12/14/2011

Hebrews


  1. Christ better than the prophets: eightfold reason  (1:1-14)
    1. Christ better than angels: fortyfold reason: (Heb. 1:4 - 2:18)  (1:4-7)
      1. Because of sonship and inheritance (Lk. 1:35; Jn. 3:16; 5:17-47)  (1:4-7)
    2. Because of His deity, kingship, character, creative power, and eternity (Ps. 45:6-7; Isa. 9:6-7; Jn. 1:1-3; Col. 1:16-18)  (1:8-12)
    3. Because of His exaltation (Acts 2:33-36; Phil. 2:5-11; Eph. 1:21; 1 Pet. 3:22)  (1:13-14)
  2. Because of a better covenant and witness (Heb. 8:6; Jn. 1:17; 5:31-39; 14:6-15)  (2:1-18)
    1. Because of war on and final conquest of all rebels against God (1 Cor. 15:24-28; Mt. 25:31; Col. 2:14; Jude 14; Rev. 11:15; 12:7-12; 19:11-20:15)  (2:5-8)
    2. Because of His redemptive work (Col. 2:14-17; 1 Pet. 2:24; Phil. 2:5-11)  (2:9-13)
    3. Because of His conquest of death and hell and deliverance of righteous souls from captivity (Eph. 4:7-11)  (2:14-15)
    4. Because of His qualifications to help men in temptation (Heb. 4:4-16; 1 Cor. 10:13)  (2:16-18)
  3. Christ better than Moses (Heb. 3:1-6; Dt. 18:15-19; Jn. 1:17)  (3:1-19)
    1. Because of His heavenly calling (Heb. 1:3; 8:1-6; 12:2)  (3:1-2)
    2. Because He is Creator (Jn. 1:3; Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:15-18)  (3:3-4)
    3. Because of His divine Sonship (Isa. 7:14; 9:6-7; Mt. 1:18-25; Jn. 3:16; Heb. 1:5-7)  (3:5-6)
    4. Warnings and admonitions (Heb. 3:7 - 4:7)  (3:7-9)
      1. Why Israel failed (Heb. 4:2; Rom. 9:25-33; 10:1-3; 11:7-32)  (3:7-9)
    5. God's judgment on Israel (Num. 14:1-45; Heb. 2:1-4; 4:2)  (3:10-11)
    6. Warnings to holy brethren (Heb. 3:1) to remain true to God (Heb. 3:12-14; 4:11; 6:4-12; 10:26-39; 12:14-17)  (3:12-13)
    7. The condition of continued life in Christ (Heb. 3:6, 12-14; 4:11; 6:4-6, 12; 10:22-23, 26-29, 35-39; 12:14-15)  (3:14)
    8. Exhortation for Christians to profit by Israel's failure (Rom. 11:17-24; 1 Cor. 10:1-11)  (3:15-19)
  4. Exhortation to fear lest we should fail like Israel (Rom. 11:17-24; Gal. 3:7-14)  (4:1-16)
    1. Faith brings rest (Rom. 3:1-31; 4:1-25; 5:1-11; Eph. 2:8-9)  (4:3)
    2. Character of God's rest: His works were finished  (4:4)
    3. Condition of rest-cease from works of the law and accept by faith the rest in Christ (Heb. 4:10; Mt. 11:28; Rom. 3:21-31; 4:1-25; Gal. 3:14; Eph. 2:8-9)  (4:5-7)
    4. Christ better than Joshua (Heb. 4:8-13)  (4:8-10)
      1. Because Joshua could not give true rest like Christ (Mt. 11:28)  (4:8-10)
    5. Warning to Christians to enter into rest by faith (Col. 2:14-17; Gal. 4:9-10; Rom. 14:5-6)  (4:11-13)
    6. Christ greater than earthly priests (Heb. 4:14 - 5:10; 7:1 - 8:6)  (4:14-16)
      1. Because He is a heavenly High Priest, sinless, and able to deliver (Heb. 3:1)  (4:14-16)
  5. Because other priests are earthly, sinful and helpless to save (Heb. 7:23, 27-28)  (5:1-14)
    1. Because He is a Priest after a higher order than that of Aaron (Heb. 6:20; 7:1-11, 20-28; 8:1-13)  (5:4-6)
    2. Because He is perfect and able to save all men but other priests cannot (Heb. 7:25-28; 8:1-6; 9:6-28; 10:10-23)  (5:7-10)
    3. Warnings and admonitions (Heb. 5:11 - 6:20)  (5:11-14)
      1. Spiritual state of the Hebrew Christian  (5:11-14)
  6. Eightfold command for Christians not to apostatize  (6:1-20)
    1. Former blessings of apostates  (6:4-5)
    2. Reason why Christians should not apostatize: how to become an apostate (1 Tim. 4:1-5; 2 Tim. 3:1-9; 4:1-4; 2 Th. 2:8-12; Heb. 10:26-29; 2 Pet. 2:1-22; Jude 4-10; Rom. 1:18-32; Phil. 3:18)  (6:6)
    3. Illustration of Christians and apostates (Mt. 7:15-29)  (6:7-9)
    4. Exhortation to patience and diligence unto the end (Heb. 3:6, 12-13, 14, refs.)  (6:10-12)
