Thought On This Chapter
HEB 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness;
and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave
thee, nor forsake thee.
He has promised to never leave us and never forsake us.
What a wonderful promise. And it is a sure promise that can be 100%
trusted because God cannot lie.
This should have an effect upon our lives. We
should not covet things. Instead we are to be content with what we have.
Since Jesus is with us, He knows exactly what we have and don't have. He
is well aware of our needs. One of our problems is that we confuse wants
with needs. And many times our wants will not be as good for us as we
think. God many times withholds things from us for our own good. We
need to simply trust His perfect knowledge and His perfect judgment and be
content with what ever He has decided to give us.
HEB 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my
helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Jesus always being with us should have another effect
upon us. It should give us boldness. He is our helper.
Therefore we should not fear what man might do to us. If they hurt us, it
is only because God allowed it and has some reason for it. There is a
connection between a realization that Jesus is with you and fear being quenched.
Jesus' presence and fear do not go together. If you have a lack of the
realization of Jesus' presence you will have fear. If you have a
realization of the presence of Jesus, then you will lack fear.
Thought On This Chapter
HEB 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his
will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus
Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Works have nothing to do with getting saved.
However, time and time again the Bible instructs us that Christians are to do
good works. If you are a Christian and are not doing good works, it is
safe to say you are out of the will of God. The good works that we do are
to be what He wants us to do. Some people are doing what they consider
good works, but what they are doing does not line up with God's will. It
would never be God's will to sin. Even if the goal is good. For
example Christians should not sin in order to try to win the lost. Jesus
sat down with sinners, but He never partook in sin with them. Sinning is
never well pleasing to God. All of our good works need to be done out of
the right heart and done in the right way.
We are His children and are bought with a price.
Therefore it is only reasonable that we should want to do His will. And
when we have the right attitude about it and put His will first, the Bible says
that it is well pleasing in his sight.
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King James Bible Main Index:
HEB 13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
HEB 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
HEB 13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
HEB 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
HEB 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
HEB 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
HEB 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
HEB 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
HEB 13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
HEB 13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
HEB 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
HEB 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
HEB 13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
HEB 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
HEB 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
HEB 13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
HEB 13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
HEB 13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
HEB 13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
HEB 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
HEB 13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
HEB 13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
HEB 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
HEB 13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
HEB 13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
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Thought on this Chapter
HEB 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God
continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
HEB 13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices
God is well pleased.
The Old Testament sacrifices of bulls and goats ended when Jesus came and
fulfilled what they pictured when He went to the cross. God does NOT want
us to sacrifice animals.
However, there are different sacrifices that God wants us to make today as New
Testament Christians and they are listed in these two verses.
The first one is the sacrifice of praise. You might say how is that a
sacrifice. If you will notice the sacrifice of praise is to be done
continually. We are to continually use our lips to give thanks to His
name. There is no loophole for I am too busy, or I do not feel like it.
You are to praise His name when you feel like it and when you don't. You
are to praise His name in the good times and in the bad. You are to praise
His name when it is smooth sailing and in the storm. You must always
constantly make an effort to praise His name no matter what, and you are to
praise His name if you have time or if you DO NOT have time. That is what
makes it a sacrifice.
The second sacrifice is to do good (verse 16). Christians do NOT do good
works to get saved we are to do good works because we are saved. Doing
good works is going to cost you something. It is going to cost you your
time, it is going to cost you some energy. You are going to have to do
some work. And in many cases it is going to cost you some money.
We are to offer God the sacrifices of praise and good
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