Text: Hebrews 5:1-4 Theme: Ministers are chosen by God, not people, to minister to people for God. Key verses: “Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins. And he is able to deal gently with ...
Text: Hebrews 5 Theme: You can’t handle the truth. Key verses: “We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths ...
Text: Hebrews 4:12-16 Theme: God is both the one who judges us and the one who intercedes for us. Key verses: For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. ...
Text: Hebrews 4:1-11 Theme: God’s promise of rest for His people is for today. Key verses: “God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. For this good news–that God has prepared this rest–has been announced to us just as ...
Text: Hebrews 3:16-19 Theme: Rebellion and unbelief will keep us from God’s best. Key verses: “And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt? And who made God angry for forty years?…And to whom was God speaking when he took an ...
Text: Hebrews 3:7-19 Theme: Today is the day we should hear Him and obey. Key verses: “This is what the Holy Spirit says, ‘Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled…’ (v. 7-8a).” “‘So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn from ...
Text: Hebrews 3:1-6 Theme: Jesus deserves our full attention and faithfulness. Key verses: “Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s ...
Text: Hebrews 2:5-15 Theme: There is only one plan and one way to make us holy members of God’s family. Key verses: “What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was given a position ‘a little lower than the angels’; and because he suffered death for us, he is now ‘crowned with ...
Text: Hebrews 2:1-4 Theme: God confirmed a message we dare not ignore. Key verses: “So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. So ...
Text: Hebrews 1:5-14 Theme: Jesus is above all and worthy of all worship. Key verses: “For God never said to any angel what he said to Jesus: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father\'” (v. 5). “And when he brought his supreme Son into the world, God said, ‘Let all of God’s angels ...
