Sermon
Welcoming the Stranger
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Matt Heerema
August 24, 2025 · 33 min
Summary
Using Hebrews 12:22 and 13:1-2, the pastor teaches that Christ welcomes believers into his heavenly kingdom and calls them to extend that same hospitality to strangers and newcomers, reflecting gratitude for their own salvation through practical acts of brotherly love and hospitality.
Highlights
Don't close the circle. Make sure that there's room to expand that circle where newcomers can get in.
Jesus welcomes you, whoever you are, but he loves you way too much to let you stay that way. He's got something much better in mind for you.
Hospitality is about helping people feel welcome in your world. Do you have room in your heart, in your relationships, in your friendship circles to adopt those who do not have anything to offer you the way Christ adopted us?