Entertaining Angels
A Message on Hospitality
Josh Whitney
May 27, 2016

Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. — Romans 12:13

I. Hospitality is something we need to

.

The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. — 1 Timothy 3:1-3

II.

should be hospitable.

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband, and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work. — 1 Timothy 5:9-10

III. The early church

who had practiced hospitality.

Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. — Hebrews 13:1-2

IV. We can forget to show

.

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. — 1 Peter 4:8-9

V.

when you show hospitality.

Additional Verses:
• 1 John 4:7-12
• 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
• John 13:35
• Luke 6:32-33
• Genesis 18:1-8
• Matthew 25:31-40
• 1 John 4:19-21

Additional Resources:
• The Hospitality Commands by Alexander Strauch