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Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
HEBREWS 11 Notes
WORD OF FAITH - Hebrews finishes with
faith!
Because
Jesus is the Word of Power:
·
Because Jesus is the exact representation of the
Father…
·
Because Jesus is better than all of God’s
messengers and leaders…
Because
Jesus is the Word of Righteousness:
·
He became a better covenant, priest and
sacrifice, so that we could become the “righteousness of God (2 Cor. 5).”
·
Because of the covenant of Knowing God
intimately with NO sin problem (Jeremiah 31)…
Because
of all of this we should have FAITH (Hab. 2:4)
·
10:19ff
Go into God’s presence with confidence! (faith)
·
10:23-25 Build each other up with confidence!
(faith)
·
10:26-38 Don’t lose your confidence and try and
do it yourself! (faith)
·
10:39-11:1 But
we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have
faith and preserve their souls. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen.
WORD OF FAITH - He shows us a
better reward!
Notes
·
The Nature of Faith
o Paul
in Colossians 1:5, sees faith and love as flowing out of the hope awakened by
the gospel.
·
The Qualities of Faith
o Abel’s
faith waited.
§ Abel’s
heart was made righteous by faith.
§ Abel’s
faith was one of trust.
§ Able
was faith worshipping.
§ 11:6 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.
§ 11:7b By this he condemned the world and
became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
o Enoch’s
faith grew in intimacy.
§ Enoch
turned after 65 years because of faith.
§ God’s
revelation changed his life.
§ Enoch
was faith walking.
o Noah’s
faith persisted.
§ Noah’s
faith shown through his obedience.
§ This
made Noah an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
§ Noah
was faith working.
·
The Activities of Faith
o Abraham
§ Anticipated
that God would fulfill His promises.
§ Abraham
was ready to do the ridiculous with Isaac.
§ Romans
4:19
§ 11:13 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. 14 For
people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of
that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to
return. 16 But as it is,
they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not
ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
o Isaac,
Jacob, Joseph
§ They
were faith waiting.
§ God
is not ashamed to be their God! (“I will be their God” J31)
o Moses
and the Israelites
§ Moses’
parents received a revelation from God
§ Moses
identified himself with God’s people, not his earthly household.
§ They
had faith God will provide a way out/through it (1Corinthians 10:13).
§ Moses
was faith warring.
§ 11:26 He
considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt,
for he was looking to the reward.
o Jericho
§ Rahab
was a woman in a man’s world, but faith accepts no distinctions.
§ Joshua
was faith winning.
§ (NTW) At Jericho we see the march as an
act of faith, a dramatized prayer for God to act; and act God did.
o The
Faithful
§ Helped
some govern.
§ Helped
others triumph.
§ Helped
others be mighty in battle.
§ Faith
was for both men and women.
§ Faith
helps us see victory in the midst of earthly defeat (God’s heroes are often
unrecognized while they are still alive).
§ 11:39 And
all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was
promised, 40 since God had
provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
o Nowhere
in Hebrews 11 will you find a record of any failure because of unbelief. Faith
only records the victories.
·
The writer of Hebrews is determined that his
readers should be thoroughly grounded in the long story to which they have
fallen heir.
·
They didn’t in fact receive the promise, because
it only came true in Jesus.
Parallel
Passages:
·
The scope of the OT.
·
Revelation 21 and 22 “The City of God”
(WW) Without faith it is impossible to
please God (11:6). But this kind of faith grows as we listen to His Word
(Romans 10:17) and fellowship in worship and prayer. Faith is possible to all
kinds of believers in all kinds of situations. It is not a luxury for a few
elite saints. It is a necessity for all of God’s people.
(NTW) Look back at the great crowd
because they were looking forward to reality we now enjoy!
H-12 Therefore, since we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every
weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race
that is set before us, 2 looking
to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right
hand of the throne of God.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Week #10 - NOTES on Hebrews
REVIEW:
THE
WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
·
A better promise
·
A better priest/priesthood
·
A better covenant
·
A better tabernacle/temple
·
A better sacrifice.
Jesus’
sacrifice is better because it reaches to the depths of the personality. Jesus
has gone into the very heart of the presence of God, into the place where God
lives in light and holiness.
So,
the effects of His sacrifice shouldn’t just be felt on the outside and a bodily
sense for us. But, it’s felt in the inward depths of who we are… in our holy of
holies at our core… where we are who we really are.
We
will lots about the “conscience” in 9:14, 10:22, 10:22 and 13:18. Each time
stressing the fact that under the new covenant there is purification which goes
to the very center of things. Your “guilty
conscience” is a tool of the enemy and not a work of the Holy Spirit!
Now,
God’s people can serve Him gladly and joyfully without even the slightest
shadow or blemish on our consciences.
We
are free from fear and guilt. We can love, serve, encourage and work with joy!
