Watch Out for Strangers

Watch Out for Strangers
Romans 12:9-13
Hospitable ...
Entertaining family and friends …
Getting together in homes …
Done only by a few …
A laborious chore …
Hospitable in New Testament ...
“Love of strangers/Care to strangers”
Includes our brethren, but especially the stranger among us
Modern dictionary ...
“Receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously…”
Hospitable/hospital ... not focused only on friends ..
Local church open to all …
We invite all to come to the Lord and be made well …
Practicing Hospitality ...
Romans 12:13 “contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality …”
#1 Because you are a Stranger…
1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, ...
1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
#1 Because you are a Stranger…
James 1:1 James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad (dispersed) …
#1 Because you are a Stranger…
Exodus 22:21 "You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. You were living in a strange land .. you treat strangers with love, because you know what that feels like.
Exodus 23:9 "Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
#2 So no strangers among us…
1 Peter 4:8-9 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." 9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint …
#2 So no strangers among us…
We have responsibility in our own fellowship that our own brothers and sisters not be strangers to us …
#2 So no strangers among us…
We have responsibility in our own fellowship that our own brothers and sisters not be strangers to us …
#2 So no strangers among us…
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
Titus 1:8 but hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, ...
#3 Every Visitor an Honored Guest ...
Hebrews 13:1-2 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this doing some have entertained angels without knowing it …
#3 Every Visitor an Honored Guest ...
James 2:1-3 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. 2 For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, 3 and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say to the poor man, "You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool," ...
#3 Every Visitor an Honored Guest ...
Hebrews 13:1-2 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this doing some have entertained angels without knowing it …
#3 Every Visitor an Honored Guest ...
Hebrews 13:1-2 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this doing some have entertained angels without knowing it …
Genesis 18:1-5 Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, "My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant."
#3 Every Visitor an Honored Guest ...
Hebrews 13:1-2 by this some have entertained angels without knowing it..
What if it is someone looking for the truth?
What if it is someone burdened with life?
Is this going to be on the test? ...
Matthew 25:34-40 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 'Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you invited Me in ...
Is this going to be on the test? ...
Matthew 25:37-40 "Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? 38 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? 39 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 40 And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'
Watch out for Strangers ...
When we serve the stranger, we serve the Lord …
Show hospitality to one another without complaint ..
Watch Out for Strangers
Romans 12:9-13