A verse-by-verse study of the Letter to the Hebrews, with special focus on overall themes as well as word meanings. Complete in 13 lessons.
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37 min
13. Let Us Love: Workings of Faith (Hebrews 13:1-25)
Call us to love brothers and sisters, to maintain sexual purity, to shun the love of money. He assures them that God will never forsake them, imitating leaders is the way to growth…
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40 min
12. Let Us Endure: Endurance of Faith (Hebrews 12:3-29)
Hebrews calls us to endure opposition and appreciate the Lord’s discipline, meant to make us holy. He warns against self-deception and bitterness. Compares earthly Jerusalem to hea…
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33 min
11. Let Us Trust: The Perspective of Faith (Hebrews 11:7-12:2)
Discusses how Abraham and Sarah illustrate faith, that obeys and goes, that lives by faith in God’s promises like aliens in a foreign land. The faith of the patriarchs, Moses, and…
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22 min
10. Let Us Believe: The Nature of Faith (Hebrews 11:1-6, 11)
Faith is described as the assurance of things not seen. Now the author illustrates faith from the lives of Abel, Enoch, and Noah. No one can please God without faith that (1) belie…
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30 min
9. Let Us Draw Near: Confidence of Faith (Hebrews 10:19-39)
The author calls us to draw near with confident prayer to the throne of grace. Includes exhortations to draw near to God, to hold on, and to continue fellowship with other believer…
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36 min
8. Jesus, our Willing Sacrifice (Hebrews 9:11-10:18)
The author argues than animal sacrifices could not cleanse the human conscience. Whereas Christ’s blood deals with sin once for all and Jesus offers the ransom of himself to God fo…
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27 min
7. A Better Covenant and Tabernacle (Hebrews 8:1-9:12)
Compares the New Covenant to the Old Covenant given to Moses, and the heavenly sanctuary to the earthly tabernacle in the wilderness. He declares Jesus the Mediator of a New Covena…
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30 min
6. Jesus, Our High Priest Forever (Hebrews 6:13-7:28)
The author develops Jesus as a high priest of a different order than the Aaronic priests, a priest after the order of Melchizedek. The priest Jesus enters the heavenly sanctuary, a…
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27 min
5. Warnings Against Apostasy (Hebrews 5:11-6:12)
The author chides the Hebrews for being too lazy in their growth. Then he warns Spirit-filled believers from falling away in apostacy. He calls them to diligence to hold onto the p…
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26 min
4. Jesus, our Sympathetic High Priest (Hebrews 4:14-5:10)
We see Jesus in his humanity, suffering, being made perfect, obeying, and designated high priest after the order of Melchizedek. Because he has been tempted, he sympathizes with ou…
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32 min
3. Jesus, the Giver of Rest (Hebrews 3:1-4:13)
Uses the example of the Israelite's unbelief and rejection in the wilderness under Moses as a warning to the readers of Hebrews to continue in their faith in the Messiah and not de…
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26 min
2. Jesus, Who Tastes Death for Everyone (Hebrews 2:5-18)
The author displays Christ as: the fully human Son of Man, exalted Messiah, Author of salvation, Conqueror of death, Victor over the devil, Emancipator from the fear of death, and…
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21 min
1. Jesus, the Father's Own Son (Hebrews 1:1-2:4)
The author of Hebrews represents Jesus as superior to angels as one who is the divine heir, co-creator, the radiance of the divine glory, the exact representation of God's being, s…
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9 min
Introduction to Hebrews
Discusses speculations about authorship, recipients, date, canonicity, purpose, and themes – all quite important in interpreting some difficult passages.
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3 min
Preface to Hebrews: Discipleship Lessons
Approach to the Letter to the Hebrews, along with its challenge to us.