Hebrews Chapter 3 and 4

Chapter 1 of Hebrews established that Jesus is superior in position and power to the angels. Chapter 2 warns us to think about and not drift away from the salvation provided through Christ, then outlines the work of Christ as well as our current and future relationship to him.

1. Is there anything from the previous chapters that you would like to remember or talk about?


Read Hebrews 3:1-6


2. The writer calls the readers "holy." Do you consider yourself in a different situation than these early Christians? Do you consider yourself holy?


3. Through what did the Jews traditionally associate holiness?


4. How might this text reassure and challenge the Hebrew believer then, and the Christian today?


Review in the OT: Numbers, Chapter 14 then follow with the rest of Hebrews, Chapter 3.


5. Between the two text, there is a correlation between "land" and "rest." How would you explain this? What might the NT equivalent of "wandering in the desert" be? (Brownie points for looking up "rest" in the dictionary)


6. Numbers 14:20 says that God forgave the people, yet they suffered consequences. Do you see this in your own life?


7.How well and why do you rest?


Read Hebrews Chapter 4


8. Thinking of "rest" as the promise land, what day are we to enter it?


9. What weapon should be used to enter that rest/promise land, and against whom is that weapon used? (Hebrews 4:12,13)


Read Hebrews 4:14-16 again.


10. Why is it important that Christ sympathize with our weakness while remaining perfect?


Close with Matthew 11:25-30

Hebrews Chapter 1 and 2


1. What seems to be the main point of Chapter 1?

2. According to the text, which of the following is a role of Jesus?

a. Spokesman for God
b. Beneficiary or Heir
c. Creator
d. Representative to God
e. Superior to the angels
f. King
g. "a" and "c"
h. I see what your doing; it's all of them.

3. If this were a resume, what part would the Old Testament play? The New Testament?


Try to get a feel for the context of these verses.

Psalm 2:7; 2Samuel 7:14, 1 Chron. 17:13; Deaut. 32:43; Psalm 104:4; Psalm 45:6,7; Psalm 102:25-27; Psalm 110:1.


4. What is helpful and challenging about reading the referred to text?

Read Hebrews Chapter 2

5. According to verse 1, what is the threat to the Christian, and what is the responsability of the Christian?

Read 2 John 8,9.

6. More than baptism or predestination, what is the one thing the Christian has to absolutely get right?

7. According to Hebrews Chapter 2: 8b, what is the obvious difficulty of being a Christian?

8. Think of when you learned to swim or ride a bike or something else scary and unfamiliar. What's the advantage of someone you trust going first? How nice would it be to have an awesome older brother who is proud of you?

9. The second half of chapter 2 talks about Christ's mission on earth. Does your head hurt?

10. What is one you thing you learned in the second chapter?


Bonus:

Read Luke 22:39-46. An angel strengthens Jesus in his darkest hour. I wonder if he read Isaiah 51:17-23.

How cool is the Bible!?

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