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Hebrews - Jesus Greater Than
Hebrews 13 - Put it into Prac ce
Rev’d Lynda Johnson
Today we conclude our Hebrews series.
I’ve had the privilege of visi ng some of the connect groups
and hearing rst hand how Hebrews has had an impact.
It’s been great.
Jesus is certainly greater than anything else this world has to o er.
Today our topic for this last chapter is “Put it into prac ce”.
There are lots of prac cal and helpful
instruc ons here.
Really what the writer is doing in this chapter, is pulling together all the things he has already said:
• about the supremacy of Jesus
• about the cross
• about how all those who came before have led us to the cross
• and about how we understand the perseverance it takes to journey with Jesus.
Now, at the end of the le er, we look to the future, and work out what is our calling, and what it is
that should dis nguish us as Chris ans.
What is this amazing future that is calling us; and how can we faithfully step out into that future?
Those are pre y good ques ons as we come to this point in our life together as a church, when next
week we launch and celebrate a new Vision and a new plan.
What are our lives to look like, both corporately and individually, because we belong to Jesus, the
one who is greater than everything else.
But there is a danger that we mustn’t read this chapter in isola on from the rest of the book.
If we do that, we could all too easily nd ourselves on a self-righteous moralis c quest that simply
says ‘be good for goodness’ sake.’
And can I say, that does nobody any good.
Least of all, the Gospel cause.
Today I hope that we read and understand these encouragements and exhorta ons to Godly living
in the light of the whole book.
Because that’s the only way it all makes sense.
Throughout the rest of the book, we’ve had the systema c presenta on of Christ and his work and
the impact of that.
It’s been made clear that we have forgiveness through Christ and the cross, and now we move to
this list of very prac cal dos and don’ts which arise out of a good understanding of what Jesus has
done.
In these closing verses we have more than 15 categories with at least 20 instruc ons.
Our writer is helping us to Put this discipleship into prac ce.
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This nal chapter of Hebrews goes from love, to hospitality, to visita on, to marriage, to money
ma ers, to leadership, to false doctrine, to accep ng abuse, to praise, back to leadership again, to a
benedic on, to exhorta on, to gree ngs, to grace…
How amazing that chapter 13 starts with love and ends with grace!
I like that.
But there are some real jewels here as Hebrews comes to a close.
As I read these rst few verses par cularly, vv.1-12, this is what I see:
vv.
1-3 - it’s about love
vv.
4-6 - it’s about purity
vv.
7-14 - it’s about loyalty
But we need to remember that love and purity and loyalty are not separate, they’re intertwined and
interdependent.
So rstly, it’s about love.
It’s interes ng because what this is describing is
• loving those you know,
• loving those you don’t know,
• and loving those who are outcast.
Chris ans are to be concerned for the needs of others.
Those for whom Christ has died, cannot live for themselves.
Chris anity is faith in ac on and that means love being at work.
So the writer draws a en on to something of what it means to live in love.
Because Jesus is greater than everything and anything else, that gives us the reason to live this way.
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.
Think about it.
How many mes does the Bible tell us to love each other?
Jesus himself summarises the commandments by saying, love God, love others.
In fact, a lot of the
commands in scripture are a commentary on how to apply God’s love to one another.
Showing hospitality means to reach out to others and extend friendship and welcome.
How o en do we stay in our own friendship circles, ignoring or neglec ng others?
And most of the me we don’t even realise we’re doing it.
And we don’t realise because we’re enjoying being with the people we know and like, so we think
we’re being friendly and hospitable.
But do we look around?
Do we really show hospitality, friendship and welcome?
For example, what really happens in the hall following our services?
Do we always sit or stand with our cup of tea or co ee, where we always sit or stand with our cup of
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