Hebrews

Hebrews 1-4

  1. CHAPTER ONE: THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST
    • His Superior Purpose (1:1-3)
    • His Superior Personality (1:4)
    • His Superior Position (1:5-6)
    • His Superior Power (1:7-8)
    • His Superior Purity (1:9)
    • His Superior Perfection (1:10-14)
  2. CHAPTER 2: THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST
    • Warning #1: Take Heed to the Gospel (2:1-5)
    • His Humiliation to Humanity (2:6-10)
    • His Heritage with Humanity (2:11-14a)
    • His Heroism for Humanity (2:14b-18)
  3. CHAPTER 3: THE FAITHFULNESS OF CHRIST
    • His Appointment (3:1-2)
    • His Acclaim (3:3-6)
    • His Advocacy (3:7-19)
  • CHAPTER 4: THE INHERITANCE OF CHRIST

    • Don Callaway

    "Full Assurance"

    Hebrews 6:9-11

    1. Pentecost is the answer to our unattractiveness
    2. Pentecost is the answer to our weakness
    3. Pentecost is the answer to our emptiness
    4. Pentecost is the answer to our barreness

    Dr. O. E. Lee

    The Majestic Son

    Hebrews 1:1-4

    God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; Being made so much better than the angels, as hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

    1. Exordium.
      1. Introduction.
        1. The author.

          The early Church (Jerome): Paul, Barnabas, Luke, Clement.
          Luther ascribed the authorship to Apollos.
          Regardless, it expresses the view of Paul. Modification of style and movement of the argument are due to the mental set of the Hebrew church.

        2. Persons addressed: Jewish church, or Jewish portion of church. Either Jerusalem, Antioch, or Alexandria.
        3. Date. Before 70 A. D., the destruction of the Jewish economy. Perhaps written 62-64 A. D.
        4. Purpose: to check apostasy of the hard-pressed Jewish Christians.
        5. Content: Majesty and pre-eminence of Christ.

          Greater than angels: Christ the Messenger, ch. 1:5-2.
          Greater than Moses: Christ the Apostle, ch. 3:2-4:13.
          Greater than Aaron: Christ the High Priest, ch. 4:14-12.
          Exhortations: ch. 13.

      2. Subject: Christ the Messenger.

        Proposition: The Majestic Son.

    2. Body: Majestic as:
      1. Revelation.
        1. Constitutional background, 1:3 a, b.
          1. Brightness, or effulgence, of his glory. Out-beaming of divine glory.
            1. "Glory," from deiknuo "to show," and means moral excellence.
            2. In human self-consciousness, the self is both subject and object. The Father knows himself through the Son. Hence, the Son as revelation.
          2. Express image of his person, or impress of his nature. Divine in essence. As the stamp on the wax, so Christ is the image of the divine essence.
        2. The man-ward revelation.
          1. The imperfect revelation.
            1. Given in divers portions. One aspect of God's nature; one element of his purpose (Eph. 3:2-5).
            2. Different manners. Angels, figure, dream, type, symbol.
            3. Limited capacity of the prophets.
          2. The perfect revelation.
            1. Final.
              1. The Aorist "spoken."
              2. "The last of these days" (of revelation).
            2. Personal. The best manner.
              1. By "one who is a Son," vs. 2.
              2. No limited capacity. Heart to heart.
      2. Creator.
        1. Maker.

          Made the ages, world periods (aionas). Significant is not the material world, but the development of God's purposes through the ages. For if he made these ages he could come to speak finally, completely, bringing in a new age which supercedes the old. An age of truth and redemption.

        2. Upholder.
          1. Here identified with the God of Genesis.
          2. "The flowing utterance of his power."

            Dynamic, atomic structure of the material universe here indicated. Our maker and sustainer can best save us.

      3. Redeemer.
        1. The purging, "made purification."
          1. Katharidzo (clear, clean). To cleanse, to make clear, to eliminate sin and effect a moral clarity, so that we shall possess a manifest glory.
          2. This "making purification" the supreme revelation and the final end of the better covenant. The open fountain for sin and uncleanness.
        2. The assumption.

          Assumes the eternal regime for redemptive purposes in our behalf. Hence his sphere of influence.

    3. Conclusion. Superiority of:
      1. Nature.

        Angels are created, he is the Son (vs. 5) and as such a better messenger and has a greater name (vs. 4).

      2. Prerogative.
        1. Is worshiped (vs. 6).
        2. Has a better anointing (vs. 9).
      3. Office.

        Angels serve and minister (vss. 7, 14), but he is the King of a righteous kingdom (vs. 8). He shall destroy sin, so that we may serve God without fear.

