Jesus is better than Moses and Aaron - find out why

1. CHAPTER 3:1-4:13

2. Can One Disappoint God?
Hebrews 3:7, 8Hebrews 3:7, 8
“Today if you will“Today if you will
hear his voice, dohear his voice, do
not harden yournot harden your
hearts as in thehearts as in the
rebellion……”rebellion……”

3. Five Ways to Describe
A FAITHFUL Member
• HOLY - Due to Christ’
work of sanctification
(2:11) one becomes
holy

4. • Partakers - Partners as in
business (Lk. 5:7).
Five Ways to Describe
A FAITHFUL Member

5. Five Ways to Describe
A FAITHFUL Member
• The call of the world is for selfish purposes and
leads to a demonic lifestyle (Jas. 3:13-17).

6. Five Ways to Describe
A FAITHFUL Member
• Deliberators - “to fix the mind upon.”
it’s a plannedit’s a planned
contemplative actcontemplative act

7. Five Ways to Describe
A FAITHFUL Member
Confessors
in agreement with the message ofin agreement with the message of
the cross (11:13)the cross (11:13)

8. Five Ways to Describe FAITHFUL Member
Faithfulness implies that one’s objective is toFaithfulness implies that one’s objective is to
remain holy; that they participate in jointremain holy; that they participate in joint
activities of the fellowship of brethren, becauseactivities of the fellowship of brethren, because
he is answering a heavenly calling which pullshe is answering a heavenly calling which pulls
mankind up from the mire to the blessings of themankind up from the mire to the blessings of the
divine. A faithful member thinks of Jesusdivine. A faithful member thinks of Jesus
frequently, speaks of him often, and humblesfrequently, speaks of him often, and humbles
himself time and again in prayer. The cross ishimself time and again in prayer. The cross is
confessed more than just at the table of theconfessed more than just at the table of the
Lord, it is confessed at the table of his enemies.Lord, it is confessed at the table of his enemies.
Putting it all together:Putting it all together:

9. Two Great Examples of
Faithfulness
• JesusJesus – God’s– God’s
Apostle and theApostle and the
believer’s Highbeliever’s High
Priest.Priest.
they were making a grave
mistake in being tempted to
give him up over Moses.

10. Two Great Examples of
Faithfulness
MosesMoses
(a) He identified himself with those
he led standing up for his own
(Exod. 2:11, 12).
(b) He was capable of making
difficult choices (Heb. 11:23-29).
(c) He exhibited a humble spirit
(Numb. 12:3).
(d) He believed in the message, not
himself.
(e) He took responsibility seriously.

11. Their Difference:
Moses was a servant of the house, Jesus was the son, the owner.
• Moses labored in a house he did not build, Christ in the house he built,
his own house.
• Moses did not lead the people into the Promised Land; Christ leads the
people into glory.
• Moses was sinful, Christ is sinless (Deuteronomy 32:51, 52; Hebrews
4:15).
• Moses brought only the patterns of things to come, Christ the realities.
• Moses delivered from physical bondage, Christ from the spiritual bondage
of sin.
• Moses gave bread from heaven to sustain physical life, Christ bread from
heaven that gives and sustains eternal life.
• Moses' mission pertained only to Israel, Christ's, ultimately, to the "whole
creation" (Mark 16:15).
• Moses was only a man; Christ was and is both God and man.
• Moses' body was buried and saw corruption; Christ's was spared that by
means of the resurrection.
• Moses was not a high priest; Christ is the eternal High Priest. (Coffman
Commentaries)

12. Duties of the Preacher to the Faithful
• REMINDREMIND
Four times the writer exhorts his readers to hold
fast to their confidence. (3:6; 4:16; 10:19, 35).
““the deportment by which one becomesthe deportment by which one becomes
conspicuous or secures publicity”conspicuous or secures publicity”

13. Duties of the Preacher to the Faithful
• V. 7 – HEARV. 7 – HEAR
• V. 8 – BELIEVEV. 8 – BELIEVE
• V. 9 – RESPONDV. 9 – RESPOND
• V. 10 – OBEYV. 10 – OBEY
• V. 11 - UNDERSTANDV. 11 - UNDERSTAND
REVEAL how God Works vs. 7-11REVEAL how God Works vs. 7-11
The terms may be different between the
covenants but the procedure is the same!

14. Duties of the Preacher to the Faithful
REPROVE the sinful v. 12REPROVE the sinful v. 12
“Pathway to Rebellion”
• Failure to hear
• Harden heart
• Sin
• Not obey
• Unbelief
• Rebel

15. Duties of the Preacher to the Faithful
The Hebrews did not
need to be trapped by
the masses who
questioned Jesus
they needed to be
reassured that they
were following the will
of God.
REASSURE the believer vs. 13, 14REASSURE the believer vs. 13, 14

16. Duties of the Preacher to the Faithful
REPEAT telling the story vs. 15-18
• Five times he brings up the rebellion of Israel in
this book – Did he think they did not know or
were unable to remember?

