Disciple Lessons from Hebrews
Detailed Table of Contents

 Preface

2

 Table of Contents

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 Abbreviations and References on Hebrews

8

Reprint Guidelines

10

Introduction to Hebrews

11

 

Authorship

11

 

Recipients

12

 

Date

12

 

Canonicity

12

 

Purpose

13

 

Themes

13

1. Jesus, the Father's Own Son (Hebrews 1:1-2:4)

15

 

Son of God (1:1-2)

15

 

The Divine Son (1:2-3)

16

 

Superior to Angels (Hebrews 1:4)

17

 

Messianic Quotations from the Old Testament (1:5-14)

18

 

An Exhortation to Be Attentive (2:1)

19

 

A Warning against Ignoring Christ's Salvation (2:2-3a)

19

 

The Salvation Declared and Confirmed to Us (2:3-4)

20

2. Jesus, Who Tastes Death for Everyone (Hebrews 2:5-18)

24

 

Jesus the Son of Man (2:6b-8a)

25

 

Suffering Death (2:9)

26

 

Tasting Death for Everyone (2:9b)

27

 

Perfect Through Suffering (2:10)

28

 

Not Ashamed to Call Them Brothers (2:11-13)

29

 

The Devil's Power of Death (2:14)

29

 

The Destruction of the Devil's Power (2:14-15)

30

 

Freed from the Fear of Death (2:15)

31

 

A Merciful and Faithful High Priest (2:16-18)

32

3. Jesus, the Giver of Rest (Hebrews 3:1-4:13)

36

 

God's Household: Faithful as a Son Over God's House (3:1-6)

37

 

A Call to Faith rather than Rebellion (3:7-4:7)

38

 

Keep from Being Hardened by Sin's Deceitfulness (3:12-14)

39

 

Rebelliousness and Unbelief Made It Impossible for Israel to Enter the Promised Land (3:15-19)

41

 

Combining the Message with Faith (4:1-3a)

41

 

Rest in the Old Testament

41

 

It Remains for Some to Enter God's Rest (4:3b-7)

42

 

A Sabbath-Rest -- Resting from Your Own Work (4:8-11)

43

 

The Living, Active Word of God (4:12-13)

44

4. Jesus, our Sympathetic High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-5:10)

49

 

Hold Fast to Your Confession (4:14)

49

 

A Sympathetic High Priest (4:15)

50

 

Approaching the Throne of Grace (4:16)

52

 

Qualifications for High Priest (5:1-4)

53

 

A Gentle High Priest (5:1-3)

53

 

A Priest Forever in the Order of Melchizedek (5:4-6)

54

 

Jesus' Cries to God Were Heard (5:7)

54

 

Learning Obedience through Suffering (5:8)

55

 

Being Made Perfect (5:9-10)

56

 

Source of Eternal Salvation (5:9-10)

57

5. Warnings Against Apostasy (Hebrews 5:11-6:12)

60

 

Milk vs. Solid Food (5:11-14)

61

 

The Elementary Teachings about Christ (6:1-3)

62

 

Spirit-Filled Believers? (6:4-5)

63

 

Impossible to Restore to Repentance (6:4-6)

65

 

The Scandal of Apostasy (6:6)

65

 

Crops and Thorns (6:7-8)

66

 

A Practical Observation

66

 

Show Diligence to the Very End (6:9-12)

66

 

Inheriting through Faith and Patience (6:12)

67

6. Jesus, Our High Priest Forever (Hebrews 6:13-7:28)

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God Takes an Oath on Himself (6:13-18)

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Hope as an Anchor for the Soul (6:18b-20)

73

 

Jesus Enters the Heavenly Sanctuary (6:19b-20)

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Melchizedek Is an Everlasting Priest (7:1-2)

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Comparing Melchizedek with the Son of God (7:3)

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Melchizedek is Greater than Abraham and Levi (7:4-10)

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A Priest by Reason of an Indestructible Life (7:11-17)

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The Guarantee of a Better Covenant (7:18-22)

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Always Living to Make Intercession (7:23-25)

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Our High Priest -- the Son -- Made Perfect Forever (7:26-28)

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7. Jesus, Mediator of a Better Covenant (Hebrews 8:1-9:12)

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Our High Priest in the True, Heavenly Sanctuary (8:1-2)

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The True Sanctuary Is in Heaven (8:3-5)

85

 

A Superior Covenant with Better Promises (8:6)

85

 

Jeremiah's Prophecy Looks Forward to the New Covenant (8:7-13)

87

 

The Old Covenant Is Obsolete (8:13)

88

 

Furniture in the Holy Place and Holy of Holies (9:1-10)

89

 

Worship in the Tabernacle (9:6-7)

90

 

Forgiveness for Intentional and Unintentional Sins (9:7b)

90

 

The External Awaiting the Actual (9:8-10)

91

 

Christ Entered by His Own Blood (9:11-12)

92

8. Jesus, Our Willing Sacrifice (Hebrews 9:11-10:18)

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Offering His Own Blood (9:11-14)

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Holiness, Sanctification, and Cleansing

98

 

The Cleansing Blood of Christ (9:13-14)

99

 

The Mediator and Ransom of the New Covenant (9:15)

100

 

The Necessity of the Shedding of Blood (9:16-22)

