Hebrews (Page 2)

Hebrews 13:2 Following from the exhortation to let love of the brethren continue, the writer to the Hebrews now exhorts us not to neglect to show hospitality to strangers. We examine what hospitality means here and we see: * Many people do not understand the meanin

Hebrews 13:1 We come to the concluding exhortations of this letter and note that the most important one has been placed first – that we should love our brethren in Christ. We examine Christian love in detail, looking at what it is and where it comes from and seeing h

Hebrews 12:25-29 In some of the most sobering words in Scripture, we are warned not to turn back from following Christ. We are shown that for us to do that, having come to understand something of the Gospel of God’s grace, is far more serious than it was to turn away fro

Hebrews 12:18-24 Throughout this letter, the author has been warning the readers about the dangers they would face if they gave in to the temptation to desert Christ in order to avoid persecution. In this passage, he returns once again to this theme. He shows what belie

Hebrews 12:15-17 We look at three exhortations from the writer that we should watch out for one another, to seek to encourage one another in the race we are called to run. We are to see to it that: * no-one falls short of God’s grace. We should watch out for one another

Hebrews 12:14 We look at two of the four exhortations which follow from all that the author to the Hebrews has been saying in the letter so far: * To pursue peace with %%(text-decoration:underline)all%% men. We see that God loves peace, and look at what is meant by

Hebrews 12:4-13 We continue our examination of this passage, which deals with the way the Lord disciplines His children. We see that we are commanded to endure this discipline because: * It is a mark of God’s love toward us and is done for our good * It will lead to l

Hebrews 12:4-13 The author to the Hebrews, having encouraged us to run the race set before us with endurance and given us Christ as our great example, now deals with the situation where we may fail to do that. What will happen to us then if we are true children of God?

Hebrews 12:1-3 The author to the Hebrews begins to apply the message and the example that he has brought to us throughout chapter 11 but also in the whole of the book. Here, we are encouraged to press on towards Christ, our Great High Priest. The writer uses the pictu

Hebrews 11:32-40 This Sunday evening we finish looking at chapter eleven in Hebrews. We go over some of the highlights of the examples of faith that are presented in this chapter, and see that there will sometimes be great victories through faith and sometimes seeming fai

Hebrews 11:32 Tonight we return to our study of the book of Hebrews. We look again at the life of Samuel, as it is an example to us, and ask the following questions: * What is the result when God withdraws from his people? * What must the people of God do when they r