The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? YHVH is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
--Psalm 27:1
Let brotherly fondness/affection continue for the fond-lodging, not forgetting through this, thereby some are unaware of lodging mesengers [angels]. Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in body.
--Hebrews 13:1-3
And that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them, and rose again, so that henceforth prevailing we have perceived no man after [according to] the flesh: yet though we had known Christ after the flesh, not still in this way are we knowing Him.
--I Corinthians 5:15-16
Then the King will declare to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you away-from casting-down of the world-arrangement. For I hungered, and you gave me to eat; I thirsted, and you gave me to drink; a lodger was I, and you invited/brought me in; naked, and you clothed Me; sick/infirm, and you visited Me; in prison I was, and you came to accommodate Me.'
--Matthew 25:35
fond-lodgers concurrent to one another, without murmurings/complaint.
--I Peter 4:9
confessing that lodgers and expatriots they are on the land.
--Hebrews 11:13
Simon Peter, lodger with Simon the Tanner, whose house was by the sea.
--Acts 10:6
There went with us also of the disciples of Caesarea, Manason of Cypres, original disciple with whom we should lodge.
--Acts 21:16
Publius who received us three days lodges us, fondly-disposed.
--Acts 28:7
distributing toward the needs of the saints; pusuing hospitality.
--Romans 12:13
Gaius, who is lodging me, and of the whole ekklesia greets you.
--Romans 16:23
withal, prepare me also a lodging: for I anticipate through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
--Philemon 1:22
binding upon the on-noter... to be a fond-lodger.
--I Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8
an enlisted widow ... receives lodgers
--I Timothy 5:10
Beloved, my children, you are doing a faithful thing to do for the brethren and for lodgers.
--III John 1:5
NEED: lodgers, not strangers.
NEED: works of faith together
- According To The Spiritno longer upon knowing the flesh
- layo Felix Alayo, at Ibafo, Ogun, NIGERIA
Beloved, when people disconnect from you because of what they heard, they were really not connected. Real friends know you by the spirit and not the flesh.
- Sheri Rayborn, at Everett, USA-WA
Remember, Samuel thought Eliab was the best choice for the next king of Israel, but the Lord looks on the heart.
- Mutetei Paul, at Thika, KENYA
In order to know people by the spirit, you must learn to listen to people by the Spirit.
- Community Moviequickly together, community helps [31:15]
- The Gatheringslet the redeemed come together
Hospitality In The New Testament
by michael --- A DIGEST REPORT
Moana, a young girl who lives on a Polynesian island and is the daughter of the chief, discovers that the people of her village are rather uninspired and somewhat in-grown. The story catalogs her struggle to discover her purpose and calling. While she is curious about what her future should be, a breakthrough comes when she begins to consider the past. One night she explores the hidden caves on the island and discovers a fleet of boats that have been sealed away, forgotten. Then it hits her: "We were voyagers!" Her people were not originally a home-bound people, they were travelers; always looking to move forward rather than backwards.
The story of Moana is a picture of the early Christian movement. One of the central features of the early Christian movement was that they were a people who traveled... extensively.
A substantial number of early Christians were known for their travel. Surely to include first-century believers like Paul of Tarsus, Simon Peter, Priscilla and Aquila, and many more --- as documented in the book of Acts and beyond. Adolf Harnack highlights these and later Christians such as Justin, Hegesippus, Julius Africanus, and Origen -- who travelled to Sidon, Tyre, Bostra, Antioch, Casesarea, Nikomedia, Athens, Nicopolis, Rome, and number of other cities (some, more than once). Christians didn't just travel for missionary work. There were at least two additional reasons. First, travel was the way they spread messages and Christian writings in the ancient world. Second, Christians traveled for the purposes of fellowship, "networking," and encouraging one another. To their example, we begin to understand the repeated call for believers to show/chase hospitality in the ancient world. Today, hospitality is often seen as something akin to having people over for dinner. It's a way to be socially or spiritually interactive. In the ancient world, hospitality was not simply about an evening together. It was more about giving people a place to rest and refresh and share amid their travels.
All of us need reckon with the fact that the core of our Christian identity is that we are a voyaging people. We are not called to be an in-grown people, walled up in our homes of self-protection. We are out and about, so to speak; alert and welcoming so to advance or enliven the Kingdom of God. We don't just think about the future. We recognize the present in awareness of the past, remembering what Christians have always been: "We were voyagers!" We are travelers. As such, taking up the invitation of Paul: "Travel with us as we carry out this act of grace that is being ministered by us, for the glory of the Lord" [II Corinthians 8:19].
