Thu Mar 19

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the word brief.

Reading

Hebrews 13:22-25—This Brief Message of Exhortation

Optional Reading

Psalm 110:1-7

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

Questions

(Some read the ?s before the notes/ ask them after.)
  1. Who wrote the book of Hebrews?
  2. To whom was it written?
  3. Why was it written?

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

As we prepare to consider the book of Hebrews in worship let’s take a look at the whole book. As far as the human author is concerned, we simply don’t know who it was. Many have long thought it was written by Paul, but it is significantly different from the rest of Paul’s letters. Other authors have been suggested: Barnabas, Apollos, and Jude. While reasons for each can be made, we can only make educated guesses. Ultimately we know it was written by God the Holy Spirit.

To whom was it written? Mohler notes that the title found in most ancient manuscripts reads, “to the Hebrews.” So, we can be quite certain it was written to Jewish Christians. It seems likely these would have been Greek-speaking Jews (see Acts 6:1) since the author quotes from the Greek translation of the Old Testament.

And why was it written? To encourage these Jewish Christians to stay with Jesus, God’s Son, and their Savior. Gooding notes that *the writer feared that some of these people who had stood so boldly at the beginning might now abandon their profession of faith in Jesus as Messiah completely. *

We might add that Hebrews is in many ways a commentary on the Old Testament. As Mohler suggests, we have here the Holy Spirit’s own commentary on the very Old Testament Scriptures he inspired. And these OT and NT Scriptures point to our glorious Savior, Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God.

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 110b, 65d

Prayer

  1. Worship God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—in prayer.
  2. Pray for the preparation for preaching God’s Word this Lord's Day.
  3. Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.
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