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HEBREWS – LESSON 9

I. THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH  (13:1-25)

A. The marks of the Christian life (v. 1-6)

1. Brotherly love (v.1)

2. Hospitality (v.2)

            3. Sympathy for incarcerated brethren (v.3)

            4. Purity in marriage (v.4)

            5. Contentment (5-6

    

B. Imitating the faith of leaders of the word – confident of the leader, Jesus Christ  (v. 7-8).

C. The wrong and right sacrifice (13:9-16)

D. Obedience and Prayer (13:17-20)

E. A prayer, a greeting and a blessing (13:20-25)

 

QUESTIONS:

1. Should love shown to our brethren ever end?  

2. Are we to show our love only to our brethren?  

3. How can love be expressed?  

4. What current help is it to know that angels had been entertained by some?  

5. Is marriage to be honored by only a few?

6. Does God view pre-marital sex and sexual affairs after marriage is “OK,” and therefore healthy to one’s being?

7. Can one be poor and have a “love of money?”

8. We are to be ____________________________________.  Why?  

9. Does this mean we are to never try to improve our situation in life?   Explain.

10. Who are those who had “rule” over them?

  

11. What three things were they to do in regard to these spokesmen?

12. What hope does verse 8 give you?

13. What use of meats is under consideration in verse 9?

             

14. What significance was there in eating sacrificial meats?  

15. Was there a sacrifice of which the priests could not partake?   Explain.

16. Since Jesus was offered outside of the camp, what should be our response?

17. What two sacrifices should we offer through Christ?

18. Who are those who have rule over you?

19. What is their responsibility toward us?

20. What is our responsibility toward them?

21. Did the writer see any objective power in prayer?

22. Was there worthiness connected with this request for intercessory prayer?

23. What kind of covenant do we have today in Christ?  

24. By what was it ratified?

25. How does God work in us to do His pleasure?

 

26. How does one “bear with the word of exhortation” ?     What does it say about our relationship with God’s Word?

27. Is it possible that the writer was in Rome when he wrote this Epistle?   Explain.  

28. What closing wish does the writer have for his readers?