Pastor Marshall Ochs | April 2, 2023
In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Hebrews 13. This is the final chapter of Hebrews and it contains exhortations for the church. The focus of this chapter is to encourage believers to order their lives around faith in areas of brotherly love, hospitality, marriage, contentment, and gospel submission. These encouragements were valuable to believers in the early church and they are valuable to us today.
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Monday: Read Hebrews 13
Passion week! This week will you intentionally fix your gaze on Jesus, the ultimate sacrifice He made for us, humbling Himself by becoming obedient, even to the point of death?
Tuesday: Read Hebrews 13:1-6
If we believe the Letter of Hebrews to be true, we must examine our lives against the commands in chapter 13. Do we show hospitality to strangers, empathy to mistreated people, and live in the bounds God created for sexual purity and contentment with what we have? Do we leave margin in our calendars to demonstrate hospitality and to show love to others?
Wednesday: Read Hebrews 13:1-8 & Hebrews 11
Looking back to chapter 11 gives us examples of those who have gone before us and lived a life pleasing to God. Jesus is the ultimate model of how to order our lives. What is God asking you to change in your life to walk in obedience to Him?
Thursday: Read Hebrews 13:1-12
Verse nine of chapter thirteen tells us not to be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. How can we discern truth from strange teachings? Be in God’s Word daily, actively engaging our minds to learn God’s truth.
Friday: Read Hebrews 13
The sacrifice in Hebrews 13 is not a sacrificial animal or giving up something. Instead, it is an outpouring of our praise and thanksgiving to Jesus Christ. So, on this Good Friday, will you fill your home, car, and wherever you are with praise and thanksgiving to our King of Kings and Lord of Lords?