    5. How Abraham obtained the benefits of the promise (Gen. 22:16-17; Rom. 4:17-21; Jas. 2:20-26)  (6:13-15)
    6. God's guarantee of faithfulness to His obligations (2 Tim. 2:13; Isa. 55:11)  (6:16-18)
    7. Christ better than Melchizedek, Abraham and Levi (Heb. 6:19 - 7:10)  (6:19-20)
      1. Because He is our hope and forerunner; Melchizedek was a mere type (Ps. 110:4; Heb. 7:11-17)  (6:19-20)
  7. Melchizedek was an earthly king/priest (Gen. 14:18-20)  (7:1-28)
    1. Melchizedek's origin was not recorded (Heb. 7:6) so he could be a mere type of Christ's eternity (Mic. 5:1-2; Jn. 1:1-2)  (7:3)
    2. Melchizedek was a mere man but Christ was a God-man (Mt. 1:18-25; Lk. 1:35; Jn. 1:1-2; Isa. 7:14; 9:6-7; 1 Tim. 3:16)  (7:4)
    3. Melchizedek was better than Abraham and Levi (Gen. 14:18-20)  (7:5-7)
    4. Abraham and Levi paid tithes to the Melchizedek priesthood which is still in existence to receive tithes of Abraham's children (Rom. 4:12, 16; Heb. 5:6; 6:20; 7:15-8:6)  (7:8-10)
    5. Christ's priesthood better than Aaron's (Heb. 7:11-8:6)  (7:11-12)
      1. Because He has an unchangeable law and priesthood. Aaron's was changeable (Heb. 7:16-24; 8:6; cp. Gal. 4:21, refs.)  (7:11-12)
    6. Because of a change in God's choice (Ps. 110:4; Heb. 1:1-8)  (7:13-14)
    7. Because of a better foundation (Heb. 8:6-13; 9:23-24; 10:9-23)  (7:15-17)
    8. Because of a better hope (Heb. 6:16-20; Rom. 5:1-11; 8:1-13; Tit. 1:2)  (7:18-19)
    9. Because of a better consecration and ordination (Heb. 7:28; 9:6-28; 10:1-23)  (7:20-21)
    10. Because of a better covenant (Heb. 8:6-13; 9:13-28; Mt. 26:28)  (7:22)
    11. Because of a better substance (Heb. 7:16, 21, 28; 9:11-28; 10:10-23)  (7:23-24)
    12. Because of a better salvation (Heb. 9:11-28; 10:1-23)  (7:25)
    13. Because of a better nature, character and exaltation (Heb. 1:1-9; 2:9-18; 7:16; 8:1; 9:24)  (7:26)
    14. Because of finished redemption (Heb. 1:3; 10:10, 14; 12:2)  (7:27)
    15. Because of His perfection (Heb. 5:9; 9:11; 10:14)  (7:28)
  8. Because of a better position (Heb. 1:3; 7:26; 9:23-28; 10:19-23)  (8:1-13)
    1. Because of a better ministry in a better tabernacle (Heb. 7:19, 25, 27-28; 9:11-28)  (8:2-5)
    2. Because He is a Mediator of a better covenant based upon better promises (Heb. 7:22; 8:1-13; 9:14-28)  (8:6)
    3. Christ's covenant better than the Old Covenant (Heb. 8:7 - 10:18)  (8:7-13)
      1. Because of its tenfold superiority  (8:7-13)
  9. Because the Old Covenant tabernacle was only typical of the New Covenant one (Heb. 8:1-2, 5; 9:24; 10:1)  (9:1-28)
    1. Because the Old Covenant restricted personal approach to God; the New Covenant gives full access to God always (Heb. 10:19-23)  (9:6-7)
    2. Because Old Covenant services could not cleanse even its ministers (Heb. 5:1-3; 7:27)  (9:8-9)
    3. Old Covenant sacrifices were carnal, temporary, and powerless to cleanse from sin (Heb. 10:1-9)  (9:10)
    4. Because the New Covenant sacrifice brought eternal redemption (Heb. 7:24; 9:15; 10:10-23)  (9:11-12)
    5. Because the Old Covenant sacrifices could not remit one sin (Heb. 10:4), but the blood of Christ does (Mt. 26:28; Rom. 3:25; 5:9; Eph. 1:7; 2:13; Heb. 10:19; 1 Jn. 1:7; 1 Pet. 1:18; Rev. 1:5; 5:9)  (9:13-15)
    6. Because the death of Christ was necessary to make the New Covenant (Mt. 26:28; 1 Pet. 2:24)  (9:16-17)
    7. Because the Old Covenant was dedicated by blood of animals (Heb. 9:11-15; 10:1-9)  (9:18-22)
    8. Because the New Covenant was dedicated by the blood of Christ (Heb. 9:13, refs.)  (9:23-24)
    9. Because the Old Covenant had many sacrifices, but the New Covenant had only one (Heb. 10:10, 14)  (9:25-28)
  10. Because the Old Covenant was only a shadow of the realities of the New Covenant (Col. 2:14-17)  (10:1-39)
    1. Because Christ abolished the Old Covenant (Gal. 4:21, refs.)  (10:5-9)
