We believe that not only in appearance but in reality, the world is growing old. 1-12), then show it by loving others. The evils of division.4. Hebrews 3:7 to 4:13. Sermon Your Testimony is Powerful by Brian Bill. This world s hatred of saints should the more stir us up to love them. The CAUSES OF THE DECAY OF THIS LOVE, whence it doth not continue as it ought, are . 'Captain, there's our poor brother Tregoney. "Now she that is a Widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day." Love is one of the most comfortable graces that a man can have. "But the Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise,--Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into Heaven?' It is a great thing to be adjusted, adjusted to our Rev. Again, we are liable to have our preferences and prejudices as well as our opinions. C. Whitcomb.I. C. Whitcomb.I. When I was in seminary, there was a group of zealots whom I labeled, The John Calvin Club. These guys would surround a victim in the student union and try to convince him of the doctrine of election. Homer W. Hodge We come to the request of Paul made to the Church at Ephesus, found in the latter part of Ephes. 13:5). 1-3 . Attempts for domination, inconsistent in a fraternity; which are all to be watched against.III. Love hath a strong operation on others. See More Details. At the least, we can read such stories and pray for our brothers and sisters who are suffering for the name of Christ. xiii. Pride makes me think, I know better than God does whats good for me, so Im going to disregard His Word and do what I think is best! Pride makes me think, That person is such a jerk! That this affection should be maintained. The duty of Covenanting is founded on the law of nature; but it also stands among the arrangements of Divine mercy made from everlasting. xiii. His style was simple, direct, and convincing. Christ enforceth this duty upon this ground (John 15:17-19). 1. Now the covenant of works was not everlasting in any sense whatever. This should be the theory and practice of the ministers and officers of the Church. Big idea: Because of our new life in Jesus, He is our new way of living. xiii. Hebrews 13:1-25. 8. xiii. And if we judge not this duty of such importance as to be constant in the use of these means for the maintenance of it, it will not continue. The apostle so far commends love in this kind, as he maketh all things unsavoury and unprofitable without it (1 Corinthians 13:1-3). Christ enforceth this duty upon this ground (John 15:17-19). Love is patient, love is kind (1 Cor. Brotherly love is a grace absolutely necessary. Bible Study & Sermon Videos; hebrews 4:14-16 esv; hebrews 4:14-16 esv. It will not be hindered from doing the good it should do.5. Different, and sometimes inconsistent secular interests.5. They shall all perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea all of them shall wax old like a garment, as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed; Arno GaebeleinThe Lord of Glory, Covenanting Provided for in the Everlasting Covenant. He has been called the greatest of Protestant commentators and theologians, and the inspirer of the Puritan exodus. J.D. A stronger incitation and enforcement thereunto cannot be given.4. The persecuted Stundists and Armenians and Jews, the famine-stricken millions of India, the hidden slavery of Africa, the poverty and wretchedness of our great cities--and so much more: what suffering Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of IntercessionCalvin -- Enduring Persecution for ChristJohn Calvin was born in 1509, at Noyon, France. We see at once that this is not the covenant of works, for the simple reason that this is an everlasting covenant. Let us live such that Jes, "Angels Are Real" Finally. "The primitive Christians," says Calmet, "considered one principal part of their duty to consist in showing hospitality to strangers. Differences of taste will sometimes, if not controlled, engender personal dislikes, against which a wise man can never be too much on his guard. xiii. That this affection was imperiled is also implied. 1. Upload date. Gouge.1. 7. g. 8. 15, 16;) and therefore it is so displeasing to the devil, and so irksome to the flesh. 1. xiii. But, me? We have seen a peninsula deluged with blood, and mutiny raising its bloody war whoop. Heb 13:1 Let brotherly love continue. 299 (4)). So if you want to practice biblical love, you must constantly judge your pride. 3. 15, 16;) and therefore it is so displeasing to the devil, and so irksome to the flesh. 