Hebrews Study

We have been studying the book of Hebrews in our Wednesday night meetings.  This book is such a gift to us, a soaring narrative of the work and person of Jesus.  It is bold in its high view of Christ, helping us come to a better understanding of His role as Prophet and High Priest, Savior and Mediator.  It is truly a unique part of the New Testament scriptures, and it is hard to imagine the loss to our understanding of Christ if this epistle had been lost or excluded from the canon of scripture.  I don't mean to suggest that the Holy Spirit would have suffered His Word to be lost, but the hypothetical notion of our not having it makes us thankful for the way that God, in His sovereignty, has preserved His written revelation for us in exactly the form in which we have it today.  


John Calvin, in the introduction to his commentary on Hebrews, said:


There is, indeed, no book in the Holy Scriptures which speaks so clearly of the priesthood of Christ, so highly exalts the virtue and dignity of that only true sacrifice which he offered by his death, so abundantly treats of the use of ceremonies as well as of their abrogation, and, in a word, so fully explains that Christ is the end of the Law.

All of that to say we are being blessed by our time spent in studying Hebrews.  We invite anyone who is able to join us every Wednesday evening at 6:30.  The youth (all ages less than adult and more than infant) are also studying along with us at the same time, with lessons focused on their understanding and including, from what I can hear, much more boisterous input and possibly some physical exertion.

I will try to post a link to the notes for the class, at least shortly after it takes place if not sometimes a little before.  You can find the notes for Hebrews chapter 4:11-16 here.  These notes are by no means definitive or exhaustive, but you may find them helpful and if you're not able to attend, at least you can see some of what we've been talking about.  Your comments and input are invited and appreciated.  But ideally, you would make them at the Bible study itself. 

Wade Stephenson