Persevere To The End

August 28, 2016
Sermon
Lesson 1
Hebrews 1:1-4

PERSEVERE TO THE END!

Prologue: God Has Spoken To Us By His Son!

Main Idea of Hebrews: We must persevere to the end!

Background to Hebrews

Author:  Unknown
Recipients:  Unknown
Date:  Probably before AD 70 (before the destruction of the Temple)
Occasion:  Previous persecution, coming persecution
Theme:  Exhortation to persevere (warning to not defect)
Purpose: To exalt Christ
Theological structures in Hebrews:
    Promise/fulfilment (God’s promises of the OT are fulfilled in Christ)	

Already/not yet (fulfillment in Christ begun, but not yet completed)
Typological (people, events and places of the OT point to the NT)
Spatial (earthly points to the heavenly)

Prologue Main Idea: We must listen to God’s Son!

• Heir (2)

• Creator (2)

• Radiance and representation (3)

• Sustainer (3)

• Purifier (3)

• Finisher ( 3)

• Superior name (4)

Applications
We must worship Jesus!
We must listen to Him!