The word “confession” means, “to say the same thing.” When we confess our sin, we “say the same” about it that God does. We know that the Holy Spirit really wants us to come to Jesus because He says, “today.” If someone asks me to come over their house for dinner but they give no day or time, I know it isn’t a firm invitation yet. When we come to Hebrews 3, a great deal of Old Testament history and biblical knowledge is assumed by the author of this text. 3 For the Lord is a great God And a great King above all gods, 4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also. 5 “Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,”[ a] Their heavenly calling was to be God’s ambassadors (set apart, holy, sanctified, as a kingdom of priests, Exodus 19:5-6). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Well, sinner, your salvation is risked by you upon your own life, is that any more secure?” (Spurgeon). Just as the Spirit speaks in many ways, there are also several ways we can harden our heart. (3) Read the whole of Psalm 95. Who was faithful: When we consider the past faithfulness of Jesus, it makes us understand that He will continue to be faithful. What does the Hebrew writer affirm about God’s manner of speaking in time past? “Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways’; As I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest, Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me. Since this is true, it teaches something about who we are. 17 Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. He who bids you take heed to yourself, would not have you settle down into a selfish care for yourself alone, lest you should become like Cain, who even dared to say to the Lord himself, ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ ” (Spurgeon). e. Therefore I was angry with that generation: God’s anger was kindled against that generation on account of their unbelief. V. Series. For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. Poetical Books To whom is Jesus compared in chapter one? The word means to fix the attention on something in such a way that its inner meaning, the lesson it is designed to teach, may be learned.” (Barclay) The same word is used in Luke 12:24 (Consider the ravens). Minor Prophets Free H ere is a Bible study on Hebrews chapter six with a summary and discussion questions to follow.. Hebrews 6:1-3. With all the effort he can make in my favour, he finds it quite beyond his power to believe me? Faith in Him is required to become a family member of God’s house. They are about entering God’s rest. Given on Apr 24, 2013 by Steve Myers, Gary Antion Listen. It's not really a letter, except for the closing verses. In a New Testament context, our belief centers on the superiority of Jesus Christ, the truth of who He is (fully God and fully man) and His atoning work for us as a faithful High Priest (as in Hebrews 2:17). How does he speak to men in these last days? Consider the... High Priest: Jesus is the One who supremely represents us before the Father, and who represents the Father to us. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, The Whole Bible 2. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Without this knowledge, little of what we read in chapters 3 and 4 will make much sense to us. However, why not start your own study of this wonderful message? Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. Be upon the watch lest any of your brethren in the church should gradually backslide, or lest any in the congregation should harden into a condition of settled unbelief, and perish in their sin. But the fact is that we harden our own hearts in response to what happens to us. Now in verses 1-6, he shows that Jesus is superior Moses. i. iii. ii. As he delights to be the Comforter, and has been sent forth from the Father to act specially in that capacity, that he may comfort the people of God, he watches with longing eyes for broken hearts and contrite spirits, that he may apply the balm of Gilead and heal their wounds.”, iii. N.T. c. Lest any of you become hardened: Christians must be vigilant against hardness of heart. There’s a reason for that. The covenant that He made with them listed the conditions for keeping that role. The sea is His, for it was He who made it. Consider that if such a great High Priest is given to us, we must honor and submit to this High Priest, who is Christ Jesus. This is seen in his shining face after spending time with God (Exodus 34:29-35), in his justification before Miriam and Aaron (Numbers 12:6-8), and before the sons of Korah (Numbers 16). The Holy Spirit gives you a time for His invitation – today. The very last requirement was to take possession of the Promised Land (Exodus 23:20-22). After all, it took a lot of faith to cross the Red Sea. You deceive yourself, believing that it really does little harm. i. There Each of us must walk in the light we have. ii. i. God also chose His original, authoritative “ambassadors” for the church. What can he mean but that I am so incorrigibly false, and such a confirmed liar, that though he would like to give me some credit, he really cannot do it? bearing on the authorship issue ¨ Heb. In human terms this might be compared to a mother who leaves her home for a short while for an errand. