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- 0:00SPEAKER_00: Hebrews 13.
- 0:03SPEAKER_00: Worship that pleases God.
- 0:07SPEAKER_00: Continue loving each other as brothers and sisters in Christ.
- 0:12SPEAKER_00: Always remember to help people by welcoming them into your home.
- 0:18SPEAKER_00: Some people have done that and have helped angels without knowing it.
- 0:24SPEAKER_00: Don't forget those who are in prison.
- 0:27SPEAKER_00: Remember them as though you are in prison with them.
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: And don't forget those who are suffering.
- 0:35SPEAKER_00: Remember them as though you are suffering with them.
- 0:40SPEAKER_00: Marriage should be honored by everyone, and every marriage should be kept pure between husband and wife.
- 0:49SPEAKER_00: God will judge guilty those who commit sexual sins and adultery.
- 0:56SPEAKER_00: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be satisfied with what you have.
- 1:04SPEAKER_00: God has said, I will never leave you, I will never run away from you.
- 1:09SPEAKER_00: Deuteronomy 31, verse 6.
- 1:12SPEAKER_00: So we can feel sure and say, The Lord is my helper.
- 1:17SPEAKER_00: I will not be afraid.
- 1:18SPEAKER_00: People can do nothing to me.
- 1:21SPEAKER_00: Psalm 118, verse 6.
- 1:24SPEAKER_00: Remember your leaders.
- 1:26SPEAKER_00: They taught God's message to you.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: Remember how they lived and died and copied their faith.
- 1:33SPEAKER_00: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
- 1:38SPEAKER_00: Don't let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way.
- 1:44SPEAKER_00: Depend only on God's grace for spiritual strength, not on rules about foods.
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: Obeying those rules doesn't help anyone.
- 1:56SPEAKER_00: We have a sacrifice, and those priests who serve in the holy tent cannot eat from the sacrifice we have.
- 2:06SPEAKER_00: The high priest carries the blood of animals into the most holy place and offers that blood for sins.
- 2:15SPEAKER_00: But the bodies of those animals are burned outside the camp.
- 2:20SPEAKER_00: So Jesus also suffered outside the city.
- 2:25SPEAKER_00: He died to make his people holy with his own blood.
- 2:30SPEAKER_00: So we should go to Jesus outside the camp and accept the same shame that he had.
- 2:38SPEAKER_00: Here on earth, we don't have a city that lasts forever.
- 2:43SPEAKER_00: But we are waiting for this city that we will have in the future.
- 2:47SPEAKER_00: So through Jesus, we should never stop offering our sacrifice to God.
- 2:54SPEAKER_00: That sacrifice is our praise coming from lips that speak his name.
- 3:00SPEAKER_00: And don't forget to do good and to share what you have with others because sacrifices like these are very pleasing to God.
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: Obey your leaders, be willing to do what they say.
- 3:19SPEAKER_00: They are responsible for your spiritual welfare, so they are always watching to protect you.
- 3:27SPEAKER_00: Obey them so that their work will give them joy, not grief.
- 3:32SPEAKER_00: It won't help you to make it hard for them.
- 3:37SPEAKER_00: Continue praying for us.
- 3:39SPEAKER_00: We feel right about what we do because we always try to do what is best, and I beg you to pray that God will send me back to you soon.
- 3:51SPEAKER_00: I want this more than anything else.
- 3:55SPEAKER_00: I pray that the God of peace will give you every good thing you need so that you can do what he wants.
- 4:04SPEAKER_00: God is the one who is raised from the death our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of his sheep.
- 4:13SPEAKER_00: He raised him because Jesus sacrificed his blood to begin the new agreement that never ends.
- 4:22SPEAKER_00: I pray that God will work through Jesus Christ to do the things in us that pleases him.
- 4:29SPEAKER_00: To him be glory forever.
- 4:31SPEAKER_00: Amen.
- 4:32SPEAKER_00: My brothers and sisters, I beg you to listen patiently to what I have said.
- 4:39SPEAKER_00: I wrote this letter to strengthen you, and it is not very long.
- 4:44SPEAKER_00: I want you to know that our brother Timothy is out of prison.
- 4:50SPEAKER_00: If he comes to me soon, we will both come to see you.
- 4:55SPEAKER_00: Give my greetings to all of your leaders and to all God's people.
- 5:01SPEAKER_00: All those from Italy send you their greetings.
- 5:05SPEAKER_00: God's grace be with you all.