HEBREWS Week #5
We definitely unpealed more layers of the "onion" this weekend.
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Here is the detailed notes with the "onion" handout that we passed out Sunday.
Jesus is the WORD OF POWER
He’s
better than Joshua!
KEY
VERSES: 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have
spoken of another day later on. 9 So
then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's
rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
·
Be Confident (WW)
o God
finished His work and rested, so that His rest has been available since
Creation
o The
Jews failed to enter their rest
o Many
years later (Psalm 95), God said that rest was still available.
o Joshua
couldn’t take them there because their still remains a rest.
Many
of us are “out of Egypt,” but have yet to “enter Canaan”…
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PAST
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PRESENT
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FUTURE
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God’s
Sabbath rest
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Salvation
rest
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Heaven
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Israel’s
Canaan rest
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Submission
rest
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Victory
in Christ
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Word of Power
o Has
the ability to get right to heart of things, or the heart of people.
o We
become aware not only of new truth from the outside in, but things on the
inside (hidden) are laid bare.
o God’s
word here is the OT and the truth about Jesus.
o We
have a choice in surgery to let the surgeon do his work or wait for the
autopsy.
o We
need to allow the message of Scripture (Jesus and His work) enter our
conscience and soak down into our imagination & heart.
(Mirror 217) The moment we cease from
our own efforts to justify ourselves, by yielding to the integrity of the
message that announces the success of the Cross, God’s word is triggered into
action. What God spoke to us in Sonship (the incarnation), radiates his image
and likeness in our redeemed innocence. This word powerfully penetrates and
impacts our whole being: body, soul and spirit.
Used WHITE-BOARD for peeling of the onion
illustration again…
THE REVELATION OF JESUS: He’s better than
anything!
Jesus
is The Word of Power (1:3).
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Jesus is better than the prophets. (1:1-4)
·
Jesus is better than the angels. (1:4-2:18)
o THEREFORE (2:1), we must pay close
attention to what we’ve heard (the gospel) lest we drift away from it.
·
Begins to show Jesus as the BETTER image of
mankind.
o THEREFORE, (2:17) he had to be made like
his brothers in every aspect.
·
The author begins to show Jesus as a better
priest and sacrifice (themes he will unpack in the next section (6-10).
o THEREFORE, (3:1) holy brothers, you who
share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our
confession who was faithful to him who appointed him… (3:7) THEREFORE... do not harden your hearts
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Jesus is better than Moses. (3:1-3:19)
·
Begins to unpack the BETTER rest. (Thru the use of Psalm 95 actually shows Jesus also as BETTER than King David was).
o THEREFORE, (4:1) while the promise of
entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have
failed to reach it.
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Continues to unpack the BETTER rest.
·
Jesus is better than Joshua. (4:1-13)
o Let us THEREFORE (4:11) strive to enter
that rest so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
·
Jesus is better than Aaron. (4:14-5:10)
·
Jesus is The Word of Righteousness (5:11-6:12).
o THEREFORE (6:1) let us leave the elementary
doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity!
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Jesus is a better promise. (6:13-20), a better
priest. (7:1-28), a better covenant. (8:1-13), a better tabernacle (9:1-28),
and a better sacrifice. (10:1-18).
·
Jesus is The Word of Faith (10:19-11:3)
o He
shows us a better reward. (11:1-40)
o He
shows us a better kingdom. (12:1-28)
o He
shows us a better way to live. (13:1-25)
Jesus is the WORD OF POWER
He’s
better than Aaron!
KEY
VERSES: 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed
through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high
priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect
has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Notes
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Read 4:14-5:10
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Better Title
o The
Great High Priest
o He
is ministering mercy (God does not give us what we do deserve).
o He
is ministering grace (God gives us what we do not deserve).
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Better Ordination
o Forever
(6x in Hebrews)
o Different
order (not Levitical)
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Better Sympathy
o He
became sin.
o 2
Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in
him we might become the righteousness of God.
o 1
Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die
to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. (Written
by Peter/Silas)
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Better Sacrifice
o No
sacrifices for himself.
o Only
one sacrifice for us.
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Other Thoughts
o Jesus
has fulfilled the promise that God would eventually send his people a great
high priest who would do in perpetuity, and perfectly, what the old priesthood
only symbolized but couldn’t accomplish.
o If
we understand who Jesus is, what He’s done and what He’s still doing on our
behalf, the real arrogance would be to refuse to accept His offer of standing
before the Father on our behalf.
Parallel
Passages:
·
Romans 8:31-39
(WW) It is difficult to resist the
arguments presented in this section. We must conclude that Jesus the Great High
Priest is superior to Aaron. It would be foolish for anyone to return to the
inferior old law when he could enjoy the superiority of Jesus. Then why were
these Hebrew believers tempted to go back to legalism? Because they were not going
on to maturity in Christ!
