HEBREWS, James, Peter, John, Jude
SOUTHERN
STUDY QUESTIONS ON HEBREWS #1
1. For what primary purpose was the Epistle written?
2. How does the writer go
about carrying out the primary purpose of the Epistle?
3. What points of internal
evidence indicate that Paul is the writer of Hebrews (Compare Heb. 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
4. Through whom, and how,
did God speak unto “the fathers”,?
5. What it the meaning of the writers statement
that God “hath at the end of these days — (ASV),these
last days (KJV, NKJV, RSV, N1V) spoken unto us in his Son.” (Isa. 2
6. List four of the things
that the writer gives to show that Christ is greater than the prophets and
angels.
1.
2.
3.
4.
7. What application did Paul
make of Ps.2
8. What
application does the writer make of Ps. 110
9. When will Ps. 110
10. The
writer affirms that angels are “ministering spirits sent forth to do service
for the sake of___________________________________________________.”
CHAPTER TWO
11.
What
does he say about the word, or message, that was spoken through angels, and
what exhortation does he give?
1.
2.
12. How
was the message of the apostles of Christ confirmed?
13.
Some
reason that Paul could not be the author of Hebrews on the basis of the reading
in verse
three.. Discuss.
14. In verses six through eight of chapter two the writer is quoting from__________
15. What comment does the
writer make after giving the quotations?
1.
2.
16. Give two of the reasons
given in the latter part of chapter two as to why Jesus “partook of flesh and
blood”.
1.
2.
CHAPTER THREE
17. In chapter three the writer affirms that
Christ is the __________________and of
_______________________our
confession.
18. Give two reasons why
Christ has “been counted worthy of more glory than Moses.”
1.
2.
B. What
“house” did Christ build (Mt. 16
C. The
writer also affirms that we are “his house” if we_____________________
___________________________.
19. Give three statements
made in chapter three which show that a child of God can fall from grace (3
1.
2.
3.
CHAPTER FOUR
20. In what way does the
writer reason that the Hebrew Christians were like the Israelites?
B. Why
did the Israelites not profit by the “good tidings” preached to them?
21. What
exhortation does the writer give about entering into God’s rest?
1.
2.
22.
How is
the power of the word of God described in Heb.4
1.
2.
23.
On what
basis does the writer reason that we should “draw near with boldness unto the
throne of grace”? 1.
2.
CHAPTER FIVE
24. What people were to
serve as priests under the law (Ex. 28
25. What happened when other
men tried to make themselves priests (Nu. 16
26. What people are to serve
as priests under the New Testament (I Pet. 2
27. In chapter five the
writer affirms that Christ is a priest for after the order of_
___________________._____
28. Why was it going to be
hard for the writer to explain, or interpret to the Hebrew Christians how that
Christ is a ‘high priest after the order of Melchizedek”?
29. Compare
Heb. 5
30. The
Hebrews should have been _________when they still needed ____________
B. The writer
affirms that, “solid food is for_ even those who by reason of use have their
senses exercised to ____________________
CHAPTER SIX
31. What did the writer mean
by his exhortation for them to leave the “doctrine of the first principles of
Christ and press on unto perfection”?
32. Give
two of the statements made in chapter six which show that a child of God can
fall away and be lost eternally.
1.
2.
33. Give
two of the statements made in chapter six where the writer expresses confidence
in the Hebrews.
1.
2.
34. What
lesson should we learn from Paul’s expression of confidence in the Hebrews?
35. The writer describes
Christians as those “who have fled for to lay hold of the hope
set before us. Which we have as an • a hope both sure and
steadfast and entering into that which is within the_ .______
36. What is the statement
“who have fled for refuge” based on (Ex.21
37. What
is the meaning of “entering into that which is within the veil?
CHAPTER SEVEN
38.
What is
the meaning of the statement about Melchizedek that he was “without father
without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning
of days nor end of life”?
39. How does the writer go
about showing how Melchizedek was greater than Abraham, and the Levitical priesthood?
1.
2.
40. What
does the Old Testament tell us about Melchizedek (Gen. 14
41 .Give three ways that the priesthood of Christ is greater than the Levitical priesthood.
1.
2.
3.
42. The writer says that a
change in the priesthood brought about what other change, and why?
CHAPTER EIGHT
43. What does he mean by the
statement that Christ is a “minister of the sanctuary, and of the true
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man” (Ex. 25
44. What book and chapter is
the long quotation in chapter eight about the new covenant taken from?
45. Hebrews 8
Heb. 10
1.
2.
CHAPTER N1NE
46. The
Tabernacle had two compartments, the and
the_______________________________.
47. What holy vessels were
in the first compartment of the tabernacle (Heb. 9
B. The
second compartment?
48. What were the three
items inside the ark of the covenant?
