A CALL TO PERSEVERE

Hebrews 10:19-39

Key Verse: 10:36

“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.”

1. How do we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place? (19,20)Why was the curtain of the temple torn into two from top to bottom when Jesus died? (20, Mk. 15:36)

2. What three commands we should keep since we have a great priest over the house of God? (22-24)What does the awesome privilege of drawing near to God mean for us? (22)

3. What is the hope we profess? (23) What is the role of other Christians in helping us to “hold unswervingly” to our faith? (23-25)Why should we meet daily? (Ac. 2:42-44, Eph. 3:12)

4. If we fail to draw near to God, hold fast our faith and stir up one another, what is likely happen to us? (26-27, 38a, 39a) What was the fate of everyone who rejected the Law of Moses? (28)

5. What are the stern warnings applies to professing Christians? (29-31)Why should we not abuse the grace of God given to us through his Son Jesus?

6. What should we remember when we struggle to keep our faith? (32, Rev. 2:3-5) How did the early Christians profess their faith in the face of suffering and persecution? (32-34)How did this passage encourage your faith?

7. Why should we not throw away our confidence? (34b,35) Why is it necessary to persevere in our spiritual race? (36, 37,38a,39b; Jn. 19:30;  2 Tim. 4:6-7)