Study of Hebrews: Hebrews 2

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Lesson 2: Study Questions – Hebrews 2:1-18

1. Why must we pay much closer attention to what we have heard? (2:1) (A) What areas of your life might be drifting from God’s Word and ways?

2.  Explain why the author asks the rhetorical question: “For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” (2:2-3)

 3.  Who confirmed what was first spoken through the Lord? How was God also testifying with them? (2:3b-4)

4.  To whom did God not subject the world to come? (2:5)

           

5.  What was testified concerning the subjection of all things under the feet of Jesus? (2:6-8) (C) What Old Testament prophetic passage does the author quote to demonstrate Christ’s superiority to the angels?

6.  (A) How does Philippians 2:5-11 Further contribute to your understanding of the humbling and exaltation of Jesus? How could you apply this truth to your life?

7.  How much has God subjected to Christ?  (Heb 2:8b) (A) What do you see in the world that is not yet subjected to Christ? Why do you think that we do not yet see all things subjected to Him?

8.  For what purpose was Jesus made for a little while lower than the angels? For (2:9a)

9.  What was the purpose for Jesus being made lower than the angels? For whom did Jesus taste death? (2:9b)

10.  For whom are all things and through whom are all things? Who is bringing many sons to glory? (2:10)

11.  Through what means did God perfect the author of our salvation? (2:10b)
(A) How is God perfecting you through suffering?

12.  Why is Jesus not ashamed to call them brethren? (2:11)

13.  What Old Testament prophetic passages are used to demonstrate Jesus’ identification with His brethren? (2:12-13) Explain their significance.

14.  Why did Jesus partake of flesh and blood? (2:14a) How did Jesus render the devil powerless? (2:14b)

15.  Who did Jesus set free by rendering the devil powerless? To what had they been subject all their lives? (2:15) (A) What is your attitude towards death? Why?

16.  To whom does God NOT give help? To whom does God help? (2:16)

17.  Why did Jesus have to be made like His brethren in all things? (2:17) Since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, who is He able to come to the aid? (2:18) (A) How are you being tempted today? From Whom will you seek aid?

18.  What do you learn about God? How could you apply this truth to your life?

Write a prayer response to Heb 2:1-18.

TEXT (NASB): HEBREWS 2

Heb. 2:1   For this reason we must pay much closer attention to  what we have heard, so that  we do not drift away from it. ² For if the word  spoken through  angels proved  unalterable, and  every transgression and disobedience received a just   penalty, ³  how will we escape if we neglect so great a  salvation?  After it was at the first  spoken through the Lord, it was  confirmed to us by those who heard, ⁴ God also testifying with them, both by  signs and wonders and by  various  miracles and by   gifts of the Holy Spirit  according to His own will.

Heb. 2:5   For He did not subject to angels   the world to come, concerning which we are speaking.

⁶  But one has testified  somewhere, saying, 

“ WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU REMEMBER HIM? 

OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM?

⁷  “ YOU HAVE MADE HIM  FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; 

YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, 

AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

⁸   YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET.” 

For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now  we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

⁹ But we do see Him who was  made  for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus,  because of the suffering of death  crowned with glory and honor, so that  by the grace of God He might  taste death  for everyone.

Heb. 2:10   For  it was fitting for Him,  for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to  perfect the   author of their salvation through sufferings. ¹¹ For both He who  sanctifies and those who  are  sanctified are all  from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them  brethren,

¹²  saying, 

“ I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN, 

IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE.”

¹³  And again, 

“ I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.” 

And again, 

“ BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME.”

Heb. 2:14   Therefore, since the children share in   flesh and blood,  He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that  through death He might render powerless  him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵ and might free those who through  fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. ¹⁶ For assuredly He does not  give help to angels, but He gives help to the  descendant of Abraham. ¹⁷ Therefore, He  had  to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might  become a merciful and faithful  high priest in  things pertaining to God, to  make propitiation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ For since He Himself was  tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted.

Study of Hebrews: Hebrews 1

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Study Questions: Hebrews 1

1. Through whom did God speak long ago in many portions and in many ways? (1:1)

2.  (C) Describe the various ways that God spoke through the following prophets:

            1.  Moses (Exod 7:1-3)

            2.  Elijah (1 Kings 18:36-40)

            3.  Elisha (2 Kings 2:19-25)

            4.  David (Psa 22:1)

            5.  Isaiah (Isa 6:1-9)

            6.  Jeremiah (Jer 1:4-9)

            7.  Daniel (Dan 7:1)

            8.  Ezekiel (Ezek 1:1)

            9.  Amos (Amos 7:14-15)

 3.  How has God spoken to us in these last days? (1:2a)

4.  Explain seven significant statements about Christ in Heb 1:2-3.

           

5.  What did Jesus do when He had made purification of sins? (1:3b) (A) What promise does Jesus make to those who overcome? (Rev 3:21)

6.  Of whom is it said that Jesus had become superior when He had made purification of sins and sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high? (1:4)

7.  What was never said of the angels? (1:5) (C) As proof that Jesus is superior to the angels, from what two Old Testament prophetic passages does the author quote?

8.  When God again brings the firstborn into the world, who is commanded to worship Him? (1:6) (C) As proof that Jesus is superior to the angels, from what Old Testament prophetic passage does the author quote?

9.  Of the angels, what does He say? (1:7) (C) From what Old Testament passage does the author quote?

10.  In contrast to the angels who are made winds and His ministers a flame of fire, what does He say of the Son? (1:8-9) (C) As proof that Jesus is superior to the angels, from what Old Testament prophetic passage does the author quote?

11.  What did Jesus do in the beginning? What are the works of His hands? (1:10)
(C) As proof that Jesus is superior to the angels, from what Old Testament prophetic passage does the author quote?

12.  Contrast the destinies of earth and heaven to Jesus? (1:11-12) Who will roll earth and heaven up like a mantle? (1:12) (C) As proof that Jesus is superior to the angels, from what Old Testament prophetic passage does the author quote?

13.  What was said to Jesus that was never said to the angels? (1:13) (C) As proof that Jesus is superior to the angels, from what Old Testament prophetic passage does the author quote?

14.  What are all angels? For whose sake do the angels render service? (1:14)

15.  How does the biblical teaching about angels in Hebrews 1 differ from the prevailing assumptions about angels in modern culture?

16.  How has Hebrews 1 contributed to your understanding of Jesus’ superiority to the angels?

17.  How has Hebrews 1 enlarged your vision of the majesty of Jesus?

18.  What do you learn about God? How could you apply this truth to your life?

Write a prayer response to Hebrews 1:1-14.

 Hebrews 1 (NASB:

Heb. 1:1    God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, ² in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. ³ And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.

Heb. 1:5    For to which of the angels did He ever say, 

“YOU ARE MY SON, 

TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”? 

And again, 

“I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM 

AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”?

⁶  And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, 

“AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM.”

⁷  And of the angels He says, 

“WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS, 

AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE.”

⁸  But of the Son He says, 

“YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, 

AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM.

⁹  “YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; 

THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU 

WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS.”

¹⁰  And, 

“YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, 

AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS;

¹¹  THEY WILL PERISH, BUT YOU REMAIN; 

AND THEY ALL WILL BECOME OLD LIKE A GARMENT,

¹²  AND LIKE A MANTLE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP; 

LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED. 

BUT YOU ARE THE SAME, 

AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END.”

¹³  But to which of the angels has He ever said, 

“SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, 

UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES 

A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET”?

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?