Jun 24
Louie Giglio reminds us of the sacrifice that God made on our behalf through Jesus and how our response to that says everything about how that sacrifice has influenced us.
Key Takeaway
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices, God is pleased.
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"Sacrifice equals new ground."
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Louie Giglio
Scripture References
15.Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16.And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Concluding Exhortations
1.Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2.Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. 3.Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
4.Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 5.Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”13:5 Deut. 31:6
6.So we say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”13:6 Psalm 118:6,7
7.Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8.Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
9.Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. 10.We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11.The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp. 12.And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. 13.Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 14.For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
15.Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. 16.And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
17.Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
18.Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. 19.I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.
Benediction and Final Greetings
20.Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21.equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22.Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.
23.I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
24.Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people.
Those from Italy send you their greetings.
25.Grace be with you all.
3.Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4.and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5.who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
18.For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19.but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20.He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21.Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
4.As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5.you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1.Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2.Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3.now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
The Living Stone and a Chosen People
4.As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5.you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6.For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”2:6 Isaiah 28:16
7.Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone,”2:7 Psalm 118:22
8.and,
“A stone that causes people to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”2:8 Isaiah 8:14
They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.
9.But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10.Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society
11.Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12.Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
13.Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14.or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15.For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 16.Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. 17.Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.
18.Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 19.For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20.But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21.To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
22.“He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”2:22 Isaiah 53:9
23.When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24.“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” 25.For “you were like sheep going astray,”2:24,25 Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint) but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
9.But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10.Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
18.give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
20.always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
1.Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2.The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3.Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4.As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. 5.So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.
Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia
6.Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7.When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. 8.So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. 9.During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10.After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi
11.From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. 12.From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district16:12 The text and meaning of the Greek for the leading city of that district are uncertain. of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
13.On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14.One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. 15.When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Paul and Silas in Prison
16.Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17.She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” 18.She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.
19.When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20.They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar 21.by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or practice.”
22.The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23.After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24.When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25.About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26.Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 27.The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28.But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
29.The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30.He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31.They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32.Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33.At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34.The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
35.When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.” 36.The jailer told Paul, “The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.”
37.But Paul said to the officers: “They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”
38.The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed. 39.They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city. 40.After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, where they met with the brothers and sisters and encouraged them. Then they left.
Louie Giglio
Louie Giglio is the Visionary Architect and Director of the Passion Movement, comprised of Passion Conferences, Passion City Church, Passion Publishing and sixstepsrecords, and the founder of Passion Institute.