20, 21. C. This love of the brethren is not to be limited to those who belong to the same ecclesiastical community, or to those who hold the same views of Christian doctrine; it should embrace all the disciples of the Lord Jesus. Union is strength.6. The Surgical Precision of God's Word - Hebrews 4:12-15. Do you remember as a youngster, leaving home and getting the list on the way out the door? Attempts for domination, inconsistent in a fraternity; which are all to be watched against. Nothing less than His resurrection, THE HELP OF RELIGION. Let Marriage Be Held in Honor Thinking Biblically About So-Called Same-Sex Marriage. The above Collection of Letters is complete upon the principle stated in the Introduction (supr., p. 495). What a world of suffering we live in! g. It gives evidence to others, and brings assurance to a man's own soul of the love of God to him, of his right to Jesus Christ, of the Spirit's abode in him, and of his right to the heavenly inheritance.8. 2. Hebrews 13 is full of practical advice for living the Christian Life. [3] Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with . Whitcomb. It is utterly opposed to detraction of the gifts, ability, and usefulness either of ministers or of any member of the Church. in Ath. xiii. He possest two of the greatest elements in successful pulpit oratory, self-reliance and authority. Let us not give up our faith because we have perhaps stepped out of the path in which He would have led us. . Wesley tried to argue with Whitefield on these issues. These men welcomed strangers and treated them as family, not knowing (at first) that they were two angels and Jesus Christ in preincarnate form. I would frequently walk by them and shake my head, thinking, Thats not the way to bring that guy to the knowledge of the truth. They were trying to win an argument, but the doctrine of Gods free and sovereign grace is not something that you come to believe because you lost an argument. In the one display, we contemplate the authority of the righteous moral Governor of the universe; in the other, we see John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingMeditations to Stir us up to Morning Prayer. Timothy was ordained a bishop of the church at Ephesus; and this epistle was written to him by St. Paul, his spiritual father, to teach him "how to behave himself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God." Where this is not, though conviction of truth and the profession of it may for a season make an appearance of this brotherly love, it will not long continue.II. Those are Pauls final words in Colossians a command for the Christians to whom he writes to remember the suffering he is facing because of his sharing Jesus with others. The two commands are: Love God; love your neighbor. It is wrong, I think, to lay hold of small portions of God's Word, and take them out of their connection as you might pluck feathers from a bird; it is an injury to the Word; and, sometimes, a passage of Scripture loses much of its beauty, its true teaching, and its real meaning, by being taken from the Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 40: 1894The Blood of the Everlasting CovenantI. We all over-rate ourselves in the area of love. Today's Devotionals. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. It is a great thing to be adjusted, adjusted to our Rev. This is the case in the interpretation of the sacred Scriptures, and in other matters. It is only by the exercise of that love, which is the substratum of union, that one can resemble God, and become imbued with the spirit of heaven.(W. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.--HEBREWS xiii, 14. Homer W. Hodge We come to the request of Paul made to the Church at Ephesus, found in the latter part of Ephes. Im not suggesting that you go around calling people a brood of vipers and then claim to be loving! 1845. But what saith it? )Motives to brotherly loveW. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Consider: (1) The duty. "Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. THE HELP OF RELIGION. There is a far greater chance that he will come to embrace the truth that I love if he knows that I love him. Union is strength.6. xiii, 8), says the Apostle. 3 y/o recite memory verse Hebrews 13:5 @ HKBM Church. It unites the subjects and members of that kingdom in one, which is a means of great stability.9. Nic. