Homework Due: 5/19/04

 

HEBREWS 13:1-25

 

 

 

  1. Review from last weeks lecture - Hebrews 12:12-29.  What was, to you, the most important command or lesson from this section of study on Sinai vs. Zion?  Why?

 

 

What to Do for Others – Hebrews 13: 1-6

 

  1. From verses 1-3, identify the people to whom we have the responsibility of love and concern.

 

  1. How does the short phrase “as if” (v.3) guide us in the expression of love and concern?

 

Personal Thought:  Record at least one action you can take this week to apply these verses to a specific situation in your life.

 

  1. List the ethical and practical exhortations found in Hebrews 13:1-5

 

  1. Believers are urged to be content because of what God has said.

 

    1. What has God said?

 

    1. What is the response we can make with confidence?

 

    1. How can these truths affect our ability to perform the Christian duties found in verses 1-5?

 

 

What to Do for Ourselves – Hebrews 13:7-12

 

  1. What key truths are found in these verses for avoiding false teaching?

 

DO  _______________________________________________

 

DO NOT ___________________________________________

 

  1. What do you reason might have prompted the author to write verse 8?

 

    1. How is this verse significant today?

 

  1. Verses 9-12 use figurative language to contract Jesus’ sacrifice with the Jewish sacrifices with which the Jewish readers would have been familiar.

 

    1. The alter held the sacrifice.   What would you say is the Christian counterpart of the Jewish alter?  (See 9:24-27.)

 

    1. According to Leviticus 4:1-12, what lies behind taking the remains of the sin offering outside the camp to burn?

 

    1. What does Hebrews 10:10-11 remind us of as one superiority of Jesus?  Who also suffered “outside the camp”?

 

 

What to Do Together – Hebrews 13:13-17

 

  1. How does our acceptance of the statement in verse 14 make a difference in our obeying the exhortation of verse 13?  (See 12:22-24.)

 

  1. What are the acceptable sacrifices mentioned in verse 15-17 that are to be offered by those in the community of faith?

 

 

What to Do Is Demonstrated – Hebrews 13:18-21

 

  1. What one thing does the author ask for and depend upon here?

 

  1. What does the author accept as his own responsibility to assure his usefulness in the ministry?

 

  1. In two short verses (20-21) at least four things are revealed about God.  List as many as you can.

 

                                                               i.       

                                                             ii.       

                                                            iii.       

                                                           iv.       

 

  1. Which of these is most important or meaningful to you?    Why?

 

  1. Why is it significant that this covenant is “eternal”?  (Compare 8:13.)

 

  1. Two times since verse 15 the phrase “through Jesus” has been used.  Explain the meaning of this phrase as you understand it.

 

  1. What is the underlying tone or spirit of the letter that is revealed by the very last sentence?  Hebrews 13:22-25