I thoroughly enjoyed reading Hebrews yesterday, so much so that I called a friend to talk about it rather than writing the journal entry I had started. I will do here what I have done in the past, and just use this post as a note-to-self on what to look into further later.
(scriptures linked are from the NRSV)
- Hebrews 5:14:
It is worth noting that the author assumes the need to train oneself, through practice, to discern good and evil. - Hebrews 10:2:
It is necessary, here, to read the surrounding context… I’m left wondering about the implication of “cleansed once for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sin” when one considers that, while this was not the case with old testament sacrifices, perhaps this is or should be the case with those who are covered by the blood of Christ. - Hebrews 10:26-31:
I’ve done a number of studies on chapter 6, but this is the first time it dawned on me how much harsher this passage is in making a similar argument. This passage makes it clear that those who once were saved, and willingly walk away, will be judged much more harshly than those who were never saved in the first place. - Hebrews 10:32-39:
Most of us, in this society, cannot relate to the early Christians who endured such great persecution. While passages like this can offer great encouragement in times of struggle, we should be careful to remember that we are not in the same place as those who the author was originally addressing, lest our pride cause us to assume we’re in a better place than we are. - Hebrews 11:17-18:
I need to do a specific study on the relation between what God asked of Abraham and God’s sacrifice of His own Son. - Hebrews 12:15-17:
It occurs to me that there is a parallel to be drawn between our own situations and the “birthright” and “single meal” of Esau’s story… - Hebrews 13:5:
This passage leaves no excuse for those who continually seek after riches, believing that their commitment to God somehow entitles them to be worldly wealth.