      4. Existence (vss. 10-12).

        The earth and the heavens shall perish, "but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail" (vss. 11-12).

      J. Prescott Johnson

      Our Perfect High Priest

      Heb. 7:26-28
      1. Exordium
        1. Introduction.
          1. Sinful man needs an high priest.
          2. Qualities of high priest exacting; anyone not do.
          3. Qualities found in Jesus, 26a.
        2. Proposition: Our Perfect High Priest.
      2. Body
        1. Perfect in his character.
          1. Holy (hagios). Intrinsic. Jewish priest holy by consecration. Bore on his mitre: "holiness unto the Lord." But in Jesus interwoven with every fiber of his being, stamped on every expression of his life.
          2. Harmless(akakos). Absence of evil thought and slightest taint of malice which might prompt disregard of human need. Injuring none. Illust. by woman taken in adultery.
          3. Undefiled (amiantos). Moral stainlessness (sin is polluting). Fit to appear before God for us.
          4. Separate from sinners.
            1. Remained inwardly free from all participation in their sinfulness.
            2. Victory in temptations indicates this.
            3. Did this while mingling with people. Possible because vigorous moral health.
        2. Perfect in his position.
          1. Position was given him. Not pristine.
          2. Grounded in:
            1. Obedience to his sacrificial mission.
            2. Redemptive virtue of the Cross.
          3. Result: sonly dominance.
            1. Prerogative of royalty. Right hand.
            2. Extend his kingdom. Authority his. Power of his kingdom-shall be no end. Eternal.
        3. Perfect in his sacrifice.
          1. An offering of perfect value.
            1. Because he offered himself, not a thing or sinful person.
            2. Because of the spirit in which he offered himself. Lovingly, willingly, vicariously.
          2. An offering of perfect finality.
            1. Repetition not necessary. Because it brought moral perfection, which Jewish offerings did not. Heb. 10:1-4, 14.
            2. Repetition not possible.
              1. Made priest by oath, not law. Hence this work stands forever, completed.
              2. When he appears again it will be, not in humiliation but in glory; not as the great sacrifice but as the supreme sovereign.
      3. Conclusion John 12:32. Hence exalt him as perfect high priest, savior, sanctifier, coming king.

      J. Prescott Johnson

      Faith

      Hebrews 11

      1. What is Faith
        • An Assurance
        • B. A Conviction
      2. The Necessity - Importance of Faith
        • Necessary if you want to please God Heb 11:6
        • Necessary for salvation Jn 3:36
        • Necessary for victory over the world 1 Jn 5:4
        • Necessary for life principle as a Christian Rom 14:23
      3. Three Main Kinds of Faith
        • Limited Faith vs. 21
        • Fundamental Faith vs. 24
        • Unlimited Faith vs. 41
      4. Examples of People of Faith
        • Abel vs. 4
        • Enoch vs. 5-6
        • Noah vs. 8-10
        • Sara vs. 11
        • Isaac vs. 20
        • Jacob vs. 21
        • Joseph vs. 22
        • Moses parents vs. 23
        • Moses vs. 24-29
        • Joshua vs. 30

      Gregory Emejuobi

      Partakers of His Holiness

      Heb. 12:10

      1. Exordium
        1. Introduction.
          1. Purpose in chastisement.
          2. Life is a discipline.
        2. Proposition: Partakers of His Holiness.
      2. Body
        1. Instantaneous experience.
          1. Relation of discipline to it.
            1. Contrast with parental discipline.
              1. For a few days. Other, eternal.
              2. End not sure and definite. For our profit; true purpose.
            2. Purpose relates to holiness.
              1. By submitting shall life. Illust. by Jewish Law.
              2. Does it actually produce holiness? No.
          2. eis to metalabein. Articular infinitive.
            1. Signifies not a result or state, but an action for whose benefit the prior action occurs. "in order that he might get into the act by which we might be partakers of his holiness."
            2. Only grace can sanctify.
          3. Hence sanctification winds up chastisement. No purpose for it.
            1. Adversity is blessing, Rom. 8:23.
            2. As Baalam's curses.
        2. Actual experience.
          1. Not a judicial impartation, but an experiential partaking.
          2. Meaning of "partake."
            1. Share with.
            2. Personal holiness. Manifested.
        3. Restoration.
          1. hagiotes. Abstract from God, yet His.
          2. A moral health and unity. Love and inclination. Lost in the Fall.
          3. It is recoverable through this experience.
      3. Conclusion

        Illust. of mirror. So in our hearts.

      J. Prescott Johnson

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