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May 29 - Hebrews 13 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Thursday.
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  It's the 29th of May, and Gee, it's good to have your company.
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  So glad that you've tapped on play.
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  Friends, I hope that your week has been a good one so far.
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  Here we are almost at the end of it, but we are at the end of
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  this book of Hebrews. Yes, it's been brief, but these
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  three weeks have been brilliant. And if you thought that the book
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  of Hebrews was great, this last chapter is a banger because this
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  is the author's concluding words.
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  These are the things that they want to leave fresh in the mind
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  of their audience. So it is this beautiful
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  exhortation, this distilling of the important bits to share, the
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  practical bits to share with his friends.
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  And also toward the end is this beautiful blessing, which I've
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  got to say is one of my absolute favourites.
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  So I look forward to getting to read that with you friends.
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  So let's do it. Let us wrap up this wonderful
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  book as we read together the final chapter, Hebrews chapter
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  13. Keep on loving each other as
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  brothers and sisters. Don't forget to show hospitality
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  to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained
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  angels without realising it. Remember those in prison as if
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  you were there yourself. Remember also those being
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  mistreated as if you felt their pain in your own bodies.
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  Give honour to marriage and remain faithful to one another
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  in marriage. God will surely judge people who
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  are immoral and those who commit adultery.
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  Don't love money, be satisfied with what you have, for God has
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  said I will never fail you, I will never abandoned you.
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  So we can say with confidence the Lord is my helper, so I will
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  have No Fear. What can mere people do to me?
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  Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God.
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  Think of all the good that has come from their lives and follow
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  the example of their faith. Jesus Christ is the same
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  yesterday, today and forever, so do not be attracted by strange
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  new ideas. Your strength comes from God's
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  grace, not from rules about food which don't help those who
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  follow them. We have an altar from which the
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  priests in the Tabernacle have no right to eat.
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  Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of
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  animals into the holy place as a sacrifice for sin, and the
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  bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp.
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  So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make
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  his people holy by means of his own blood.
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  So let us go out to him outside the camp and bear the disgrace
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  he bore, For this world is not our permanent home.
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  We are looking forward to a home yet to come.
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  Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of
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  praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to His name.
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  And don't forget to do good and to share with those in need.
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  These are the sacrifices that please God.
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  Obey your spiritual leaders and do what they say.
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  Their work is to watch over your souls and they are accountable
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  to God. Give them reason to do this with
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  joy and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for
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  your benefit. Pray for us, for our conscience
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  is clear and we want to live honourably in everything we do.
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  And especially pray that I will be able to come back to you
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  soon. Now may the God of peace, who
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  brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd
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  of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood,
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  may he equip you with all you need for doing His will.
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  May he produce in you through the power of Jesus Christ every
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  good thing that is pleasing to Him.
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  All glory to him forever and ever.
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  Amen. I urge you, dear brothers and
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  sisters, to pay attention to what I've written in this brief
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  exhortation. I want you to know that our
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  brother Timothy has been released from gaol.
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  If he comes here soon, I will bring him with me to see you.
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  Greet all your leaders and all the believers there.
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  The believers from Italy send you their greetings.
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  May God's grace be with you all, my Lord.
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  As the author writes in this letter, we are so grateful for
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  those people who have invested into our spiritual lives.
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  Lord, for those people who have selflessly given with the long
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  conversations, with the encouraging texts, with the
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  phone calls just when we needed it, with, with all the different
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  ways that they have spoken, love and kindness and faith and
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  guidance into our lives. Lord, we are grateful.
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  Thank you for the gift that they are to us.
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  And Lord, as you have now given us this gift of faith in our
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  hearts, Lord, I pray that you would use us.
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  You would enable us to be the one who shares and encourages
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  and equips and grows our brothers and sisters in faith.
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  Thank you for allowing us to be a part of the work of your
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  Kingdom, this incredibly important work of your
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  unshakable truth and Kingdom. We just commit ourselves to you
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  and your way. We love you and we pray all of
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  this in your precious name, Jesus, Amen.