I. Defining Hospitality Philoxenos = love of strangers Websters 1828 Dictionary “The act or practice of receiving and entertaining strangers or guests without reward, with kind and generous liberality.”
II. The Foundations of Hospitality 1. Leviticus 19:33-34 “I am the Lord your God.” 2. Hebrews 13:16, and verses 1-3 3. David, Nabal, and Abigial -- I Sam 25 4. The Shunammite Woman II Kings 4:8-10
III. A Practical Warning in Hospitality Excerpts from The Didache (cir. 110 A.D.)
IV. The Importance of Hospitality Hospitality is meant to be subversive to the culture in the way it shatters social boundaries, especially in the practice of “table fellowship”.
V. A Case Study in Hospitality -- Philemon
FINAL APPLICATIONS 1. Be willing to give – even if you are occasionally taken advantage of. 2. Have people in your home. 3. Make the focus of your fellowship the people and not the things. 4. Hospitality extends to the church service too.
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Pastor Steve came to Christ at the age of 11. He graduated from Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in 1979 with a B.A. in theology as the Valedictorian of his class. He joined our church in 1978, came on staff, full-time in 1980, was ordained as an Elder in 1982, and became...