Hebrews 17 – Continuing Praising YHWH

Hebrews Study 17  (right click, save as to download)

Hebrews Study    (right click, save as to download)

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)

D. Concluding Exhortations (13:1-25)

1. Social Obligations (13:1-6)

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

• philoxenia  – love to strangers, hospitality
• 1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:10 

2. Spiritual Obligations (13:7-17)

• xenos  – a foreigner, a stranger, alien (from a person or a thing), without the knowledge of, without a share in, new, unheard of

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

3. What should we be doing continually? (v. 15)

• ainesis  – praise, a thank offering

4. Why should we obey and submit to our spiritual leaders? (v. 17)

• agrypneō – to be sleepless, keep awake, watch, to be circumspect, attentive, ready

3. The Author’s Conclusion (13:18-25)

5. Who will join the author of Hebrews to visit the readers of this letter? (v. 23)

6. What did you like (or dislike) most about our study of Hebrews?