Jesus is the WORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: He’s
a better sacrifice! (9:9-10, 9:14, 9:26, and 10:1)
·
Read 10:1-18
·
The idea is, that under the ancient sacrifices
there was an imperfect representation: a dim outline of the blessings which the
Gospel would impart to people.
·
Mirror
10:17 “This is final: I have deleted the record of your sins and misdeeds.
I no longer recall them.”
·
(STEDMAN)
To put it simply, we must see what we already ARE by God's grace, in order to
manifest that fact by godly behavior.
·
Sacrifices
o Christ’s
sacrifice takes away sin
o Christ’s
sacrifice needs to happen only once
o Sacrifices
under the old covenant could not deal with the problem of sin and guilt in the
consciences of the worshipper.
o In
fact, God doesn’t really want our sacrifices (1Samuel 15:22, Isaiah 1:10-17,
Hosea 6:6, Mathew 9:13 and 12:7). They point to something better… something God
himself will accomplish. (Hebrews 10:5-10)
o The
law cannot be regarded as the final word. What Jesus has done is.
o Everything
keeps coming back to Jesus. He is as we humans were intended, he is the high
priest, he is the perfect sacrifice, and he is the new covenant. All these
things belong together.
·
(NTW)
The result of discovering, with the help of the OT, what Jesus has achieved is
to realize that he has fulfilled God’s purposes as set out in Scripture, so
that the only wise place is to be with Him, rather than with those who cling to
the signposts instead of the reality.
Leviticus
1-7
·
Burnt, Peace, Guilt, Sin and other offerings.
·
Walked through these particularly chapter 4.
·
Conclusion in 7:37-38
(STEDMAN 105) The writer also declares
the death of Jesus, by fulfilling the will of the Father, completely replaces
the provision of animal deaths, which had provided some degree of forgiveness
before. Finally, he announces the only possible conclusion: it is by the fulfillment
of the will of God in the once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus Christ that we have
been made holy. The Greek expression for MADE HOLY indicates action with a
lasting effect. We have been made holy by the death of Jesus, and we remain
holy even though we struggle with the daily weakness and sin. It is a holiness
obtained by faith, not by self-righteous effort, and it is not lost by
momentary failure. “There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ
Jesus!” (Romans 8:1)
·
Looked at Romans 8:1-11
FINAL ACT: WORD OF FAITH - Hebrews
finishes with faith!
Notes
·
Read 10:19-11:3
·
Provisions of Faith
o We
have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place since everything rests on the
blood of Jesus.
o We
have a competent high priest who advocates for us.
·
Privileges of Faith
o Drawing
near to God – nothing separates (Romans 8)
o Sharing
in hope
o Spurring
one another on
§ Love
§ Good
deeds
§ Meeting
together
§ Encouragement
§ Mirror
10:24 “Good actions give voice and volume to the love of God.”
·
Another warning against those who deliberately
keep on “deliberately” sinning even after they fully understand the truth of
the gospel.
o There
is no other sacrifice than Jesus who will take away their sin.
o They
have trampled Jesus under foot.
o They
have treated the blood of Jesus as less than it is.
o They
have insulted the Spirit of grace.
o Galatians
2:18-21 – Law practice spits in the eyes of grace.
·
(NTW)
This passage, then, is a warning about a more specific danger: that someone who
has come close to Christian faith, and perhaps shared in the life of Christian
worship, will then turn around and publicly deny it all. As we noted when
looking at 6:1-8, this seems to relate to a quite specific situation of
persecution, coming from the direction of non-Christian Judaism, directed (as
that of Saul of Tarsus had been) against fellow Jews who were embracing Jesus
as Messiah. …WE should be all the more eager that there will never come a time
when we might give in to the temptation to declare the whole thing was
worthless.
·
Internal
and external persecution can cause us to focus on that which is familiar
instead of our actual freedom in grace.
·
SIDE NOTE: these verses give clear indication of
terrible persecution like in Acts 8 or 1 Thessalonians 2… this also gives
indication that an author like Silas is probable as part of the Jerusalem
church and an author of the letters to Thessalonica.
Parallel
Passages:
·
Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11
o The
righteous shall live by faith
o Romans
emphasizes righteous/ness.
o Galatians
emphasizes shall live or our new life
o Hebrews
is centered on by faith.
(WW) True faith is confident obedience
in spite of circumstances and consequences. God speaks and we hear his Word. We
trust his Word and act on it no matter what. The world fails to realize that
faith is only as good as its object. And the object of our faith is God
himself. This is not a feeling it is our total response to His revelation. As a
result, faith enables us to do what others cannot do!
·
Faith in HIS power
Sunday, February 09, 2014
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Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Fun news on the horizon?
Started the conversation today to possibly produce our Galatians class in CD format. Pray for favor and planning to go well friends!
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