The title is a Portuguese phrase that means, "Out of the Ordinary". Surely salvation is an out of the ordinary experience. A Holy God allows a lost, blind, hopeless, sinner to enter into an eternal relationship with Him. Does that make sense? Not really. However, it is Além do Normal. It is heaven sent. It was conceived in eternity past (cf. Ephesians 1:3) and will never be completely understood. It is something that no one merits, but is given freely by Grace. Why? Because God loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus Christ to pay what we owed. For divine justice and in divine love Jesus died. For that reason we can say, "Thank You Father!"
Hebrews 13:1 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. Hospitality is a gift. It can also be a learned trait. Some people seem as if having strangers in their homes is normal and natural. Others have to fight against themselves in order to have friends over for a meal. The author of Hebrews says that some have entertained angels when they thought that they were helping a stranger. That's weird. This statement brings questions to mind. Do angels eat? Of course, silly, they eat angel food cake! Seriously, who in the Bible entertained angels by accident? Well, how about Abraham, Lot or Jacob? Granted, Jacob's treatment of the Angel of the Lord was questionable. But he did wrestle the night away, when in fact that angel could have dislocated Jacob's hip early in the match. Abraham, read Sarah, prepared a big meal and Lot had to offer ...
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