Text: Hebrews 9:1-10 Theme: God gave order to worship in the Old Testament to prepare us for the new order. Key verses: “Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this ...
Text: Hebrews 8:7-13 Theme: God made a new covenant with us so we can know him intimately in our hearts. Key verses: “The day is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ...
Text: Hebrews 8:3-6 Theme: Christ’s ministry is far better than any human ministry could ever be. Key verses: “…there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things…” (v. 4b-5a). “But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent ...
Text: Hebrews 8:1-2 Theme: Jesus is our High Priest in the true place of worship in heaven. Key verses: “Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven. There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle, the true ...
Text: Hebrews 7:4-28 Theme: A better hope in Jesus should give us confidence to draw near to God. Key verses: “In addition, we might even say that these Levites–the ones who collect the tithe–paid a tithe to Melchizedek when their ancestor Abraham paid a tithe to him” (v. 9). “Jesus became a priest, not by ...
Text: Hebrews 7:1-3 Theme: Jesus is both our King of Justice and our King of Peace. Key verses: “This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him. Then ...
Text: Hebrews 6:16-20 Theme: Because of God’s unchanging promise and oath, our hope gives us confidence to enter God’s very presence. Key verses: “So God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge ...
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Text: Hebrews 6:9-12 Theme: Our salvation comes packaged with all kinds of potential awesomeness. Key verses: “Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things–things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown ...