WOW HOMEWORK : HEBREWS 4: 1-13

DUE WED NOV  5

 

 

  1. Read 3:7-19, then 4:1-2.  What is being warned against?  How do you explain the significance of the pronouns “us” and “you” in vs. 1?  Think about how this exhortation could apply to the church today.

 

  1. Just what is the gospel referred to in 4:1-2?  How does its very nature exclude its reception by “hearing” alone?  (See 3:5-19) What is the difference between people who only “hear” the gospel and those who hear and “combine it with faith”?

 

  1. See Hebrews 4:3-6.  In what way does John 14:23-27 confirm the idea of “entering” God’s rest?

 

Who are “they” that did not enter God’s rest (v.6)?  Why?

Who are the “some” that enter God’s rest?  Why?

 

  1. See vs. 4:7-9.  Locate and briefly describe the different “rests” spoken of in 4:1-9.  What is the author suggesting (v.9) when he says a “Sabbath-rest” remains?

 

  1. Read Joshua 1:1-3, 13:1, and Judges 1:1, 2:6-12.  What is Hebrews 4:8 confirming?

 

  1. Use John 6:28-35 and Galatians 3:1-3 to discern what “work” must be finished by those who follow God.

 

  1. How do you understand the “effort” (vs. 10-11) that must be made in order to enter God’s rest?  In what way is vs.13 both a warning and a comfort?

 

  1. Respecting the reliable Word of God – read Hebrews 4:12-13.

 

a.  What two attributes of God do you find presented in these verses?

b.      In your own words, what does the Word of God do?

c.       In your own words, what does God see?

 

  1. From these two verses (4:12-13), what do you learn about God that has an impact on your personally?

 

 

 

                        HAVE A GREAT WEEK, and SEE YOU WEDNESDAY!