Context

• Who is this letter written to? [ Hebrews 1:1-2 ]
• What has Jesus done? [ Hebrews 2:14-15 ]
  • Who did he help? (The author is trying to encourage those he is writing to.) [ Hebrews 2:16 ]
  • Why is Jesus qualified to be the high priest? [ Hebrews 2:17-18 ]

Characters

• What have the people received? [ Hebrews 3:1 ]
• What is the “house”? [ Hebrews 3:5 ]
• What has Jesus been faithful to? [ Hebrews 3:2 ]
• Why is a builder of a house worthy of more honour than the house itself? [ Hebrews 3:3 ]
  • What can the builder do that the house cannot do?
  • How is God supreme in building? [ Hebrews 3:4 ]
• How is Jesus’ position superior to that of Moses? [ Hebrews 3:5-6 ]
• What did the Israelites do when they were on the edge of the land of Canaan and received the report from the spies? [ Hebrews 3:8-9, Numbers 14:1-11 ]
  • What was their punishment? [ Hebrews 3:10-11 ]
• What should the people be careful about? [ Hebrews 3:12 ]
  • In contrast to the Israelites, what danger faces them?
  • How should they encourage each other? [ Hebrews 3:13 ]
  • How long should they remain vigilant? [ Hebrews 3:14 ]
• What had the people seen that died during the 40 years in the wilderness? [ Hebrews 3:16-17 ]
  • What have the readers of this letter seen?
  • What does enter God’s “rest” imply for the Christian Jews that this letter is
    written to? [ Hebrews 3:19 ]

Application

• Why is Jesus superior to Moses?
• What does God do with those that are not faithful to him?
• What danger do we face (similar to the Jewish readers of this letter) ?
  • How should we react to this danger?
  • What should we be focused on?