Hebrews by Dr. Ralph Wilson
Lesson 13
Let Us Love: Workings of Faith (Hebrews 13:1-25)
Love within the Christian Community (13:1-3)
Brotherly Love (13:1)
Q1. (Hebrews 13:1-3) How do hospitality to strangers and visiting prisoners relate to brotherly love (philadelphia)?
Where are you strong in brotherly love?
Where are you weak?
The Security of God's Presence (13:5-6)
Q2. (Hebrews 13:5-6) How can we recognize greed in ourselves?
What will be the signs?
What is the antidote for greed in our lives?
What would be the earmarks of a greed-free life?
If not money, what should be the basis of our security for the future?
What promises do you find in verses 5 and 6?
The Unchangeable Christ (13:8)
Q3. (Hebrews 13:8) What is the significance of this verse for the original readers?
For you?
For understanding just who Jesus is?
For believing in the power of God for today?
Strengthened by the Altar (13:9-10)
Christ's Suffering as the Sin Offering (13:11-14)
The Sacrifice of Praise and Sharing with Others (13:15-16)
1. The Sacrifice of Praise (13:15)
2. The Sacrifice of Good Deeds (13:16)
Q4. (Hebrews 13:15-16) Though the sacrifice for atonement have been completed in Christ, what kinds of sacrifices or offerings are Christians called upon to make?
What effect do these offerings have on God?
A Request for Prayer (13:18-19)
A Benediction from the God of Peace (13:20-21)
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Equipping so that they might
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Q5. (Hebrews 13:16, 20-21) What are the actual requests being made of God in this great benediction? What "pleases" God according to verses 16 and 20?
Why should we "make it our aim to please him" (2 Corinthians 5:9, NRSV)?
Prayer
Father, this Letter has inspired me afresh. I want to imitate the faith of those who have gone before. I want to trust the unchanging Christ. I want to offer sacrifices of praise to you along with deeds that honor you. Thank you so much for your offering of your life for ours. Thank you for the City of God that is to come. Thank you for our hope in you of eternal life. Thank you! In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Key Verses
"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'" (Hebrews 13:5)
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8)
"Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise -- the fruit of lips that confess his name." (Hebrews 13:15)
"May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." (Hebrews 13:20-21)
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