JESUS GREATER THAN MOSES

 

Hebrews 3:1-19

Key Verse: 3:6

 

“But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.”

 

 

 

  1. How do we concentrate intensely on Jesus, especially when we are being tested by adversity, neglect or indifference? (1) What are the titles given to Jesus in verse 1? (Jn 3:34, 20:21, Gal 4:4)

 

 

  1. Why did the Israelite revere Moses so highly? In what respects are Jesus and Moses alike? (2) How are they different and in what respects is Jesus greater? (3)

 

  1. What was Moses’ role in God’s house? (5) What is Jesus’? (6) What is God’s house which the author speaks of here?

 

 

  1. To what event does the quote from Psalm 95:7-11 refer? (cf. Num 14:26-35, Num 20:1-13)

 

  1. What did the Israelite of Moses’ day do that angered God most? (8-9) How were they punished? (10)  What does it mean that “they shall never enter my rest?”

 

  1. What lesson should we learn from the Israelites in the desert? (12, 16-19) How can we hold fast to Christ to the end? (13-15)