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Ministry of Hospitality2 Corinthians
3210/15/3006Dr. Dane Boyles
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Ministry of Hospitality

• Introduction
• We as the church are
• 2 known and read by everybody. (2 Cor 32)
• 12 So in everything, do to others what you would
  have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and
  the Prophets. (Matt 712)

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• Definition of Hospitality
• Scriptural commands.
• To Israel in the Old Testament.
• 33 When an alien lives with you in your land,
  do not mistreat him.

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• 34 The alien living with you must be treated as
  one of your native-born. Love him as yourself,
  for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your
  God. (Lev 1933-34)

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• To the New Testament believer.
• 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.
  Honor one another above yourselves. (Rom 1210)
• 13 Share with Gods people who are in need.
  Practice hospitality. (Rom 1213)

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• 9 Offer hospitality to one another without
  grumbling. (1 Pet 49)

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• Practical definition.
• Hospitality Love of strangers
• Mary and Martha practiced hospitality.
• 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way,
  he came to a village where a woman named Martha
  opened her home to him. (Luke 1038)

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• Lydia, and other early Christians demonstrated
  this trait.
• 14 One of those listening was a woman named
  Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of
  Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord
  opened her heart to respond to Pauls message.
  (Acts 1614)

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• 15 When she and the members of her household were
  baptized, she invited us to her home. If you
  consider me a believer in the Lord, she said,
  come and stay at my house. And she persuaded
  us. (Acts 1615)

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• Priscilla and Aquila were given to hospitality.
• 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue.
  When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they invited
  him to their home and explained to him the way of
  God more adequately. (Acts 1826)

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• Angels unaware?
• 2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so
  doing some people have entertained angels without
  knowing it. (Heb 132)

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• Three Groups of People in Need of this Ministry.
• The first group is our neighbors.
• Remember the parable of the Good Samaritan?
• 36 Which of these three do you think was a
  neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of
  robbers? (Luke 1036)

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• Are we ministering to our neighbors?
• The second group is the poor.
• The third group is of course our friends and our
  brothers.
• 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do
  good to all people, especially to those who
  belong to the family of believers. (Gal 610)

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• Practical Ways to Minister Hospitality.
• Be alert at all times to the opportunities to
  help others.
• Be really interested in other people.
• Take an interest in your neighborhood and the
  others who live there.
• Do something for those who are less fortunate
  than we are.

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• Be motivated by the Spirit of God to minister and
  not by guilt.
• Do not minimize the value of helping someone
  else.
• 12 So in everything, do to others what you would
  have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and
  the Prophets. (Matt 712)

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• Conclusion
• How is our hospitality towards others?
• Are we effectively ministering?
• Come and let God have His way in your life.

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Ministry of Hospitality2 Corinthians
3210/15/3006Dr. Dane Boyles