Truth Pursuit of Hebrews

Week 38

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WEEK 38

Level 1—Hebrews Sequential Reading

Scripture Reading and Copying: Heb. 13:20-25

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg. 69

Level 2—Hebrews Topical Study

Crucial Point: The Shaking of Earth and Heaven but Receiving an Unshakeable Kingdom

Scripture:Heb. 12:25-29

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg. 54

Supplemental Reading: The Kingdom, chs. 45, 47

Questions:

  1. How might we “refuse Him who speaks,” as it says in Heb. 12:25?
  2. Contrast the shaking of the earth and heaven with the unshakeable kingdom.
  3. In Heb. 12:28, what does “let us have grace” mean?
  4. What is your understanding and experience of our God as a consuming fire?

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Week 37

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WEEK 37

Level 1—Hebrews Sequential Reading

Scripture Reading and Copying: Heb. 13:8-19

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg(s). 67-68

Level 2—Hebrews Topical Study

Crucial Point: Having Come Forward to the Side of Grace

Scripture: Heb. 12:18-24

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg. 53

Supplemental Reading: CWWN, vol. 17, “Notes on Scriptural Messages,” ch. 22; CWWL, 1958, vol. 2, “The Basis for the Building Work of God,” ch. 5

Questions:

  1. When was a time when you were full of fear and trembling before God?
  2. What are the things listed in Heb. 12:18-24 on the side of grace?
  3. What is the significance of Heb. 12:18-24 in relation to the context?
  4. What is the significance of Heb. 12:18-24 for our experience?

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Week 36

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WEEK 36

Level 1—Hebrews Sequential Reading

Scripture Reading and Copying: Heb. 13:1-7

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg(s). 65-66

Level 2—Hebrews Topical Study

Crucial Point: Looking Carefully in Falling Away from the Grace of God, in Bitterness Springing Up, and in Fornication and Profanity

Scripture:Heb. 12:14-17

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg. 52

Supplemental Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msg. 30; Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, msg. 15

Questions:

  1. In Heb. 12:15-16, what are three matters for which we need to look carefully?
  2. What does it mean to fall away from the grace of God?
  3. How are we healed from bitterness in the Christian life?
  4. What does it mean in our experience to give up our own birthright in one meal, as Esau did, and why is this profane?
 

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Week 35

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WEEK 35

Level 1—Hebrews Sequential Reading

Scripture Reading and Copying: Heb. 12:25-29

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg(s). 63-64

Level 2—Hebrews Topical Study

Crucial Point: The Discipline of the Lord

Scripture: Heb. 12:3-13

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msgs. 51, 61-62

Supplemental Reading: CWWN, vol. 50, “Messages for Building Up New Believers (3),” ch. 41

Questions:

  1. Is discipline a kind of punishment or is it different from punishment?
  2. What is the significance of the phrase “the Father of spirits” in Heb. 12:9 in its context?
  3. Why does God discipline His sons?
  4. What does it mean for discipline to yield the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it?
 

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Week 34

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WEEK 34

Level 1—Hebrews Sequential Reading

Scripture Reading and Copying: Heb. 12:11-24

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg(s). 61-62

Level 2—Hebrews Topical Study

Crucial Point: Looking Away Unto Jesus as the Author and Perfecter of Our Faith

Scripture: Heb. 12:2

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msgs. 49

Supplemental Reading: Christ Making His Home in Our Heart and the Building Up of the Church, ch. 11

Questions:

  1. What does it mean to “look away unto Jesus?”
  2. What is the relationship between “looking away unto Jesus” and Jesus as “the Author and Perfecter of our faith” in the context of running the race?
  3. Based on the Scripture and your experience, how is faith perfected?
  4. What is the significance of “endured the cross, despising the shame” in the context of Heb. 12:1-3?
 

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Week 33

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WEEK 33

Level 1—Hebrews Sequential Reading

Scripture Reading and Copying: Heb. 12:1-10

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg(s). 58-60

 

Level 2—Hebrews Topical Study

Crucial Point:  Put Away Every Encumbrance and the Sin and Run The Race

Scripture:Heb. 12:1

Assigned Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msgs. 50

Supplemental Reading: CWWL, 1965, vol. 1, “Study on Hebrews,” ch. 6; CWWN, vol. 17, “Notes on Scriptural Messages (1),” Running the Race that is Set Before Us

Questions:

  1. Describe the picture portrayed in Heb. 12:1 with respect to the race.
  2. Why does Heb. 12:1 refer to “the sin,” rather than “your sins,” in running the race?
  3. What encumbrances have the Lord shown you to be present in your life?
  4. Why do we need to realize that we have “so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us” to run the race with endurance?
 

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