7 Instead, we were like young children among you.  Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, 8 so we cared for you.  Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.
1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 (NIV)

 

  1. The Gospel Begins with an Open Door

 

33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.  Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:33-34 (NIV)

 

“Hospitality = “Turning strangers into neighbors and neighbors into family” – Rosaria Butterfield”

 

8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”  9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.  10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Luke 19:8-10 (NIV)

 

  1. Hospitality Makes Room for Transformation

 

  1. We Host People With Our Lives

 

6 We were not looking for praise from people, not from you or anyone else, even though as apostles of Christ we could have asserted our authority. 7 Instead, we were like young children among you.  Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, 8 so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.
1 Thessalonians 2:6-8 (NIV)

 

  1. Hospitality leads people home

 

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