31 Days: Day Two

As I mentioned in the first post of the series, I don't want to just talk about Southern Hospitality but truly want to take it deeper. 

For the next few days I want to look at hospitality from a biblical perspective. Hospitality is a way of life in the Bible. 

"Christian hospitality, as given to us in the Bible, is a sacred process of 'receiving' outsiders and changing them from strangers to guests."

A few examples we can take from scripture: 
1. Joshua 2: Rahab welcomed her home to the spies sent by Joshua.

But she had brought them up to the roof and hid them with the stalks of flax that she had laid in order on the roof. (Joshua 2:6 ESV)

2. John 4:  The Samaritan woman not only opened her home to Jesus but she testified to who he was and spread the word about the living water.

3. Acts 9: Paul (then Saul) was taken in by Barnabas.

But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus. (Acts 9:27 ESV)

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