Acts - The Unstoppable Church - Hebrews 4:14-7:28

Homiletics                                             Study – Acts & Letter of Apostles

Lesson     14                                                     Passage: Hebrews 4:14-7:28

Content (List of Topics or Events)

Hold Firmly to Faith in our Forever Priest Jesus  (Hebrews 4:14-5:10) a. Priest who empathizes  (4:14-15) b. Through Jesus we can approach God in confidence (4:16) c. Priest selection and duty (5:1-4) e. Jesus selection and offering as obedient High Priest (5:6-10)

Develop and Mature in Faith and take hold of our hope in Jesus (Hebrews 5:11-6:20) a. Grow up in faith and righteousness (5:11-6:3) b. Don’t be worthless producing nothing of value  (6:4-8) c. Focus on the better things that lead to salvation (6:9-11) d. Don’t be lazy; imitate faithful followers (6:12-15) e. We have Jesus a forever promise from God our firm and secure anchor (6:16-20)

Jesus as High Priest guarantees the new better forever covenant (Hebrews 7) a. A priest in the order of Melchizedek  (1-17) b. New covenant draws us near to God (17-22) c. Jesus lives forever as permanent priest – saving completely (23-25) d. High Priest Jesus truly meets our need forever (26-28)

Divisions (Main Blocks of Thought)

Hold Firmly to Faith in our Forever Priest Jesus	Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Develop and Mature in Faith and take hold of our hope in Jesus	Hebrews 5:11-6:20
Jesus as High Priest guarantees the new better forever covenant	Hebrews 7

Subject Sentence (Summarizes the contents of the Divisions – No more than 10 words

Maturing faith in High Priest Jesus brings hope and salvation

Aim (Main Teaching Point of the Passage)

CTATLT our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus as our high priest providing access to God’s throne and our salvation.

Specific Application Questions

1	What do you hold firmly too?  When trouble come, what is your source of hope?
2	How is your faith being developed?  Are you seeing positive impact on others?
3	In what ways do you rejoice in Jesus?  How do you approach the throne of Grace?

Principles to Remember

1	Jesus is our forever priest
2	Our faith needs to develop and mature
3	We draw near to God through Jesus

Characteristic of God

Accessible

Theme

Jesus is our forever High Priest bringing salvation and access to God’s throne

God’s Word  - What’s happening?

God’s Heart – What does God care about?

Today’s World – How does this connect to what is happening in my world today?