Brookfield Church of Christ
Jul 6, 2025 Sunday School - Hebrews
Study in the Book of Hebrews
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- Hebrew OutlineThe Glorious Jesus Chapter 1:1 to 10:18The Glorious Church of Christ Chapter 10:19 to 13:25How Does the Church Glory Jesus?Being FaithfulBeing Holy
Hebrews 10:19–25 ESV Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.“..as you see the Day drawing near”Lord’s Day (Sunday)Destruction of JerusalemReturn of JesusQUESTION #3What responsibilities are given to Christians in relation to one another, and how should this influence our involvement in the church?Acts 2:42 ESV And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.The new confidence should spur them to express their boldness by:Drawing near in faithBeing strong in hopeEncouraging other in loveHebrews 10:28–31 ESV Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Question #4:To those who deliberately continue in sin, and what does this imply about the seriousness of falling away from the faith?2 Peter 2:20–22 ESV For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”One who abandons Christ has:Held God’s Son in contemptDisdained Christ’s sacrificeRejected the Holy SpiritHebrews 10:32–38 ESV But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”God takes pleasure in our faithful endurance to suffering, not the suffering itself.Hebrews 10:39 ESV But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.SummaryThe Glorious JesusThe Glorious churchWarns against abandoning JesusPersevere and finishChristian ResolutesEasy to begin, hard to finishThe decision to continue persevering must be made every dayRewards are only for those who finish! Hebrews 10:19–25ESV
Acts 2:42ESV
1 Thessalonians 5:11ESV
Hebrews 10:28–31ESV
2 Peter 2:20–22ESV
Hebrews 10:32–38ESV
Hebrews 10:39ESV
- The Hall of Faith is Mentioned Because:Faith has always been man’s key response to GodThose reading this received the blessings that the Hall of Faith hoped for
Hebrews 11:1 ESV Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.Question #1What does Hebrews 11:1 teach us about the nature of faith, and how should this definition shape our trust in God's promises today?Assurance = Substructure / FoundationConviction = Evidence upon which a case is builtHope = Blessings and promise of God thru ChristFaith = The ability to stake one’s life on unseen realities.Key Statement #1Hebrews 11:2 ESV For by it the people of old received their commendation.Hebrews 11:3 ESV By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.Romans 1:18–20 ESV For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.Hebrews 11:4 ESV By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.Hebrews 11:5 ESV By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.Faith has been something that God has looked for in mankindKey Statement #2Hebrews 11:6 ESV And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.God rewards those who have faithPeople who have faith see something others do notHebrews 11:7 ESV By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Hebrews 11:8–10 ESV By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.Hebrews 11:11–12 ESV By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.Key Statement #3Hebrews 11:13–14 ESV These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. Hebrews 11:1ESV
Hebrews 11:2ESV
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Romans 1:18–20ESV
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Hebrews 11:8–10ESV
Hebrews 11:11–12ESV
Hebrews 11:13–14ESV
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