Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Hebrews 13:7-17 Part 2

I.  We have things to remember.
   a. Remember the example of godly leaders.
   b. Remember the immutability of Christ.
   c.  Maintain purity of Christian doctrine.
 
 II.  We have a place to go.
   a.  Spiritual life is received only through the sacrifice of Christ.
-Bruce "The Christian altar was the sacrifice of Christ, the benefits of which were eternally accessible to them...in this new and spiritual order into which they had been introduced by faith, Christ was perpetually available, 'the same yesterday, and today, yes, and forever.'"
-Guthrie "The participants of the new covenant draw spiritual sustenance and life from a source unavailable to those of the tabernacle, and that source is the sacrifice of Christ."
   b.  Jesus suffered outside the camp.
-Lev. 16:27
-sanctify = hagiazo = set apart as sacred, set apart for God, sacred, holy
   c.  We must go to Him outside the camp.
-Ex. 33:7
-reproach = oneidismos = shame, insult, abuse, disgrace, reproach
-Luke 9:23
      i.  This world is passing away.
-lasting = meno = remain, abide
     ii.  We are pursuing the lasting city to come.
-to come = mello = to be about to
-seeking = epizeteo = to search for, pursue, seek after, desire
 

Hebrews 13:7-17 Part 1

I.  We have things to remember.
   a.  Remember the example of godly leaders.
-those who lead = hegeomai = to lead; In Roman culutre used for political, state, military leaders. present active participle
-spoke = laleo = to proclaim, speak; aorist active indicative
-result of their conduct = ekbasis anastrophe
-ekbasis = going out, end
-anastrophe = way of one's life, manner of life
     i.  Carefully evaluate the faithfulness of their lives.
-consider = anatheoreo = to look back upon, to scan closely, contemplate
    ii.  Imitate their faith.
-imitate = mimeomai = to follow another's example, imitate
  b.  Remember the immutability of Christ.
-immutability = not capable or susceptible to change
-Ps. 102:27; Is. 48:12, Rev. 1:17
-F.F. Bruce “Yesterday Jesus ‘offered up entreaties and supplications, with loud cries and tears…'(Heb. 5:7); today he represents His people in the presence of God, a high priest who has a fellow-feeling with them in their weakness, because he ‘endured trial in all respects like’ themselves, ‘while remaining free from sin’’ (4:15); forever he lives, this same Jesus, ‘to intercede for them’ (7:25). His help, His grace, His power, His guidance are permanently at His people’s disposal; why then should they lose heart?”
  c.  Maintain purity of Christian doctrine.
-carried away = paraphero = to carry along, to flow away (like a river) lead astray, carry off, mislead
-varied = poikilos = diverse, varying, literally "many colored."
-strange = xenos = strange, foreign
-I Cor. 8:8
 

Hebrews 13:1-6 Part 2

I.  Value marriage as precious.
-honor = timios = precious, valuable, held in high honor
-I Pet. 1:19
-Koester "To urge that marriage be honored by all, tacitly recognizes the importance of social support for marriage, since fidelity in marriage is more difficult if marriage is not valued by the community."
   a.  Purity before marriage.
-forincators = pornos = sexually immoral
   b.  Fidelity within marriage.
-adulterers = moichos
-I Cor. 6:18
 
  II.  Be content with what you have.
-O'Brien "Both the sexually immoral and those greedy for money pursue a myopic self-gratification that takes them outside the bounds of God's provision."
-Hughes "It is difficult to have it (wealth) and not trust it. Material possessions tend to focus one's thoughts and interests on this world alone. It can enslave so that one becomes possessed by possessions, comforts, and recreations."
-Eccl. 5:10, Luke 16:11-14
Why is contentment important?
1) Contentment shows recognition for who provides for us.
2) Contentment displays trust in God's sovereignty.
3) Discontentment implies God has failed to provide.
4) Discontentment focuses attention away from Christ and onto what we don't have.
   a.  Develop a disposition that is free from the love of money.
-character = tropos = disposition, way or manner of life
-free from love of money = aphilarguros = not loving money, not greedy for money
-content = arkeo = to have enough, (passive) to be content
-what have = pariemi = to be present, to be at hand
-Matt. 6:19-21
How do we develop this disposition?
1) Realize God's goodness.
-Ps. 73:1, 28, 86:5
2) Realize God's omniscience.
-Luke 12:30
3) Consider what we deserve.
-Gen. 32:10, Rom. 3:10, 19
4) Recognize God's supremacy.
-I Sam. 2:7
5) Remember the true riches we already possess.
6) Enjoy what God has given.
-I Tim. 6:17
    b.  Trust God's promise to always be with us.
-Deut. 31:6, 8, Joshua 1:5
-desert = aniemi = to send up, to send back, to let go, to leave without support.
-forsake = egkataleipo = to leave someone in distress, to desert
-Matt. 27:46
       i.  The Lord is our help.
      ii.  Because the Lord is our help, we can renounce fear.
     iii.  Since we can renounce fear, man will not succeed against us.
-C. S. Lewis "He who has God and everything has no more than he who has God alone."