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Perhaps the most difficult, yet rewarding, role a man could ever commit to is being a good husband and father. Our heavenly Father is pleased when His children love each other. Nic. Moses, and You - Hebrews 3:1-6. From the beginning of the world He was, as God, the first cause of the existence of souls. To be a Christian means that God has performed a supernatural work of grace in your heart that the Bible describes as the new birth. xiii. "For I am the Lord, I change not" (Mal. 6 of the Epistle, 1761-1785 The Heart of England--The Weaver Carey who became a Peer, and the weaver who was father of William Carey--Early training in Paulerspury--Impressions made by him on his sister--On his companions and the villagers--His experience as son of the parish clerk--Apprenticed to a shoemaker of Hackleton--Poverty--Famous shoemakers from Annianus and Crispin to Hans Sachs and Whittier--From Pharisaism to Christ--The last shall be first--The dissenting preacher in the parish clerk's home--He studies. Hebrews 13:1-25. He has been called the greatest of Protestant commentators and theologians, and the inspirer of the Puritan exodus. The history of the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness is most instructive. Where is the balance between being hospitable to strangers and being taken advantage of by moochers. We see at once that this is not the covenant of works, for the simple reason that this is an everlasting covenant. How Jesus sacrificed all and identified Himself with it! We still have our pride of opinion. 2. They Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 60: 1914Never! During the whole course of our life Jean-Pierre de CaussadeAbandonment to Divine ProvidencePaul and his Requests for Prayer (Continued)We announce the law of prayer as follows: A Christian's prayer is a joint agreement of the will and his cabinet, the emotions, the conscience, the intellect, working in harmony at white heat, while the body co-operates under certain hygienic conditions to make the prayer long enough sustained at high voltage to insure tremendous results, supernatural and unearthly.--Rev. The divine action continues to write in the hearts of men the work begun by the holy Scriptures, but the characters made use of in this writing will not be visible till the day of judgment. In the one display, we contemplate the authority of the righteous moral Governor of the universe; in the other, we see John CunninghamThe Ordinance of CovenantingMeditations to Stir us up to Morning Prayer. But one or two fragments have been excluded which may be specified here. You are like prisoners in a dungeon, and there may be one key in the bunch which would unlock the door, and you might be free; but if you will not look for it you may remain a prisoner still, though liberty is near at hand. First of all, then, I have to speak this morning of THE COVENANT mentioned in the text; and I observe that we can readily discover at first sight what the covenant is not. Kallihirua, notwithstanding the disadvantages of person (for he was plain, and short of stature, and looked what he was,--an Esquimaux), excited a feeling of interest and regard in those who were acquainted with his history, and who knew his docile mind, and the sweetness of his disposition. Attempts for domination, inconsistent in a fraternity; which are all to be watched against.III. Greear. But angels are not our guide, nor our god. ITS NATURE.1. 2 And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. Principally, the loss of a concernment in the foundation of it, which is an interest in gratuitous adoption, and the participation of the same spirit, the same new nature and life. Marriage and the Material - Hebrews 13:4-6 . B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth, The Doctrine of Arbitrary Scriptural Accommodation Considered. John Calvin wisely observed (Calvins Commentaries [Baker], p. 339), But this precept is generally very needful, for nothing flows away so easily as love; when everyone thinks of himself more than he ought, he will allow to others less than he ought; and then many offences happen daily which cause separations. Nothing flows away so easily as love! Thats why there are 55 New Testament commands to do it. "For I am the Lord, I change not" (Mal. It is a great thing to be adjusted, adjusted to our Rev. Of that breach of union, loss of peace, disorder and confusion, which must and will ensue on the neglect of it.6. The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth; and in thine heart:' that is, the word of Faith, which we preach; that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from John William BurgonInspiration and Interpretation, The Character and Supports of Widows Indeed. The "therefore" at the beginning of Hebrews 12 is an emphatic particle connecting New Testament believers to the .read more Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3 First, they should love their brothers and sisters. Bend therefore thy affections (will they, nill they) to so holy an exercise; assuring thyself, that it doth by so much the more please God, by how much Lewis BaylyThe Practice of PietyThe Two Covenants: the Transition"Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, in the blood of the everlasting covenant, even our Lord Jesus, make you perfect in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ."