Month: July 2021

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 4, Day 2: Hebrews 11:17-40

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SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 11:17-40

Abraham had faith that God would raise Isaac from the dead if he sacrified him. By faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, and Jacob blessed each of Joseph’s sons. Joseph spoke of the Exodus from faith, and Moses’s parents hid him out of faith.

By faith, Moses chose to leave Egypt and be mistreated along with the people of God. His disgrace for Christ was of greater value than material rewards. He persevered and kept the Passover. The people of God crossed the Red Sea out of faith, and the walls of Jericho fell out of faith. Rahab was preserved out of faith.

By faith, countless others followed and conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained God’s promises. Some were tortured and flogged; others were stoned and killed. God has planned a way for them to be made perfect.

QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 11:17-40

4 ) They all do, really. I like Rahab because she was a Gentile who had faith. Abraham was about to kill his son so that’s incredible there, too.

5 ) Faith that all barriers will be removed in my walk in God’s will.

6 ) Keep doing the right thing and putting one foot in front of the other.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 11:17-40

The pillars of faith are listed here, from Abraham to the prophets and the countless others who suffered for Christ. Very inspiring. Very humbling. And very encouraging to keep doing God’s will in your life.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 4, Day 1: Hebrews 11:1-14

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SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 11:1-14

Faith is being sure of what you cannot see and what you hope for. Faith is what allows us to believe God created the heavens and the earth. By faith, Abel offered God better sacrifices than Cain. By faith, God took Enoch away so he didn’t experience death.

You have to have faith to please God. Noah built an ark out of faith and thus became heir of the righteous. By faith Abraham left Ur to go where God told him to go. He and his sons became heirs of the promised land and had children and many descendants. They did not receive their inheritance while living; only after death.

QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 11:1-14

1 ) Faith is being sure of what you cannot see and what you hope for. Faith is believing Jesus is the son of God, granting us forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation. People today think of faith as having trust in someone or something. Faith is having trust but it’s believing in the unseen that is the difference.

2 ) Faith is doing things you believe is in God’s will even though you have no idea of the consequences or what lies ahead like Abraham. Moving somewhere else in the country or doing something out of a calling. I think it’s very similar today as it was in Jesus’s time.

3 ) I like the example of Noah the best — building an ark when people thought he was crazy. My prayer is to keep following the ways of God even though they don’t make sense to me or to anyone around me.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 11:1-14

Another classic passage that is super important to the Christian faith. Having faith is simply believing in a God unseen. Seems simple, but so many people miss God this way.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 3, Day 6: Hebrews 10:21-22

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PASSAGE IN HEBREWS

“…and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings…”

Hebrews 10:21-22

REFLECTION QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 10:21-22

15) God puts you where He wants you. Opportunities open up, and you walk through them.

16) “You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will recevie what he has promised.” Hebrews 10:36

CONCLUSIONS TO WEEK 3 OF WORDGO’S STUDY OF HEBREWS

Keep pushing is all I can do. Persevere, and keep faith and hope alive.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 3, Day 5: Hebrews 8-10

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 8-10

13) God’s intentions were from the beginning and were/are perfect. His story in the Bible is the story of the world. The Old Covenant was always meant to be temporary until Jesus came.

14) There’s always hope to find Jesus. Once unbelievers find him, all of their sins will be forgiven.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 8-10

Very powerful chapters showing Jesus as our High Priest, the one and only perfect sacrifice to take away our sins. Love the perseverance part.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 3, Day 4: Hebrews 10

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SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 10

The law cannot make people perfect. The blood of animals cannot take away our sins. Jesus did away with the Old Covenent and ushered in the New Covenant so that we will be made holy. The priests’ sacrifices cannot take away sins, except for Jesus who takes away all sin and makes perfect all of us forever by his one sacrifice.

The law now lives in our hearts and minds. We are entretated to persevere in faith and hope, as well as meet together. The writer warns to give up sinning deliberately or face judgement. When you do the will of God, you will receive what He promised.

QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 10

10) Jesus only had to make one sacrifice; whereas the priests had to make many. Jesus’s sacrifice is perfect, cleansing us of our sins forever; the priests’ sacrifices cleansed us only temporarily.

11) To maintain faith and hope in God, keep meeting with others, and draw near to God.

12) When you do the will of God, you will receive what He promised. (verse 36) Many of us wonder when we’ll be rewarded for doing God’s will. He promises he will reward us.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 10

The act of Jesus sitting down means it is finished; we are cleansed forever. The priests in Old Testament times never sat down because their work was never done. Super important to realize that Christ’s work is finished, and we, as God’s people, are set free.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 3, Day 3: Hebrews 9:11-28

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SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 9:11-28

Christ is the mediator of the new covenant. He entered the Most Holy Place by his own blood that offered eternal redemption. The blood of Christ cleanses us inwardly and outwardly. We are now set free from our sins and able to inherit eternal life.

