"Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality." Romans
12:13 (Read Vs. 3-21. The Apostle Paul is reminding us of our responsibility toward others.)

"The Illustrated Dictionary of the Bible" Herbert Lockyear, Sr., Editor says, "hospitality - the practice of entertaining strangers graciously.
Hospitality was a very important trait in Bible times. In the New Testament, the Greek word translated as hospitality (PHILOXENIA) literally means 'love of strangers.'"

Hospitality was commanded by God in both the Old and New Testaments:
Leviticus 19:33-34 tells us,
"And if a stranger sojourns with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him. But the stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt."

And in the New Testament:
Concerning hospitality and meeting the needs of others when speaking of the sheep and goats at the judgment, Jesus tells us, " For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me."
Matthew 25:35-36
"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'" Vs. 40  (Read 25:41-46 for the consequences to those who do not care for the needs of others.)

Jesus speaking in Luke 14:13-14 concerning guests when giving a feast, "But when you give a feast, invite the poor the maimed, the lame, the blind.
And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

Hospitality is to be characteristic of all Believers as we see in
1 Peter 4:9,
"Practice hospitality to one another (those of the household of faith). [Be hospitable, be a lover of strangers, with brotherly affection for the unknown guests, the foreigners, the poor and all others who come your way who are of Christ's body.] And [in each instance] do it ungrudgingly (cordially and graciously, without complaining but as representing Him.) The Amplified Bible

A beautiful example in the Old Testament is in 2 Kings 4:8-10, "One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well to do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. She said to her husband, 'I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let's make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there when he comes to us.'" (Read the rest of the chapter to see how that act of kindness was blessed by God.)

A New Testament example is found in Acts 16:13-15 where a new Believer responds to the Good News!
"On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place to pray. We sat down and began to speak to the women who were gathered there. One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.
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."

Let us, therefore, be benevolent members of the household of God and be hospitable to all -- To the poor:
"They (the Jerusalem leadership to Paul and Barnabas) desired only that we should remember the poor, the very thing which I was eager to do." Acts 2:10

To the needy:
Paul speaks of putting on the new man in Ephesians 4:23-29. Vs 28 says, "Let him who stole steal no longer but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has  need."

To enemies:
"If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink." Proverbs 25:21

To God's servant:
Paul to the Philippians upon their sharing when no other church did, "... when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me concerning giving and receiving but you only...in Thessalonica you sent aid once and again for my necessities." Philippians 4:15-16

We do not give to receive, we give because we love God! And in His loving kindness and graciousness He blesses! Father we worship and adore You for Your goodness to us. Amen