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Q1. (Hebrews 6:18b-20) In what sense have we "fled to a place of refuge"? Why are we to "take hold of" this hope actively? How does Christian hope differ from hoping that something is true? In what ways does an anchor illustrate the idea of hope? We have fled to Jesus to be saved from our sin and to be raised in the last day with Him to have a place with the Father. We are to be filled with the hope of our salvation and to profess it before others so that they to might befilled with the same hope that we have in Christ. the hope that the true christian has comes with assurance from the Holy Spirit that it is indeed a true and lasting hope one that will endure and come to pass because it it a promise from God and fulfilled in Christ. 19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It means agian that this hope comes from Jesus and is an everlasting hope that He alone will complete when He comes for His chosen ones.

Q1. (Hebrews 5:14) How does a person become mature in God's Word according to verse 14? What can you do to grow in maturity? By constant study and then applying what you learn to your life, it is not good enough to know the word, the devil knw and trembles scripture say but you also must apply it to your life make changes where changes are needed and grow stronger in areas where you are already applying it. We also become more mature as we try and share it with others as the Holy Spirit leads us Jesus said He would send a comforter who would lead us in all things and as we mature in the word then the Spirit becomes more active in our life and leads us to teach others. To grow in maturity we must continue to study and apply it to our life and share it with those who need to learn as we share we grow by the gift of God and His Spirit at work in our life.

Q4. (Hebrews 6:12) If we take seriously the writer's exhortation to exercise both faith and patience for the long haul, what effect does that have on our Christian life? On our perspective? How can we resist the subtle temptation to think that our salvation depends upon our endurance rather than Christ's atonement and the grace of God? Faith and Patience must go to gether if we are to continue to believe, one strengthens the other, Only the Father knows when He will send Jesus to collect His own to Him so we have to have faith and patience to endure. It effects our lives be giving us soething to look to and hold on to we endure with patience the race we run will patience continues to strengthen our faith in what God said He will do He has the power and is willing to do it. Our perspective is to look foward not back continue to be faithful to our calling, loving the breathern as Christ loves His church. By remembering John 10:9,10 that it is by confessing Jesus that saves us not our own works, We are saved through grace and not by anythingn we can ddo to earn it. With out the mercy of God the Father we would have no reason for our faith and no future to look foward to.

Q3. (Hebrews 6:4-6) What is apostasy? Why is it impossible from a practical standpoint to restore apostates to Christian faith and practice? What point was Jesus making in his Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23)? What is Jesus' point of the Parable of the Tares or Weeds (Matthew 13:24-30)? Apostasy in the dictionary means:the desertion of a post, the giving up of a state of life; he who voluntarily embraces a definite state of life cannot leave it, therefore, without becoming an apostate. I believe that this is refering to persons who completely reject the word of God and His saving Grace and turn away to the ways of the world and completely reject that there is a God who made them. They are stuck in their every day life and believe that there is no life after death and refuse to see that only God could have form them and this earth out of nothing. 19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. There can be no bettter answere than the on Jesus gave His disciple in answer to this quesion. There seed came up but the cares of this life were more important than a real and lasting relationship with the Lord God and His one and only Son Jesus Christ creator of all things.

Q2. (Hebrews 6:4-5) What difference, if any, would you find between the description in verses 4-5 and a Spirit-filled Christian today? What is the writer's point in forming this description? 4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. My opinion on this and it goes with what I have been taught because I am for from being a scholar that it is talking about people during that time who had seen the mircles of Jesus of at least heard of or knew people who had and had turned from Judaism to Christianity and now for what ever reason were trying to return to the sacrificies for sin instead of looking to Jesus. I believe that this would answer the second partot the question because people of today would not have the same reason for turning to judiasm as those people had done and would not likely want to, but to those who turn to judiasm after a knowledge of Christ then they would be crucifying Jesus anew.

Q1. (Hebrews 5:14) How does a person become mature in God's Word according to verse 14? What can you do to grow in maturity? 14But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil." (5:-14) By constant use of God's word to deal with the evil in our lives. By constant study of God's Word and applying what He teaches us so that we came become workers for the kingdom and have a reason for showing others the joy we have.As we study to show ourselves approves then we become filled with the Spirit and then are more open to what God is telling us to do with our lives.

