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We have a wonderful inheritance-so good, it's a "double share."
When we enter it, we'll dive into & (as Spurgeon puts it) "bathe forever in the bottomless sea of infinite blessedness!"
No wonder we're called to be content.
What hasn't God given us?
That brings us to today's message.
Contentment is at its heart.
An ancient king was really suffering.
His wise men found a cure.
Find & wear the shirt of a contented man.
He sent emissaries to find one.
Far & wide they searched.
After a long time, they finally located the man.
He was content.
But there was a problem.
He was content; but he had no shirt!
The point?
We can't find contentment in anyone, in anything, or in any possession.
Where can we find contentment?
Let's turn to Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16.
Hebrews 1-12 told us about the superiority of Christ & His covenant.
We saw how to enter His covenant by faith.
We heard examples of faith & encouragement to faith.
Now, we'll hear how to walk in our faith.
How do we know if we are walking in faith?
Whenever we are, there are 4 signs.
The 1st sign?
We'll 1keep on loving each other as brothers.
Each other = all.
We all know someone hard to be with.
We wonder: how can we love them? 1 Cor 13:4-8a teaches us that love.
Love for the sake of the beloved (each other).
Keep on choosing to be patient & kind.
Even when provoked.
Keep on choosing not to envy.
Keep on choosing not to boast.
Keep choosing humility (not to be proud).
Keep choosing not to be rude.
Keep choosing not to be self-seeking.
Keep choosing not to be easily angered.
Keep choosing to keep no record of wrongs.
Keep choosing not to delight in evil but to rejoice with the truth.
Keep choosing always to protect, always to trust, always to hope, & always to persevere.
We will be tempted to "unlove."
In faith, love sets its face to keep on choosing to act loving & commits to keep doing so.
By continually making the choice, 8love never fails.
1Keep on loving each other.
That's the 1st sign of walking in faith.
Hospitality is the 2nd sign.
2aDon 't forget to entertain strangers.
1st C. roving preachers needed lodging.
Jews hated Christians.
And inns were miserable.
(Which has the fewest fleas?)
But need isn't the reason.
Jesus is.
In Jn 13:35, He says "All men will know you're my disciples if you love one another."
One another?
Our neighbor.
The one in front of us, brethren or no.
Strangers?
Just friends we haven't met yet.
We may feel unsure how to meet someone whose culture seems strange.
We may not know their language.
Our discomfort makes them easy to forget.
But reach out with Christ's love to that stranger.
Redraw our circle & include them.
We may make a friend.
2bBesides, by so doing people have entertained angels (lit., messengers) without knowing it.
That stranger might be God's messenger of blessing for us!
It's easy to forget strangers.
It's even easier to forget prisoners, the 3rd sign.
3aRemember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners.
Nero's empire tortured some Christians & put others in prison.
If members cared for them, they risked being next!
But 1st C. prison food & care was bad at best.
Often, there wasn't any.
Without help, people starved.
It was much easier & safer to forget prisoners.
Same with those tortured & the sick.
Christ's love demands the same.
Extend hospitality even to those sick, tortured, or in prison.
Remember 3athose who are mistreated as if you were suffering.
What if we were in prison or sick?
Wouldn't we want help?
Want others to remember us?
Then do unto others as we want others to do unto us.
Pray for those in prison, those tortured, & the sick.
In any way we can, help them.
That's the 3rd sign.
The 4th sign?
Those walking in faith are enjoying spiritual fellowship.
Two sins break fellowship: sexual sin & greed.
For one, 4aMarriage should be honored by all.
How? Singles honor marriage by reserving sex for marriage between one man & one woman.
Spouses honor marriage 1st by remaining loyal to their mate in thought, word, & actions.
2nd, spouses keep their thoughts, words, & actions pure of intimacy with everyone except their mate.
4bThe marriage bed should be kept pure.
Why? Sex within marriage deepens intimacy between spouses.
Keeping sex within marriage honors God.
Sexual sin breaks spiritual fellowship with God & without His Spirit also with others.
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