A Call To Persevere - Hebrews 10:19-39

 

  1. How did Nancy’s lecture on this passage manage to present a serious warning yet still encourage its readers?  (Cite verses or insights from lecture or study.)

 

  1. Check which statement describes for you the impact of this passage:

 

    1. Clarified understanding.
    2. Created interest in further study.
    3. Challenged a previously held point of view.
    4. Something other, which is ____________________________.

Why?

 

The Perspective of Faith - Hebrews 11:1-3

 

  1. Drawing from pervious chapters of Hebrews, what things do “we hope for” that help assure our faith?

 

  1. Define:

 

    1. Assurance.
    2. Certainty.
    3. Describe the essential ingredient for Christian assurance and certainty found in John 16:5-15.

 

 

  1. Write a brief description of faith as it has personal meaning for you.

 

  1. If there has been a particular person who was a positive “example of faith,” encouraging your own journey of believing, share with your Core Group.

 

  1. If that person would now in turn be encouraged to know what he/she has meant to you in your spiritual pilgrimage, find a way to express your feelings.

 

The Potential of Faith – Hebrews 11:4-7

 

  1. What words in verse 4 suggest a great difference between the sacrifices of Abel and those of Cain?

 

  1. How does Genesis 4:6-7 teach us about the responsibilities of faith?

 

  1. How does the voice of Abel reach beyond his own lifetime?

 

    1. What does this say about the potential of faith? 

 

 

 

 

  1. Look back to Genesis 15:6 and compare what we studied in lecture a couple of weeks ago.  What did Abraham offer that was “credited to him as righteousness”? 

 

    1. How does this compare with 11:4? 
    2. Do you see that even the language of the two verses is similar? 
    3. How so?

 

  1. Considering verse 6:

 

    1. How does the last half of the verse explain the assertion that it is impossible to please God without faith?
    2. If you substitute “it is not likely” for “impossible”, what happens to the author’s point?

 

  1.   What association do you see between the righteousness and the faith of Enoch?

 

    1. Can you cite verses to prove that righteousness and faith are linked in the mind of the author of Hebrews?

 

  1. Put verse 6 in your own words.  State why you believe it is true – practically!  List a time in your life when:

 

    1. You believed God for something difficult – what happened?  And
    2. When you could NOT believe in Him??  What happened there?  Be specific.
    3. Now commit this second part of your answer to prayer.

 

  1. Under what conditions did Noah practice faith (Genesis 6:5), and what does this tell you about the potential of faith?

 

    1. How does Noah’s story illustrate the truth of Hebrews 10:38?

 

 

Regarding Noah:   His heart attitude is described in verse 7 specifically.  How so?  What does that say to you?  How has that attitude been reinforced in everything we have studied in Hebrews thus far?