Hebrews 5:5-6

Hebrews 5:5-6

Series: Hebrews

Title: Christ as Son and Priest Today Passage: So too Christ did not glorify Himself in becoming a high priest, but it was He who said to Him, “You are My Son,Today I have fathered You”; just as He also says in another passage, “You are a priest foreverAccording to the order of Melchizedek.” Verse…

Hebrews 5:7

Hebrews 5:7

Series: Hebrews

Title: The Days of His Humanity 7 In the days of His humanity, He offered up both prayers and pleas with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His devout behavior.  “In the days of His humanity…” I think the author is subtly suggesting…

Hebrews 5:8

Hebrews 5:8

Series: Hebrews

Title: The Education of Jesus Although He was a Son,  He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. “Although he was a Son…” God the Father did NOT exempt Jesus from the human experience. His divinity did NOT exempt him. Why not?  (take answers) Hebrews 4:15-16 For we do not have a high priest…

Hebrews 5:9-10

Hebrews 5:9-10

Series: Hebrews

Title: The Qualifier Can someone give me an example (real or hypothetical) of this scenario: You’re having a discussion with someone and they say something rather bold and then immediately follow it with “Let me qualify that statement.” Why is it so important to offer that qualification? 9 And having been perfected, He became the source…

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part One

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part One

Series: Hebrews

Title: You Are Not Ready For at least the next three weeks (Lord willing, consecutive weeks) we will be in this utterly fascinating passage that concludes Hebrews chapter 5. There is so very much here in the way of warning, practical application to our lives, and a glimpse into the not-so-different from us original audience…

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part Two

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part Two

Series: Hebrews

Title: The Low and Slow Brisket How many of you are thinking right now:  “I’m not sure what Ben’s preaching on, but I’m all in!” A pre-introduction introduction if you will indulge me: there is no way for me to articulate how thick today’s message is. Therefore, I’m going to reserve the right depending on…

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part Three

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part Three

Series: Hebrews

Title: The Low and Slow Brisket “you have come to need milk” You are baby Christians who never want to be weaned from the warm comfort of milk.  You may survive, but you won’t grow, you wont’ mature, and ultimately that makes the Christian experience one of extreme selfishness instead of gratitude. Matthew Henry: Observe…

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part Four

Hebrews 5:11-14 Part Four

Series: Hebrews

Title:  Arrested (Spiritual) Development 11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become poor listeners.  12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come…

Hebrews 6:1-3 Part One

Hebrews 6:1-3 Part One

Series: Hebrews

Title:  The Calm Before The Storm (Part One) (Has anyone been in a tornado?  Story of Dan Hart’s experience, and the eerie lull right before the chaos…dogs stopped barking, birds stopped chirping, there was nothing, no sound, no movement…then…utter chaos) I say that because, beginning in verse 4, we are going to start discussing one…

Hebrews 6:1-3 Part Two

Hebrews 6:1-3 Part Two

Series: Hebrews

Title:  The Calm Before The Storm (Part Two) 1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,  2 of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and…