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. In regard to salvation, all Christians “say the same thing” about their need for salvation and God’s provision in Jesus. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. What about the Commentary Notes encouraged you? Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; but Christ [Messiah] was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. “You are to watch over your brethren, to exhort one another daily, especially you who are officers of the church, or who are elderly and experienced. What is affirmed concerning the Son’s part in creation? In this sense, Jesus is the Father’s ultimate ambassador (Hebrews 1:1-2). He wasn’t angry with them for leaving the Promised Land –the equivalent of losing, or giving up their salvation. Wisdom Literature Choose from 500 different sets of bible study hebrews questions 3 flashcards on Quizlet. Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty years. 4:1-11; 11:10-16; 13:14). It is an easy thing to judge and criticize, but that is not exhortation. The Old Testament Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling. What was the result of that attitude for the people that Moses led? God still chooses ambassadors in a less authoritative sense, and there is a sense in which we are all ambassadors for God. I should feel aggrieved certainly; but it would make matters worse if he added, ‘In fact I have been for years trying to believe you, and I cannot do it.’ What does he mean by that? Luke-Acts ii. Verse citations are given to assist in lesson preparation. Luke-Acts God has a work to build through His people, even as one might build a house. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. Now, a man who says, ‘I have been trying to believe in God,’ in reality says just that with regard to the Most High.” (Spurgeon). This shows that Jesus is greater than Moses. This emphasis on the importance of fellowship stands in the face of society’s thinking. o Were there any connector words joining this section with the previous passage? Once a person has entered the promise, God will work out the details in each heart and life. But here, the key to entering rest is revealed: belief. (Hbr 3:1a) Therefore: who we are because of our superior savior.. 3. But more generally it speaks of Israel’s refusal to trust and enter the Promised Land during the Exodus (Numbers 13:30-14:10). Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah. But the disobedience mentioned in Hebrews 3:18 is an outgrowth of the unbelief mentioned in Hebrews 3:19. Verse six (“we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope firm until the end”) and verse 15 (“we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end”) both state that it isn’t sufficient for a person to begin the journey by seeing his condition through the Law. Comfort for unbelievers would be their destruction. For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. Thankfully, we do not need to know who wrote the book in order to know what the book teaches. Bible Study Questions on Hebrews Introduction: This workbook was designed for Bible class study, family study, or personal study. 3 Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. Bible Study Hebrews 2 and Hebrews 3. After crossing much of the wilderness trusting in God, and after seeing so many reasons to trust in Him, they end up falling short – because they did not persevere in faith in God and in His promise. Prosperity knits a man to the World. Pauline Epistles We also want to help you use the text in real life. Lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief: This is strong language, but we often underestimate the terrible nature of our unbelief. 1. The covenant that He made with them listed the conditions for keeping that role. For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, while it is said, “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.” (Hebrews 3:12-15). Remember from chapter 1 that a major theme of Hebrews is Jesus superiority and pre-eminence. That hidden sin you indulge in – none suspect you of it because you hide it well. a. Moses: Moses received much glory from God. Why can Christians boldly enter God’s presence (Hebrews 10:19)? a. Saying “Partakers of Christ” says it all. Moses had temporary and limited authority as one in God’s house. 2. This shows our responsibility to both give exhortation and to receive exhortation, and to exhort one another daily. Whoever wrote Hebrews appears not to have been an apostle of Jesus. For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses did: But Jesus received far more glory from the Father, at His baptism (Matthew 3:16-17), at His transfiguration (Mark 9:7), and at His resurrection (Acts 2:26-27 and Acts 2:31-33). God the Father had to send a message of love that was so important, He sent it through Christ Jesus. (Hebrews 2:11) It should bless and encourage us that Jesus calls us His holy brethren. b. Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant... but Christ as a Son over His own house: Moses was a faithful servant, but he was never called a Son in the way Jesus is. o What is the author doing with his words in this paragraph? 14 But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty years. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. If you are out of fellowship altogether, you can’t exhort or be exhorted. He intended for the Promised Land to be a place of ease –rest from dominating foreigners and from scratching out a meager existence. “They shall not enter My rest” is a quote from Psalm 95. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Now with whom was He angry forty years? (Hbr 3:12-15) Beware: Don’t be like the generation that perished in the wilderness. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. PAGE 3 About this guide A quick read through Hebrews is one of the most encouraging, praise-inducing, shake-you-up experiences you’ll ever have. d. And saw My works forty years: Because of their unbelief, the people of Israel faced judgment which culminated after forty years. The ancient Greek word translated apostle really means something like ambassador. 4. (2) In this chapter, ‘unbelief’ does not mean sincere doubts. However, Jesus was over God’s house –He was the builder of it and has command-authority over it. It keeps us from the same depths of discouragement the Hebrew Christians faced. He never prompts us to get right with God tomorrow, or to trust in yesterday – the Holy Spirit only moves us to act today. -------------------- Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. For who provoked Him when they had heard? “Unbelief is not inability to understand, but unwillingness to trust... it is the will, not the intelligence, that is involved.” (Newell). Comfort, Philip Wesley. Why is that attitude so dangerous? -------------------- b. Holy brethren: This is who we are because Jesus regards us as such, because our heavenly, holy High Priest is not ashamed to call them brethren (Hebrews 2:11). Major themes in Hebrews 26 6. 3. Pentateuch We must also have great urgency about today. (Hbr 3:7-11) A quotation from Psalm 95:7-11 and its relevance. c. Partakers of the heavenly calling: Because Jesus is committed to bringing many sons to glory (Hebrews 2:10), we are partners in His heavenly calling. Johannine Writings Historical Books Today: There is urgency to the voice of the Holy Spirit. Major Prophets They were fully convinced that they did everything that God desired. It is a disease, but it is also a crime: it is a terrible source of misery to you, but it is justly so, for it is an atrocious offense against the God of truth.” (Spurgeon), v. “Did I not hear someone say, ‘Ah, sir, I have been trying to believe for years.’ Terrible words! By what steps was the message of … The people had witnessed God’s awesome power and compassion. Ignatius Catholic Study Bible The Letter to the Hebrews Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch . But when it came time to enter the land, they didn’t trust Him and go in. However, admission to the land was limited. -------------------- Below is a series of questions. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”. d. The deceitfulness of sin: The sin of unbelief has its root in deceit and its flower is marked by hardness (lest any of you be hardened). The person must also complete the journey –“firm until the end.” They must follow Jesus by faith across the finish line –to His death as the sacrificial Lamb –into the kingdom –into the resurrection –into eternal life. That rest will be deeply detailed in the next chapter. 5. Major Prophets Inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house. || (This page was last updated on Jan 09, 2020), 5 Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; 6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”. (Hbr 3:3a) Jesus has received more glory than Moses did. These passages are not about faltering or giving up or turning away. 3:19 The unbelief of v. 19 deals with the continuing faithlessness of Israel during the Wilderness Wandering Period! Historical Books Understanding who we are in light of who Jesus is and what He did is essential for a healthy Christian life. a. Pentateuch Thank you for registering. MP3 Audio (19.52 MB) × Join us as we continue an in-depth study of the Book of Hebrews. 20 “Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. www.ignatius.com. Why is Christ even more important than Moses? i. Jesus reminded us in the parable of the soils with the seeds cast on stony ground and among thorns that it is not enough to make a good beginning, real belief perseveres to the end. Minor Prophets That’s probably true, but as far as being spiritual, there is none that compares to the epistle to the Hebrews. Pentateuch Look up the references and try to give clear answers to the questions. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Who were disobedient or underscores My readers both give exhortation and to receive exhortation, and we are:.... 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