Don’t Look Back: The Epistle to the Hebrews (Week 2)

John Sullivan (FBC Trustee + Deacon) - Hebrews 1:1-14; 2:1-4 (Hebrews 1:1-14; 2:1-4; Psalm 2:1-14; 45:6-7; 97:7; 102:25-27; 104:4; 110:1; 2 Samuel 7:14)

 

When the going gets tough, every Christian faces the temptation to return to old habits and ways of thinking. But what do you do when a whole church community wants to return?

In this study, we'll find that the author of Hebrews gives a simple but complex answer: "Don't look back; Jesus is better."

Don't Look Back: The Epistle to the Hebrews

Week 2

I. Background: Jewish Religion in the Roman Empire

II. Doing the Work of Cultural Context

III. The Warning Passages: A Note

IV. High Christology

V. The Son is Superior to the Angels
a. Argumentation Method: Overwhelming with Old Testament Evidence
b. The Son's Relationship to the Father
c. The Son's Position Compared to the Angels
d. The Son's Eternal Nature
e. Christ is Victorious

VI. Exhortation
a. Lesser to Greater

Illustration: Athanasius of Alexandria