    2. Because Old Covenant sacrifices were powerless, but the New Covenant sacrifice is eternally efficacious (Col. 2:14-17; 1 Pet. 2:24)  (10:10-18)
    3. Warnings and admonitions (Heb. 10:19-39)  (10:19-23)
      1. Every believer is a priest and is exhorted to enter the holiest and enjoy his full rights in Christ (Heb. 4:14-16; Eph. 1:3, 14; 2:14-22)  (10:19-23)
    4. Our duty one to another  (10:24-25)
    5. To apostatize means eternal punishment (Heb. 4:6-9; 2 Pet. 2:20)  (10:26-31)
    6. Exhortation to patience and continued faith and endurance (Heb. 3:14, refs.)  (10:32-37)
    7. Warning against backsliding and perdition (Heb. 4:4-9; 10:26-29)  (10:38-39)
  11. Christ better than Old Testament faith examples (Heb. 11:1 - 12:4)  (11:1-40)
    1. Faith defined (Rom. 4:17)  (11:1-2)
    2. Creative faith of God (Rom. 4:17; 1 Cor. 13:13; 2 Pet. 3:5)  (11:3)
    3. Abel-atoning or sacrificial faith (Gen. 4:4; Heb. 12:24)  (11:4)
    4. Enoch-translation faith (Gen. 5:21-24; Jude 14)  (11:5)
    5. Necessity of faith (Mt. 17:20; 21:21-22; Mk. 9:23; 11:22-24; Jn. 14:12-15; Jas. 1:5-8)  (11:6)
    6. Noah-active and preservation faith (Gen. 6:8 - 9:29; 2 Pet. 2:5)  (11:7)
    7. Abraham-obedient faith (Gen. 12:1 - 25:11; Rom. 4:1-25)  (11:8-10)
    8. Sarah-life-giving faith (Gen. 17:15; 18:9; 21:1; Rom. 4:17)  (11:11-12)
    9. Patient and hopeful faith: Abel to Abraham and Sarah (Rom. 8:24)  (11:13-16)
    10. Abraham-tried faith (Gen. 22; 1 Pet. 1:7; Jas. 1:12)  (11:17-19)
    11. Isaac-revelation faith (Gen. 27:1-40; Heb. 11:10, 13-16)  (11:20)
    12. Jacob-prophetic faith (Gen. 48:1-22; 49:1-28)  (11:21)
    13. Joseph-authoratative faith (Gen. 50:22-26)  (11:22)
    14. Amram and Jochebed-fearless faith (Ex. 2:2; 6:20)  (11:23)
    15. Moses-sacrificing, suffering, and enduring faith (Ex. 2:11-20; Acts 7:20-34)  (11:24-27)
    16. Moses and Israel-protecting faith (Ex. 12-14)  (11:28-29)
    17. Joshua and Israel-bold conquering faith (Josh. 5:13-6:27)  (11:30)
    18. Rahab-deliverance faith (Josh. 2:12-20; 6:25)  (11:31)
    19. Summary of faith worthies and their exploits  (11:32-38)
    20. All saints to be perfected together (Heb. 9:15; 11:10-16; 13:14)  (11:39-40)
  12. Christ better than Old Testament faith worthies because He is the author and finisher of all faith-five commands  (12:1-29)
    1. Warnings and admonitions (Heb. 12:5 - 13:23)  (12:5-6)
      1. The Father's chastening: not to be despised (Prov. 3:11)  (12:5-6)
    2. Chastening proof of sonship (1 Cor. 11:31-32; Rev. 3:19)  (12:7-8)
    3. Wisdom of subjection to God  (12:9)
    4. Present and future fruits of chastening (Phil. 2:13)  (12:10-11)
    5. Seven changes in view of failing God (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:26-29)  (12:12-15)
    6. Warning of Esau (Gen. 25:27-34; 27:1-46; Mal. 1:1-5)  (12:16-17)
    7. Believers do not come to Mt. Sinai and the law of bondage  (12:18-21)
    8. Believers come into an eightfold blessing in grace  (12:22-24)
    9. Warning against rebellion  (12:25)
    10. Future renovation of the heavens and the earth (2 Pet. 3:10-13; Heb. 1:10-12; Rom. 8:21; Rev. 21)  (12:26-29)
  13. Seven commands concerning Christian living  (13:1-25)
    1. Command to respect ministers (1 Th. 5:12)  (13:7)
    2. Christ always the same  (13:8)
    3. Warning against false doctrines (Eph. 4:14; 1 Tim. 4:1-8; 2 Tim. 4:15; Phil. 3:17-19)  (13:9)
    4. Two altars compared  (13:10-13)
    5. Our future home (Rev. 21)  (13:14)
    6. The believer's sacrifices  (13:15-16)
    7. Obey ministers (Heb. 13:7)  (13:17)
    8. Requests for prayer  (13:18-19)
    9. Apostolic benediction  (13:20-21)
    10. Exhortation; benediction  (13:22-25)

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