Hebrews.info: Exploring the Book of Hebrews

Welcome to this resource site for the book of Hebrews where you can find videos, audio and teaching notes.

There is also a collection of links to resources on the book.
e.g. Free course on Hebrews at biblicaltraining.org

The Book of Hebrews in One Sentence, and the Joy of a Cleansed Conscience (pt.20/20)

If we try to summarise the whole of Hebrews in one sentence, we are very much helped by two markers which bookend the central section.
It turns out that our confidence that Jesus has washed us perfectly clean from sin is the central focus of the book.

There’s a verse in Hebrews that scholars agree is strangely worded, and a little scary if translated correctly.
They don’t talk about what it might mean to follow this command in practice.
Yet actually it is a key to our deep growth.

Hebrews pulls in references to two of the richest O.T. passages about the unshakeable security of God’s love for us.
He will never let us go!
The challenge is to truly take in these amazing promises, and also live out our Kingdom membership in this world.

The story of Esau gives us a vivid picture which brings clarity to life’s choices.

Hebrews is full of little gems of positive direction about growth.
Today we collect them together and see a strong and clear theme emerges about how we grow, or not grow as we try to Run the Race.

From Abraham and Moses to the ‘Stanford Marshmallow Experiment’, the challenge of persisting is a common human experience.
The Bible gives us three ways that not only help us endure, but turn it from a negative to a positive experience.

After huge claims for the value of faith/trust for our lives, and the pleasure it gives our Father, Hebrews goes on to show this with a set of stories.
But they contain a surprising twist—which makes them far more relevant to us today!

The difference between living with your focus on
- the visible world
- vs. the invisible world of God’s promises
and how this will change your life.

Since we have authorization for free access to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the fresh and living way that he opened up for us, through the curtain—that is through his flesh,
let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings,
because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from a burdened conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

The central teaching of Hebrews is about our prayer lives—drawing near to God with confidence.
This chapter is a key building block as it lays out the way to intimacy with such power and clarity.