101

 

The Copy and the True Sacrifice (9:23-26)

102

 

Christ's Once for All Sacrifice (9:26b-28)

102

 

The Inevitability of Death and Judgment (9:27)

103

 

Christ's First and Second Comings (9:28)

103

 

Impossible for the Blood of Animals to Take Away Sins (10:1-4)

104

 

Support in Psalm 40:6-8

106

 

The Sacrifice that Makes Perfect and Holy (10:11-14)

107

 

There Is No Longer a Continuing Sacrifice for Sin (10:15-18)

107

9. Let Us Draw Near: Confidence of Faith (Hebrews 10:19-39)

110

 

Let Us Draw Near (10:19-25)

110

 

Three Exhortations for Believers (10:22-25)

112

 

The Exhortation to Draw Near to God (10:22)

112

 

The Exhortation to Hold On (10:23)

113

 

The Exhortation for Christian Fellowship (10:24-25)

114

 

Warning Against Deliberate Apostasy (10:26-31)

115

 

Remembering Former Persecution (10:32-34)

117

 

Persevere in Christ (10:35-36)

118

 

Don't Shrink Back (10:37-29)

119

10. Let Us Believe: The Nature of Faith (Hebrews 11:1-6, 11)

122

 

The Nature of Faith (11:1-2)

122

 

Faith that Brings Understanding of God (11:3)

125

 

Faith of Abel, Enoch, and Noah (11:4-7)

125

 

Faith that Pleases God (11:6)

126

 

Considering God Faithful (11:11)

128

11. Let Us Trust: Perspective of Faith (Hebrews 11:7-12:2)

131

 

The Faith of Abraham (11:8-19)

131

 

Living by Faith (11:13a)

132

 

Citizens of a Heavenly Country (11:13b-16)

133

 

Abraham's Faith for Isaac (11:17-19)

134

 

The Faith of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph (11:20-23)

135

 

The Faith of Moses (11:23-28)

135

 

Faith to Enter the Promised Land (11:29-31)

136

 

The Faith of a Multitude of Judges, Prophets, and Believers (11:32-38)

137

 

Their Faith Fulfilled Only with Ours (11:39-40)

139

 

A Cloud of Witnesses to Our Race (12:1)

139

 

Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of Our Faith (12:2)

140

12. Let Us Endure: Perseverance of Faith (Hebrews 12:3-29)

144

 

Enduring a Long-Standing Spiritual War (12:3-4)

145

 

Enduring the Lord's Discipline (12:5-7a)

145

 

Enduring a Father's Discipline (12:7b-11)

146

 

The Blessings of the Lord's Discipline (12:9b-11)

147

 

Is God Punishing Us?

148

 

Strengthen Your Weak Knees (12:12-13)

149

 

A Call to Holiness (12:14)

149

 

Warnings against Self-Deception (12:14-17)

150

 

Mt. Sinai vs. Mt. Zion (12:18-24)

151

 

The Heavenly Jerusalem (12:22)

152

 

The Residents of the City of God (12:22-24)

153

 

Warning Against Rejecting (12:25)

154

 

Shaking and Fire (12:26-29)

154

13. Let Us Love: Workings of Faith (Hebrews 13:1-25)

159

 

Love within the Christian Community (13:1-3)

159

 

Brotherly Love (13:1)

160

 

Show Hospitality (13:2)

160

 

Remember the Prisoners (13:3)

160

 

Sexual Purity (13:4)

161

 

The Security of God's Presence (13:5-6)

162

 

Imitate Your Leaders (13:7)

163

 

The Unchangeable Christ (13:8)

164

 

Strengthened by the Altar (13:9-10)

165

 

Christ's Suffering as the Sin Offering (13:11-14)

166

 

The Sacrifice of Praise and Sharing with Others (13:15-16)

166

 

Obey Leaders Who Are Responsible to God (13:17)

167

 

A Request for Prayer (13:18-19)

168

 

A Benediction from the God of Peace (13:20-21)

168

 

Concluding Words (13:22-25)

169

Appendix 1: The Five Warning Passages of Hebrews

173

Appendix 2. Participant Notes

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1. Jesus, the Father's Own Son (Hebrews 1:1-2:4)

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2. Jesus, Who Tastes Death for Everyone (Heb 2:5-18)

179

 

3. Jesus, the Giver of Rest (Hebrews 3:1-4:13)

181

 

4. Jesus, our Sympathetic High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-5:10)

182

 

5. Warnings Against Apostasy (Hebrews 5:11-6:12)

183

 

6. Jesus, Our High Priest Forever (Hebrews 6:13-7:28)

185

 

7. Jesus, Mediator of a Better Covenant (Heb 8:1-9:12)

187

 

8. Jesus, Our Willing Sacrifice (Hebrews 9:11-10:18)

189

 

9. Let Us Draw Near: Confidence of Faith (Hebrews 10:19-39)

191

 

10. Let Us Believe: The Nature of Faith (Heb. 11:1-6, 11)

193

 

11. Let Us Trust: Perspective of Faith (Heb. 11:7-12:2)

195

 

12. Let Us Endure: Perseverance of Faith (Heb. 12:3-29)

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13. Let Us Love: Workings of Faith (Hebrews 13:1-25)

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About the Author

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Other Books by the Author

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