Q5. (Hebrews 5:9) In verse 9, what does "made perfect" refer to, since it obviously isn't talking about Jesus' moral growth and perfection? (Hint: The word teleioō means "bring something to its goal or accomplishment.") 9.once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him It means that He finished the work that the Father gave Him to do, dying for our sins that we could come to know the grace and Love of the Father. He was already perfect and when He rose He made the entrance in to salvation perfect for us He made the path we are to follow that we may be made perfect in Him.

Q4. (Hebrews 5:8) In what sense did Jesus "learn obedience from what he suffered"? How did Jesus' learning process differ from ours, since he didn't sin and suffer the consequences of his sin -- the way we usually learn? He learn through the experience of going through the suffering, the same way we must learn from our mistakes. Jesus fore knew the things that He had to go through but had never done it before so therefore He had to learn it. The experience was there although He had the fore knowledge. His learning process differed from our in that we don't know what lays ahead or what we will have to endure, Jesus on the other hand did. He knew what He was going to have to face before it accured, but slill He allowed Himself to suffer for us so that He would be our High Priest with the knowledge of what it means to suffer. He suffered under our sin for He had none of His own that we might come to be sinless before the Father and children of the Most High God.

Q3. (Hebrews 4:16) Why should we approach the "throne of grace" with boldness and confidence? What are the promises contained in this verse? On what basis is God able to offer us unrestrained mercy and grace for our sins while still retaining his justice as judge? We should approach as children forgiven by their Father for transgressions of His law,assured that their sin is forever forgiven and no punishment is necessary. so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." (4:16) The promises are that we will recieve Mercy and find Gracy, undeserved forgiveness, and recieve help in our time of need. He offers us grace on the basis that Jesus was a righteous Son slain for our sin, without sin of His own he took ours apon Himself that God the Father could look at Him and see us sinless and give us the grace that we don't deserve but get from a loving and caring God and Lord of all.

Q2. (Hebrews 4:15) In what ways did Jesus share our weaknesses? In what ways was Jesus' tempted? Because we know he didn't sin, were his temptations easier or more difficult than ours? Do we have any temptations he didn't have? Why does it comfort us that he can sympathize with our temptations and weaknesses? Scripture says but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are that to me means that Jesus faced every temptation that anyone could face. He was tempted in every way, He had your temptations and mine everyone that has been or every will be faced by a man has been delt with by Jesus for us and he alone can out of it sin less. His temptations were greater than our, He delt with everyone's not just the ones I go through but every other sin any man can come against. We face only minor temptations when compared to Christ so ther e is no way we can have any He has not over come. Tempted in every way means just that there were none that He did not over come on our behalf. It comforts us in that knowing Jesus over came those temptations I may also learn to over come them with His help and strength. I need just remember that my sin were paid for not just the first but also the last. Praise and Glory to God the Father for His forgivness and mercy, I don't have to worry about failure because Jesus has paid the full price and I am free of all burden as long as I remember to confess those weaknesses to Him and ask for forgiveness in His name then I remain in His shadow and the forgiveness is assured.

Q1. (Hebrews 4:14) What is so important about "holding fast to our confession." What is our confession or profession of faith? Why is maintaining this confession so vital? Holding fast to me means keeping it center place in our heart not letting go of it. We must always let our faith show through and that happens when we confess Jesus before men and He confesses us before the Father in heaven. Our confession must be as Romans 10:9-10, say that Jesus is Lord that He is the Son of God that He died and on the third day God raised Him from the dead and sat Him down at His right hand. It is vital because it keep us strong in our faith by reminding us where our help comes from and where we are going. It keeps ou on the right path and helps us to have the strength to love our neighbor as ourselves and try to bring them to know the Lord and make the "Good Confession" that Jesus is also Lord over their lives.

Q4. (Hebrews 4:12-13) What do these two verses have to do with what precedes them? How is the Word described? What effect does the Word have on us? Why do we need to continually expose ourselves to the Word of God? It gives the people who hear another reason for not turning from Christ back to Judaism ,the word judges the heart. It is described as a double edged sword it can cut from either direction and it is sharp cutting through bone and marrow, it can not be stopped it devides the truth from the evil hidden in our hearts lauing it bare for all to see. There is no where to hid from the Lord when He stands before us as Lord and King judging the works of our hands. The word effects our entire being. Jesus the word has taken up residence in our hearts to lead and guide us in the things that a Holy Father would have us to do. He is there always convicting us and allowings us to struggle against the world and learn that He is our comfort if we stand firm in the word ans us it as our sheild and fortress. We must continue in the word because it is our lasting hope and comfort it allows us to remain close to Jesus who is the beginning and finisher of our faith. Only by study and remaining faithful to the word can we finish the race laid out for us since the world began.