17. CHAPTER 4:1-11

18. FALLING BEHIND
• The message is clear there needs to be a sense of fear ofThe message is clear there needs to be a sense of fear of
loss if one keeps putting off that which needs to be doneloss if one keeps putting off that which needs to be done

19. An Observation About Falling Behind
in Church Growth

20. An Observation About Falling Behind
in Church Growth
Possessors

21. An Observation About Falling Behind
in Church Growth
• Settlers

22. An Observation About Falling Behind
in Church Growth
• IndustrialistsIndustrialists

23. ““Let Us”Let Us”
• Fear (4:1; 12:28); Diligence (4:11); Cling (4:14);Fear (4:1; 12:28); Diligence (4:11); Cling (4:14);
Courage (4:16); Mature (6:1); Finish (10:23);Courage (4:16); Mature (6:1); Finish (10:23);
Inspire (10:24); Remove (12:1); Follow (13:13);Inspire (10:24); Remove (12:1); Follow (13:13);
Sacrifice (13:15).Sacrifice (13:15).

24. ““Gospel Preached”Gospel Preached”
Psalm 95Psalm 95
The gospel taught them Who
God Is to man – LORD (I AM
– the eternal all existent
one); Rock (a shelter to
stand under); King (ruler of
universe); Maker (the creator
of all things).
The gospel taught them
What man is to God – We are
his Sheep (in need of
constant care); We are his
Choir (joyful participants of
his blessing) We are his
Grandeur (notice the term
“his hands.” Though the sea
and the deep are in his
hands it is his people who
are under his gaze, the
sheep held in his hands).
The gospel taught them the Hardship of Rebellion – It is here the Hebrew writer
drives his point home. When they failed to listen today they failed in tomorrow.
That failure to listen today led them to being sifted by a grieved God because
they refused to know his ways.

25. Can One Disappoint God?
Hebrews 3:7, 8Hebrews 3:7, 8
“Today if you will“Today if you will
hear his voice, dohear his voice, do
not harden yournot harden your
hearts as in thehearts as in the
rebellion……”rebellion……”

26. “The Rest”
• The rest in the Psalm
95:11 appears to
address the physical
promise however the
Hebrew author makes
it a point to direct his
audience to the future
– the heavenly.

27. “Be Diligent”
• There is no “accidental
slippage into heaven.”

28. God’s Word is:God’s Word is:
• The word is emphasized 12 times in this book. It
upholds the universe (1:3); is steadfast (2:2);
was preached (4:2); always active (4:12); is
balanced like a diet (5:13, 14); is pleasant to
work with (6:5); secures vows (7:28); built and
designed the universe (11:3); elicits great fear
(12:19); tears down and builds up (12:27);
respectable (13:7) and afflicts the conscience
(13:22).
V. 12 That which is God breathed, inspiredbreathed, inspired.

29. God’s Word is:God’s Word is:
• Alive – it breathes life
into anyone who will
accept its truth. Man is
dead without God (Eph.
2:1).
• It is relevant.
• Alterations to it destroys
its vitality – it abides
forever and is the
everlasting gospel (Psa.
119:160; 1 Pet 1:25; Heb.
13:20).

30. God’s Word is:God’s Word is:
• Powerful – it energizes
for production not
destruction of the
human race.
• Not only can it revive
the mind it can revive
the spirit. Why else
would your preacher
recommend one to read
their Bible daily?
• It is explosive (Rom.
1:16; Jn. 1:12; Heb. 1:3).

31. God’s Word is:God’s Word is:
• Sharp “The word of God
has an incisive and
penetrating quality. It lays
bare self-delusions and
moral sophisms.” Vincent
(Eph. 6:17). Only the
word can accurately
remove that which is
abscessed in our life.
Being “double mouthed”
or two-edged give it the
authority to be yielded for
its intended purpose
which ever direction it is
pointed. Its dual nature
signifies it a defensive
and offensive weapon of
choice.

32. God’s Word is:God’s Word is:
• Piercing – It Penetrates
any barrier and strikes
the nerve of the heart.
Truth penetrates just as
light pierces the
darkness. Regardless of
the amount evil in the
world, the word can
penetrate the darkness
and liberate.

33. God’s Word is:God’s Word is:
• Dividing The form of
expression is poetical,
and signifies that the
word penetrates to the
inmost recesses of our
spiritual being as a sword
cuts through the joints
and marrow of the body.
The separation is not of
one part from another,
but operates in each
department of the
spiritual nature. The
judgment scene in
Matthew 25 shows its
power of separation.

34. God’s Word is:God’s Word is:
• DiscernerDiscerner - it
possesses a
judgment involving
the sifting out and
analysis of evidence.
The ideas of
discrimination and
judgment are
blended. Ananias and
Sapphira could not
resist the Probing
power of the word
(Acts 5).

35. The HeartThe Heart
The spiritual heart has three components:
1) Intellectual – one can think with it (Prov. 23:7).
2) Volitional – one can decide with it (Rom. 6:17).
3) Emotional – one may feel with it (1 Pet. 1:22).
The heart is the target of the word of God. One
cannot love the Lord with all their heart (Matt.
22:37) without loving the word. It is not merely
studied, sermonized, or memorialized in stone, it
is written on the heart and mind leading one to
perfect love and worship.

36. God’s Word:God’s Word:
• V. 13 - Unmasks - The
inspired word unmasks and
makes clear our faithfulness or
unbelief. Nothing is hidden
from the Creator whose
scrutiny encompasses all of
creation. God sees and knows
all, and we stand accountable
for our response to the divine
word (Psa. 139).
• The term "laid bare" comes
from the verb "to grip in a
neck-hold," an image that
conveys vulnerability and peril.
This stress on our exposure
and accountability provides a
solemn warning for all of us
who hear the word of God.
Jesus reminds us in John
5:24-30 how important
listening to him can be thus the
word is inescapable in that we
will meet up with it in judgment