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March Sermons 2026
3-22 - Rooster Memories
John 18:15-18 , John 18:25-27
3-29 - A Crown of Thorns
Isaiah 53:1-10 , John 19: 1-7
April Sermons 2026
4-2- Maundy Thursday Service - “ The Body and The Blood” Matthew 26:26-29
4-3- Good Friday Service - “It Is Finished” John 19:8-42
4-5 - Easter Sunday Service - “The First Day”
John 20:1-10 John 20:11-16
4-12 - The Other Road”
Luke 24:1-14 Luke 24:27-35
4-19 - “Jesus and the Doubter”
John 20:24-29 John 20:30-31
4-26- “ Redemption”
John 21:1-14 John 21:15-19
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Some Thoughts on Practicing Hospitality
The Bible repeatedly lifts the value of practicing hospitality. God’s people were regularly reminded to care for the strangers in their midst. Hebrews chapter 13 opens with these words:
“Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:1,2).
I recently read a passage about an angel being offered hospitality in the Book of Judges, chapter 13:
“Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, 'We would like you to stay until we prepare a young goat for you'” (Judges 13:15).
Unaware of the angel’s true identity, Manoah and his wife wanted to entertain him by providing a meal, but the angel requested a burnt offering instead. As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame (Judges 13:16). Then Manoah and his wife realized the angel of the Lord was God Himself (Judges 13:22).
This was likely an appearance of Jesus Christ before His incarnation, which is called a Christophany. Since Jesus taught the Old Testament was about Him (John 5:39, Luke 24:27, 44), whenever God appeared in human form it was probably Jesus. Other examples include God walking in the Garden with Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:8); the commander of the army of the Lord who appeared to Joshua (Joshua 5:13-15); and the man who appeared in the furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who looked like a son of the gods (Daniel 3:25). When we welcome the stranger, we welcome Jesus—literally or figuratively.
In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus describes how someday God will separate the faithful from the unfaithful like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. When describing the difference between the two, Jesus said, in part:
“…I was a stranger and you invited me in...” (Matthew 25:35).
When asked how they did this for Jesus, He replied:
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40).
When we welcome strangers, we welcome Jesus.
Practice hospitality, my friends!