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9 November 2014 Sunday School Lesson SS-Hebrews-10-11

LESSONS THIS QUARTER Passage Comments 1) 07 Sep ...... :1-14...... Who Is ?  . We don’t know what he did  v33. They 2) 14 Sep ...... :1-13...... Pay Attention  . He was tough for 120 years. Then conquered 3) 21 Sep ...... Hebrews 2:14-18...... Why One of Us? he gets drunk & naked kingdoms, 4) 28 Sep ...... :1-19...... Watch Out!  . He got his wife’s maid pregnant? performed acts of 5) 05 Oct ...... -5...... Secured with Confidence  . She gave her maid to Abraham. righteousness, 6) 12 Oct ...... :1-20...... Don’t Walk Away  . He played favorites w/ his kids obtained promises, 7) 19 Oct ...... :1-28...... Only Jesus Saves  . A big time deceiver shut the mouths of 8) 26 Oct ...... :1-13...... Only Jesus Transforms  . He was a murderer lions, 9) 02 Nov ...... :1-28...... The Perfect Offering  . She was a saloon girl  v34. They quenched 10) 09 Nov ...... -11...... Faith Defined  . He kept putting out fleeces the power of fire, 11) 16 Nov ...... :1-17...... The Discipline of Suffering escaped the edge of  . He went to battle if Deborah went 12) 23 Nov ...... Hebrews 12:18-29...... A New Kind of Community the sword, from  . He had lust & anger issues 13) 30 Nov ...... :1-25...... Living Out the Faith weakness were  . He made a rash vow and his made strong, INTRODUCTION daughter paid for it became mighty in  How do we challenge people to love and to produce good works?  . A murderer, a liar, an adulterer – but war, put foreign 11:4-37 a man after God’s own heart  What does real faith look like in action? Who’s got it TODAY? armies to flight.  . He was not a good parent Look Who  35a. Women got Passage Comments  Other Prophets (e.g. , Elijah) Is Listed, back their dead by The Law Cannot Finish the Task and What resurrection;  vv1-2. The Law (only a shadow of good things to come  Grace) They Did,  Abel. Murdered  v35b. Others were tortured, not cannot make anyone perfect. If it did, then we would not need Christ and What  . Jailed accepting their release, so that they  “Those who draw near” refer to those who honestly seek God. Their Faith  Moses’ Parents kept might obtain a better resurrection; The author uses the term “draw near” 5x in this great book Achieved Moses hidden  v36. Others experienced mockings and Let’s w/ confidence to the throne of grace 1. Heb 4:16 draw near  Other prophets who scourgings, chains and imprisonment. 2. Heb 7:19 We draw near to God with a better hope suffered for their faith  v37. They were stoned (Zechariah), 3. Heb 7:25 He saves forever those who draw near to God (e.g., Elisha, Jeremiah, sawn in two (Isaiah), they were tempt- 4. Heb 10:1 Those who draw near to the Law seek perfection Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos, ed, they were put to death with the 5. Heb 10:22 We are to draw near with a sincere heart in faith Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, sword; they went about in sheepskins, Hebrews  BUT we must first be willing to draw near. This is best summed 10:1-18 Nahum, Habakkuk, in goatskins (Elijah/Elisha), being des- up in Jms 4:8 “We draw near to God for Him to draw near to us” Zephaniah, Haggai, Joel, titute, afflicted, ill-treated  vv3-4. OT sacrifices were to be a constant reminder of our need for a Zechariah, Malachi, and  v38 They wandered in deserts & moun- permanent solution to remove our sins once for all John the Baptist.) tains & caves & holes in the ground.  vv.5-17. The author proceeds to hammer home the point again and What Did Most of These People Of Faith Have in Common? again that Christ was that perfect sacrifice  They were just like us at times – Lustful, not thinking with an eternal  ? Why does the author of Hebrews often repeat the same message perspective, scared, doubtful, had a lot of baggage, rash, selfish, de- several times? Does he think we are slow learners? ceptive, and imperfect in many other ways  v11. The Levitical priests always stood since work was never finished  Using people like them and us shows what a mighty God we serve  v12. Jesus is sitting down because His sacrifice is complete who can take what little faith we have and do big things  v18. If there is [total] forgiveness there is no need for sin offerings They Had Faith, But Did Not Receive What Was Promised A New and Living Way  v39s. They “gained approval” – IOW, They pleased God  vv19-23. We have confidence to “draw near” to God directly  So, what was promised? A perfect solution for our sin nature that  Before, only the High Priest could enter the Holy of Holies once allowed us to have bold, confident access to God each year. Anybody else was struck down. 11:39-40  v40. They (OT Saints) had the promises and we (NT Saints) have  Now, the pressure is off. Because Christ’s sacrifice was perfect “something better” – the fulfillment of those promises (The Cross, the 10:19-25 and complete, we don’t have to be scared or intimidated about Holy Spirit, and the mystery of the Church) seeking God’s help in time of need  God’s plan of redemption is now fully known and complete, mak-  v24. ?How do we stimulate love and good works? ing them and us “perfect” & ready for Christ’s 2nd coming to culmi-  v25. ?For those who establish a habit to forsake going to church to nate the plan for all of mankind worship, serve, study, pray, and fellowship, how do we encourage them to get involved? CONCLUSION / APPLICATIONS / BENEFITS Substantiated Faith vs Absolute Faith vs Blind Faith  Truly, God is no respecter of persons. If God can use them to accomplish  vv26-31. If we as true believers go on sinning deliberately – there is great things for His Kingdom, then He can certainly use us no mechanism to make continued sacrifices, only judgment  v28. Similar to the Law, there was no sacrifice for murder or other NEXT WEEK: deliberate or capital sins. The guilty died without mercy Hebrews 12:1-17.  vv29-31. Deliberate and continuous sin for a true child of God Another indicator of 10:26-39 does not mean a loss of salvation, but “severe discipline” since our salvation is God’s the Lord has the right to correct or “judge” His children” continued right as our  vv32-39, The rest of us are not of those who shrink back to destruction as a dog returns to its vomit, but who persevere Heavenly Father to  v34. These Christians were to “REMEMBER the former days” discipline His children when things were rougher and yet they joyfully endured even the as and when needed; loss of their homes. How can we be joyful with such losses? and FINALLY after 11 What is Faith and What Does it Look Like? chapters – The author  v1. Faith Is NOT FACT – Faith is NOT Blind – Faith is NOT Perma- finishes his discourse nent. Faith, like Hope, is temporal during our earthly existence. Only of what we need to LOVE is eternal. Faith will one day be Fact, and Hope will be realized know at the 40,000  v2. By Faith we receive God’s approval – though we might not re- foot level, and now he ceive what is promised in our life time (Heb 11:39), BUT we will re- 11:1-3, 6 is about to show us ceive the crown of life promised to those who love God .... :12 For Example: We might pray for a wayward child, but they may not how to take that good come to Christ till after we pass on knowledge and minis-  v3. By Faith we understand that God created and sustains everything ter at the street level from subatomic particles to vast galaxies with just His word – Our By FAITH, Noah saved his family scientific knowledge only goes so far – and us…(Hebrews 11:7) Rod O’Neil ([email protected]) Page 1 of 1 Posted to: http://rodoneil.com/ss-lessons/