49. What was the purpose of
the pot of manna (Ex.
50. When did Aaron’s rod bud, and why was it put
in the ark (Nu.
51. What
was in the ark of the covenant when it was placed in the temple that Solomon
built (I K. 8
52. The divisions of the tabernacle, and the
requirements concerning the entering of the second signified what (Heb. 9
53. What significant thing happened when Christ
died that had to do with this, and why? (Mt.27
54. What does the writer mean when he says that Christ “entered through the
greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands”?
55. List two things that writer teaches about the death of Christ in
chapter nine.
1.
2.
CHAPTER TEN
56. What does
he say about the Old Testament Law and animal blood in chapter ten?
1.
2.
57. Why couldn’t animal blood make complete
atonement for sin? (Isa.53
58. How do we know that this book was written
before 70 AD. (Heb.8
1.
2.
59. List two things that the
writer says about the “new and living way.”
1.
2.
60.
He
exhorts them to consider one another to provoke unto__________ as _______
not
forsaking __________________but ____________one another and_________.
61. If the writer was referring to the
destruction of
62. What does he say about
those who sin willfully?
63. Is a child of God
sinning willfully when he willfully and deliberately does not assemble with the
saints to worship on the Lord’s day (Mk.16
64. Does Heb.
65. How do those readings compare with the
different readings of several versions on I Jn. 3
66. Is it very dangerous for
a child of God to decide “on this Lord’s day I am
going to miss the assembly of the saints in order to get double time pay for my
work” or “I deserve a day at the lake?” What will it cause (Lu.8
67. The writer says that the
above sinners are doing what?
68. Is it a fearful thing
for a faithful Christians to ”fall into the hands of
the living God” (ll Pet. 1
69. Were these brethren being subjected to severe
persecution at this time (Heb.
70. The
writer said, “For ye have need of _________ that,
having done the-will of God, ye may _____________________.
71. The
writer affirms that the “righteous one shall live by _________ and if he shrinks back
__________________________.”
B. How does he then express his confidence in them?
CHAPTER ELEVEN.
72. According
to Heb. 11
1.
2.
73. What
did Abel do by faith, and what does this prove about the offerings of Cain and
Abel (Gen.4
74. How
does Abel still speak to us?
75. List three things that the writer says that Abraham did by faith.
1.
2.
3.
76. What did Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob confess, and what did they manifest by their confession?
77. What did Abraham believe
in respect to the offering of his son Isaac as an offering?
78. How did Joseph manifest his faith “when
his end was nigh” (Gen.15
79. Discuss the choice that Moses made “when
he was grown up”.
80.
How old
was Moses at the time, and what else did Stephen say about him (Ex. 2
2.
81.
What
does Heb. 11
2
1.
2.
CHAPTER
TWELVE
82. What
does he mean by the admonition to “lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us” (Heb.3
1.
2.
83. What is the primary difference between
parental discipline and that which is administered by the Lord?
84. What are the two things that we are to
follow after according to Heb. 12
85. What
is the writer referring to in Heb. 12
86. List four things that he
says that they had come to, and give the meaning.
1.
2.
3.
4.
87. What
did the writer say that the Hebrew Christians had received “‘that cannot be
shaken”?
B. What
is the relationship of this statement and Daniel 2
88. Every Christian should offer service to God with __________ and _________ for our God is a
_________________________________________.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
89. In this
last chapter the writer gives a number of exhortations concerning “‘every
day”_______________________________________.
90. (1.) He admonished
(2). “Forget not
to show love unto _________________ .
for there some have
____________________________________________________.
(3)..
“Remember them that are in __________________ as __________with them.”
(4). “Let marriage be
had in __________ and let the
bed be undefiled
__________________and _____________ God will ______________.
(5).
“Be ye free from the love of ___________; content with ____________
(6). “Remember them that ___________ men that spoke unto you _______
_________ and considering the issue of their life, ___________their
faith”.
(7). “Jesus Christ is
the same ___________ and_________•and yea__________.
(8). “Be not carried away with divers and strange _____________________
(9). “We
have an ___________where of they have no right to eat
that serve at the_____________
(10) “Let us therefore go forth unto him __________________________
bearing ________________________________.
(11). “For we have not here an _______________ but we seek
after_________________
(12) “Through him then let us offer a
sacrifice of ________that is, ________ .
(13) “But to do good and to
______________forget not
God is_______
(14) “Obey
them that have the ___________over you and submit; for they
__________________________________________.
91.
How does 13
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2.
92. What does he say about
what he had written to them?
93. What does he say about
Timothy, and what person in Christ had the most association with Timothy?
94. The writer sent
salutations from what people, and how would this fit Paul as the writer of the
Epistle?
95. How does the closing
salutation compare with Paul’s other books?