Hebrews 13: Remain Confident In Christ: By Serving With Gratitude

Hebrews 13

Theme: Remain Confident in Christ

B) Ways
12) By offering grateful service

Chapter 12 closed with the instruction to "show gratitude, by
which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence
and awe..." (28 NAS). Chapter 13 seems to immediately follow
with several ways to offer grateful service.

1) By loving the brethren (1); 2) by showing hospitality to
strangers (2); 3) by sympathizing with christian prisoners
(3); 4) by keeping marriage pure (from fornication and
adultery); 5) by staying content (because God is present); 6)
by imitating faithful leaders (7); 7) by standing firm in
doctrine (8-10); 8) by separating from false teachers
(11-14); 9) by giving thanks to God (15); 10) by sharing with
others (16); 11) by obeying your leaders (17); 12) by praying
for missionaries (18-19); 13) by relying on God's grace
(20-21).

Verses 20-21 again seem to confirm that these instructions
explain how to serve God acceptably. We have already been
told that without faith it is impossible to serve God, and
here we are told that God is the one who equips and works in
us to serve Him in a pleasing way (cf. Eph. 2:8-10; Php.
2:13). Romans 6 explains it is faith in the death and
resurrection of Christ, and the fact the indwelling Holy
Spirit has placed us into this work which empowers us to yield
our members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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Have you heard Christ died for our sins, and God raised Him
from the dead? Did you know God saves you from hell and
gives you eternal life through faith in this finished work alone,
not your merits (Jn. 3:16; 1 Cor. 15:1-3; Eph. 2:8-10; 2 Thess.
1:8-9)? This is so man cannot boast, and God alone gets the
glory (Eph. 2:8-9).
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