JESUS, THE SAME FOREVER

Passage: Hebrews 13:1-8

Key verse: 8

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Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.(A) 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,(B) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.(C) 3 Continue to remember those in prison(D) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

4 Marriage should be honored by all,(E) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.(F) 5 Keep your lives free from the love of money(G) and be content with what you have,(H) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
    never will I forsake you.”[a](I)

6 So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
    What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](J)

7 Remember your leaders,(K) who spoke the word of God(L) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(M) their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(N)

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Footnotes
  1. Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
  2. Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7
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Sacrifices Pleasing to God

13 Let (A)brotherly love continue. 2 (B)Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby (C)some have entertained angels unawares. 3 (D)Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4 (E)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge (F)the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5 Keep your life (G)free from love of money, and (H)be content with what you have, for he has said, (I)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we can confidently say,

(J)“The Lord is my helper;
    (K)I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

7 Remember (L)your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and (M)imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is (N)the same yesterday and today and forever.

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1. A holy walk of faith (1-6) The principles of holy living do not change. Love comes first, expressed by hospitality and practical care for those who are suffering. Sexual immorality is always wrong and brings judgment on the family. We don't need to be captured by greed, because God has promised to be our helper and never leave us or forsake us. 2. Jesus does not change (7-8) It is right for us to remember the leaders who taught us the word of God. We should honor them in word and deed, and imitate their good example. Everything in the visible world changes, but Jesus does not change. In Jesus we can build our lives on a solid foundation.

Prayer: Lord, thank you that your truth does not change. Help me build my life on Jesus, the solid rock.

One Word: Jesus does not change