--HEB. What a world of suffering we live in! "PeopleChristians, Hebrews, Italians, Timotheus, TimothyPlacesItaly, JerusalemTopicsAbide, Always, Brethren, Brotherly, Brothers, Continue, Faith, Love, LovingOutline1. "Let brotherly love continue." Love is an especial means of strengthening and establishing the kingdom of Christ. 4. It is only by the exercise of that love, which is the substratum of union, that one can resemble God, and become imbued with the spirit of heaven. Hebrews xiii. 5). Keep on Loving Each Other! His commitment to us was so strong that He was willing to bear the wrath of the Father in our stead on the cross! Homer W. Hodge We come to the request of Paul made to the Church at Ephesus, found in the latter part of Ephes. 1. BE CONTENTED WITH YOUR BLESSINGS Vss. If, when thou art about to pray, Satan shall suggest that thy prayers are too long, and that therefore it were better either to omit prayers, or else to cut them shorter, meditate that prayer is thy spiritual sacrifice, wherewith God is well pleased (Heb. "Honorable," therefore, "is marriage in all, and the bed undefiled." It was not eternal; it was first made in the garden of Eden. "Make you perfect in every good work" (Heb. Main, D. D.)The preservation of brotherly loveJohn Owen, D. D.Brotherly love is very apt to be impaired if we do not endeavour continually to preserve it. Sermon. D.C.B. "Remember them," etc. The necessity for its cultivation continues, (1) You have need of it. --Hebrews 13:8. It had a beginning, it has been broken; it will be violated continually and will Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859A New Year's Benediction"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." An endeavour to grow and thrive in the principle of it, or the power of adopting grace.2. Many, who took the bodies of their Christian brethren into their hands and bosoms, and closed their eyes, and buried them with every mark of attention, soon followed them in death. And as love puts us on to all kindness unto them, so their love of us will put them on to do all kindness unto us. [1954] And this we do not so call a good, as that it is a good in comparison of fornication: otherwise there will be two evils, of which the second is worse: or fornication will also be a good, because adultery is worse: for it is worse to violate the marriage of another, than to cleave unto an harlot: and adultery will be a good, because incest is worse; for it is worse to lie with a mother than with the wife of another: and, St. - W.J. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource . "Make You Perfect in Every Good Work" (Heb. Diligent heed that it be not insensibly impaired in its vital acts; such as are patience, forbearance, readiness to forgive, unaptness to believe evil, without which no other duties of it will be long continued.8. Fragment of a letter to Eupsychius;' probably the Nicene Father referred to Ep. Union is promotive of happiness.7. 1. A friend of his, who was accustomed to measure everything according to the standard of this world, pleasantly rallied him on the subject of his associates; intimating his surprise that he should admit to his hospitality and friendship persons of so obscure origin, and of so little estimation among men. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.--HEBREWS xiii, 14. The persecuted Stundists and Armenians and Jews, the famine-stricken millions of India, the hidden slavery of Africa, the poverty and wretchedness of our great cities--and so much more: what suffering Andrew MurrayThe Ministry of Intercession, Calvin -- Enduring Persecution for ChristJohn Calvin was born in 1509, at Noyon, France. II. 1. Hebrews 13:1-6 . With the same inspired truth before us we differ, honestly, in our opinions as to the meaning or extent of that truth. ( Hebrews 13:1-3) General love among believers: express brotherly love. xiii. They did not tell them, "You must do this or that, or you will be punished; you must do this, and then you shall obtain a reward for it." It had a beginning, it has been broken; it will be violated continually and will Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859A New Year's Benediction"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." He has a sick body, and he is not able to work as hard as I am. Nay, the whole world hath changed; earth hath doffed its green, and put on its somber garment of Autumn, and soon expects to wear its ermine robe of snow. xiii. The kindness we have shown to strangers has often come back to us with compound interest, and in higher and holier forms. )Brotherly loveA truly pious man, of rank in society, was in the habit of entertaining persons of very humble circumstances of life, if they only gave evidence of true religion.
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