The Old Covenant required that everything has to be cleansed with blood in order to be forgiven. He offered himself one time as the eternal sacrifice. He will appear a second time to bring salvation to those who await him.

QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 9:11-28

7) Christ is the mediator of the new covenant. He entered the Most Holy Place by his own blood that offered eternal redemption. The blood of Christ cleanses us inwardly and outwardly. We are now set free from our sins and able to inherit eternal life. It’s important because it gives us eternal life, which the Old Covenant could not do.

8 ) Immeasurable gratitude. A desire to be like him. An acceptance of his sacrifice for my sins.

9) Jesus offers the New Covenant to us by his one sacrifice for us all. It is received by those who accept his sacrifice on the cross for us and who believe in him.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 9;11-28

Christ died once for us for our eternal inheritance. When you grasp that fact, nothing else in your world — none of your problems — matters.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 3, Day 2: Hebrews 9:1-10

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SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 9:1-10

The first covenant had regulations for worship. A tabernacle was where worship took place. Here there was a lampstand, table, and consecrated bread in the Holy Place, or first room. Behind the second curtain was the Most Holy Place, where the golden altar of incence and the Ark of the Covenant was. The ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff, and the stone tablet of the covenant. Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory that overlooked the atonement cover.

The priests used the outer room but ony the high priest entered the inner room once a year for a sin offering. The way into the Most Holy Place had not been disclosed yet. All of the offerings offered, such as gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonial cleansings, were only external regulations until the new order arrived.

QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 9:1-10

4) All of the offerings offered, such as gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonial cleansings, were only external regulations until the new order arrived. These sacrifices only partially cleansed man of sin and only the high priest could enter.

5) God required a blood offering to be a symbol of the atonement of man for their sins. This was due to the fact that the life of the animal is in the blood. This was the only way to be forgiven for our sins before the coming of Christ and his final blood sacrifice for us.

6) Because the blood sacrifices were never enough to cleanse us to be able to stand before God. We had to have the perfect sacrifice, Jesus, to do so. Now, we don’t have to worry about being forgiven; Christ took care of that for us. We should never feel guilt after we’ve made atonement for those sins.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 9:1-10

I for one am super grateful I don’t have to slaughter animals to be near God. Great explanation of the imperfectness of the Old Covenant.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 3, Day 1: Hebrews 8

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SUMMARY OF HEBREWS 8

Jesus is our high priest who serves in the true tabernacle of our Lord. Every high priest offers gifts and sacrifices. Jesus’s ministry is superior to the high priests’ on earth and is founded on better promises.

There was something wrong with the first covenant (it wasn’t perfect) so a new one was needed unlike the Old Covenant. Instead of being in writing, the laws of God will lay in our hearts and our minds. God will be our God, and we will be his people. We will be all be able to know God. God will forgive our sins and not remember them. The first covenant is obsolete.

QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 8

1 ) A covenant is an agreement. In the secular world, it’s a contract between two parties, like ina marriage. Biblically speaking, the covenants where God is involved is his promises made to humanity. We see many covenants in the Bible that God makes with His people, from Noal to Jesus’s death and resurrection. They can be present in our lives anywhere, such as marriage or the promises we make to others. The other person expects you to uphold your word and do what you say you will do.

2) The laws of God will lay in our hearts and our minds. God will be our God, and we will be his people. We will be all be able to know God. God will forgive our sins and not remember them.

3 ) Without Jesus and God’s promises, there would be little hope in the world and in my life. There are a lot of people who need to hear God’s promises in my life.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 8

I love Hebrews 8:10 but switch the pronouns as if God were talking to me: “I will be your God, and you will be my people.” Magic. The Hebrews writer brings his teachings together nicely here by saying that Jesus ushers in a new covenant forever.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 2, Day 6: Hebrews 4:14

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PASSAGE IN HEBREWS:

“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.”

Hebrews 4:14

REFLECTION QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 4:14:

15) Being more grateful for the things I get to do in this world, for this life, for my family, and for Christ.

16) It’s just comforting overall that God is in control. My job’s role keeps changing, which has had me on edge. But knowing God has got this makes all the difference.

CONCLUSIONS TO WEEK 2 OF WORDGO’S STUDY OF HEBREWS

It’s hard to deny Jesus when reading the book of Hebrews. While complicated and at times irrelevant to our era, it’s a great place to send those who doubt.

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Summer Bible Study: WordGo’s Study of Hebrews: Week 2, Day 5: Hebrews 4:14-7

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS FOR HEBREWS 4:14-7

13) God has everything perfectly planned from the beginning. Jesus has always been the plan, and we can take comfort in that, especially when events in the world happen that we don’t understand.

14) It matters because before Jesus the only way to God was via a priest. Since Jesus is the perfect and permanent priest, we can now have access to God directly.

CONCLUSIONS TO WORDGO HEBREWS 4:14-7

Admittedly, this passage was more relevant to first century Jews than to us. That being said, it still shows us the perfect plan of God and explains how Jesus is the final and only way to Him.