Scripture: Hebrews 13:10-25, 1 Peter 4:14, Following Jesus is going to make you an outsider in the world. This is a very insecure place to be. But we are citizens of a different city, pilgrims on earth who are on a journey to our heavenly home. 1 Peter 4:14 says, when we are insulted for the name of Christ, we are blessed.Luther has this comment: "God permits Christians to remain alive in the flesh and lets our bodies walk the earth in order that we may help others and also bring them to heaven too." Our spiritual offerings are acceptable to God only through faith, for Christ's sake.Hebrews sets forth God's grace in Christ, earned on the cross, ratified in the new covenant, and distributed in Word and Sacrament. By holding fast to the teaching of this sermon by the preacher to the Hebrews and by receiving God's grace through faith, we have fellowship with all the saints and look forward to our inheritance with them in heaven.