Hebrews 16 – Faith / Discipline / Endurance

Hebrews Study 16  (right click, save as to download)

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I. Introduction

II. The Pre-Eminence of the Son

III. Practical Application – Pre-Eminence of the Son in the Walk of the Believer (10:19-13:25)

A. Exhortations, Warning, and Encouragement (10:19-39)

B. The Evidence of the Life of Faith (11:1-40)

C. The Exhortation to Endurance of Faith (12:1-29)

1. Faith and Discipline (12:1-11)

a) The Incentives to Endurance (12:1-2)

b) The Measure of Endurance (12:3-4)

1. What does it mean that “you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood …”? (v. 4)

c) The Purpose of Suffering (12:5-11)

2. What can we conclude if we don’t suffer God’s discipline? (v. 8)

2. Faith and the Believer’s Obligations (12:12-29)

a) The Obligations (12:12-17)

3. What is one of our objectives in life as a believer? (v. 14)

• anorthoō  – to set up, make erect; of a deformed person; to rear again, build anew
• eirēnē  – a state of national tranquillity, exemption from the rage and havoc of war; peace between individuals, i.e. harmony, concord
• hagiasmos  – consecration, purification; the effect of consecration; sanctification of heart and life
• pornos –  a man who prostitutes his body to another’s lust for hire; a male prostitute; a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator
• metanoia – a change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done

b) The Believer’s Position (12:18-24)

4. How is Jesus described in this verse? (v. 24)

• mesitēs – one who intervenes between two, either in order to make or restore peace and friendship, or form a compact, or for ratifying a covenant
• Exodus 19  

c) The Fifth Warning (12:25-29)

5. How is God described in this verse? (v. 29)

• katanaliskō  – to consume, of fire
• Haggai 2:6 

Don’t elevation suffering to premium when infact it is common! 

D. Concluding Exhortations (13:1-25)

1. Social Obligations (13:1-6)

6. Why is it important to show hospitality to strangers? (v. 2)

2. Spiritual Obligations (13:7-17)

7. Why can we depend on Jesus? (v. 8)