from the Philippines. This is a long way off. For those days, she must have come a long way to be a Filipina. Perhaps her business did not go well in place where she was selling there and suddenly saw a new opportunity for the Philippines.
It turned out that God wanted her there came so she could meet Paul and Slash and hear the Gospel. And she could tell them about it. And Paul began to tell him how the Lord God redirected them that they wanted somewhere else, yet they went to the Philippines. This hospitality was something amazing.
And this is also the first word. Her deed can be told by how. After she received salvation, she was converted and baptized. What a great incentive to Open their homes and host others and share their testimony our conversions, how God has directed our lives. We have many examples in the New Testament,
As Christians also opened, opened their homes to church, Christian community could meet there, they opened their homes. Acts of the Apostles. Actually, this is how the Church began. At first they still went to the temple, but then quickly noticed that they however can’t do everything the same there and
Started meeting around the houses, breaking bread, pray and listen to the apostolic teaching and have fellowship. This is how the Christian Church began. In grades 4 15, we read the brothers’ greeting In laudation And the facade, and the church that is in their home. The church that is in their home.
I had the joy of also being able to open our home for two and a half years. This collection in the beginning, fifteen years ago, met in our house and it was I I consider it the most wonderful privilege that God has given me such a privilege.
Philemon reads in the second verse and to the API sisters and to the R.I.P. Co militant of ours and to the church that is your home. 1 Corinthians 6:16 19. Watch, abide, believe, be valiant, be strong. Let everything happen in you love. And I ask you, brothers, you know that the household
Stefan were the first followers in Achaia and that they dedicated themselves to the service of the saints. I ask that you also have surrendered to such people and anyone who interacts and works. And what can I say about this aspect of hospitality and opening your
Houses so that the church can meet in that location? In this person’s home, in this case, or open houses for congregations of the church, our church is a great example. There are many houses, many dwellings in our church, families and brothers who open and have opened their
Apartments, their homes, so that the church can benefit. We don’t have our own, our own building. But in this case, I had such joy when I thought about these cases. This is taking place in our church. Dear Friends. And you know who it is about.
How many of you remember Dworcowa Street in Wroclaw? The young bachelor had one room. Do you know how hospitable he was? There was a time that there was a Tuesday meeting, Wednesday and we still had nowhere to meet. On Saturday, he had only one room. The same brother married a wonderful wife.
He has moved to a different place, but is still doing what he was doing before. Meeting in Grochow, at the licenses on the South of Wroclaw, where our youth group has been meeting for years. And many other meetings that even today are organized in various places.
It must give the Lord a lot of joy when he thinks of our church. The Lord in the Letter to the Hebrews says that no Will forget this charity shown to the saints. This is what we read about in the Letter to the Hebrews when we think of the Lord Jesus.
I, for one, would like you to think about His hospitality as well. God wants us to be hospitable, but He Himself was hospitable. You know I was surprised that none of the commentators mentioned it, but because for years the Gospel of John with the people and it is impossible not to notice.
First students. The first chapter of the Gospel of John from verse 35 to the Gospel of John Chapter 5. The next day John stood again with two disciples with his own, and having seen Jesus passing by, he said, Behold the Lamb of God. And the two disciples, having heard His words, followed Jesus.
And when Jesus turned and saw that they were following Him, He said to them What are you looking for? And they answered him Rabbi, that is, Teacher, where do you live? He said to them Come, and you will see. So they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him that day.
And it was around ten o’clock. Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the The two who heard this from John and followed him. This one met first Simon, his brother, and said to him We have found the Messiah, that is, the Christ. But before they could tell others that
They had found the Messiah, it was when they met this Jesus on the road, Jesus said What are you looking for? They ask where do you live? It’s Jesus. Come with me. And this took place first thing in the morning. And it was already ten o’clock later when they left.
This is the easiest way to read the text. The Lord Jesus may have spent eight to 10 hours with them. This meant that He was preparing food for them. He prepared the One who is bread of life, he prepared bread for them; he
Who is the water of life, he prepared drink for them. But also at that time he told them what is written about him in the Scriptures, that he is that true Messiah, that prophet foretold. And they came out completely convinced this time hospitality they spent with the Lord Jesus.
This shows us that time, hospitality is not just food, but This is also spiritual strengthening and encouragement. They went out and said We have found the Messiah. Our Lord Jesus was hospitable. He didn’t just accept hospitality. He was hospitable. He had a home at first at least in his service, and then
Apparently passed it on to someone, because the He later said that burrows, foxes have their burrows. But the Son of Man has no head. And where would he incline? Perhaps he meant it only in a spiritual sense, But he may also have simply become such a traveling preacher,
Missionary and has already given up his house to someone else maybe handed over. But one thing is certain, the Lord Jesus still had that house of his when he had it, He was the one who was hospitable and devoted many, many hours to them. In this ridiculous life, let’s remember to
Spend time with those who do not yet know Christ. There are approximations. That is, we are to show hospitality to the militants, We are to show people who may come to us, but are still only approximation and we will also see in a moment that we should show hospitality.
And maybe I’ll get to that quickly. Show hospitality completely to people, to strangers, because it is also this aspect of hospitality, because it is by definition written that it is to show foreign arrivals, not those with whom we are only familiar resides well, but also to those who are different from us.
There was a certain, there was a certain pastor. Where’s Maya Stipe? You can check for yourself on the internet on youtube simply that video. As they say it went viral. As the youth put it. Help me quickly. It became so fast it spread like wildfire, like viral. Thanks a lot.
Why be the only one to simply use an English word? Well, and this recording, as it was later made public. This pastor was to become a pastor. It was already all set that he was to become the new pastor of this new church, which had ten thousand
Members, ten thousand people who stood up to this church. Well, and this pastor that day was to be presented to the entire congregation. But half an hour before the service. He disguised himself as a homeless man. It gave. Rather, it’s the clothes the homeless wear.
Half an hour before the service, he stood outside the church and asked for change. Not by a lot of money, but pennies. Because he is hungry. Because he asked for some pennies for lunch. Later, he went inside. People avoided him rather reluctantly. And they wondered yes, what is he doing here?
And the one in such churches are people, Who direct you as in a theater where to sit. Well, and when he approached, the one who directed the people there. You tell him to go back there more. This is all recorded. And maybe not all of it, but some of it is certainly recorded.
The service has begun. Everyone sat down. One of the elders of this church presented to the entire congregation that today will be just such an empowerment of the new pastor Jeremiah. He introduced him. He then asked him to come to the front. And the homeless man at the back started walking toward. Front.
People suddenly quickly realized that they recognized in him. Is this the beggar? Some people began to sob. Some began to bow their heads. And when he went out there, he said Today I see a gathering of people, but I don’t see a church. Then he said.
His target was the words of Jesus, who pronounced the Gospel of John, which I have already quoted. I was hungry, and you didn’t give me anything to eat. Because he challenged this mega church, Who prided themselves on their love for each other. But he didn’t understand what hospitality was.
In the face of strangers. Dear ones, we will remain a community of believers and remain a collective community. Being a missionary church means that we must be open to others. And this is the effort of the whole church. This is a team effort. PRACTICE Christian hospitality.
It’s not all about beautiful table settings or platters of great food. It is about practicing service to others. More importantly, it’s about loving on behalf of Jesus others and making people feel special. None of us denies that it is easier to share hospitality with family and friends than with strangers on the street.
But the New Testament Lord Jesus teaches us that Christianity is a community of people who have open arms, open hearts and open doors. When we open our hearts and our homes, we practice Christian hospitality. Amen.
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