Q3. (Hebrews 4:8-11) What do you think the writer of Hebrews means by this promise of "rest" for the believer? Why does the writer urge us: "Make every effort to enter that rest"? What is the difference between apostasy from Christ and the kind of falling into sin that all Christians experience from time to time? I believe that He is refering to that heavenly rest that Jesus is preparing for us who believe and contiue in the faith. If we stand fast to the teaching of the word and write it on our hearts we will strengthen our faith and come to that place where Christ said He was going to prepare for us. We must make every effort in that we must continue to do the job Jesus gave us in spreading the gosple and loving one another,by this we continue in the faith and keep His commandments for us. Apostasy is the turning away giving up the knowledge that Christ is Lord and the only Saviour that we have and His is the only gosple that can bring us to the Father and into His rest. It is differant from sin in that with sin you still have faitha nd that faith will convict you and lead you to repent but the other is a complete turnig away from Christ giving over you faith to follow the worldly life and not have the desire to turn and repent for the joy of the Lord is giving over to **** and God hardens the heart so that you will no longer have a desire to worship Him and He will no longer lead you to Him and turn from you and leave you to spend your eternal life with the devil and his angles.

Q2. (Hebrews 3:12-14) What is the importance of faith in our relationship to Christ? How does sin trick us? How does it harden us? What is the value of Christian fellowship to keep our faith strong? Scripture says that without faith we can not see God, that just about says it all. We can only hope to see God it is our faith that tells us Scripture is true and that some day we will stand in the presence of a just and Holy God to live and reign with Him for ever and ever. Sin tricks us by continully telling us that our faith is fruitless and that we as most people should go the way of the world and do what ever feels good. The lies that come from the father of lies is never ending and tries to destroy our faith in Jesus at every turn. It hardens us by causing us to sin and the more we give in to sin the easier it is to give in and the harder it becomes to resist. Only through the grace and strength of a loving God can we truly resist the arrows of the devil. If our faith is strong it will be harder for the devil to harm us or tempt us into sin and we will be more able to show our faith to others who may not believe and need to be led to know Christ and Him crucified. We must stay strong in the faith to be able to say like Paul I have finshed my race I have kept the course. We all want to recieve that crown laid up for those chosen to serve like Christ the Most High God.

Q1. (Hebrews 3:6b) Why is the writer exhorting his readers to "hold on" to Christ? Why must we continue in our faith? According the writer of Hebrews, what happens if we don't? "And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast" (3:6b). We must hold on to retain our faith in Christ, every day, every hour of the day the devil is trying to destroy our faith in Christ and all He has done and is going to do to for us as children of The Most High God. you are only part of the Messiah's household if you continue firm in your faith in him. Paul says something similar: ".. He says that we can continue to be a part of Christ household if we have the faith to continue to believe in Him as our Saviour. We can only be family if we fight the good fight and continue to worship and praise God and as the disciples ask increase our faith. If we fail to pray, worship, and study from the word then slowly the devil will come and steal our faith and along with it our joy in the knowledge that we are intitled to a life ever lasting and a place that Jesus as gone on before to prepare.

Q5. (Hebrews 2:16-18) Why in God's plan did Jesus have to become human like us? How does his humanity provide encouragement and help to us when we are in trouble? I believe that it was for our benifit, that Jesus had to become man so that we would know that He does understand the things we go through and the temptations that we struggle with. He being God already knew what they because He created all things even the wicked for the day of evil. The Father had a plan that included being able to forgive us our sins and Jesus being made man and suffering on the cross was His plan and praise be to Jesus for doing the Fathers will and saving a wretch like me for that is the only chance I have believing Jesus died for all my sin the first and the last and that He is standing in the presence of the Father doing intercession for me because I am His. Being Human He allows us to know that He does understand and that He will stand in intercession for us as our High Priest and that He truly knows our struggles and is there to help when we cry our to Him in our weakness.

Q4. (Hebrews 2:14-15) What was the purpose of Christ's death according to verses 14 and 15? In what sense is this mission accomplished? In what sense will it see its final completion in the future? What is the result in our lives from Christ's accomplishment? 14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage He was to defeat death and complete the Father work of bringing all His chosen to Him. He defeated death by being raised from the grave after His death on the cross. He will lastly bring all God's chosen His brothers to Him and complete His destruction of death and sin by doing away with the devil and his angles in eternal torment. Our lives are changed for ever when we chose to take Jesus as our Saviour and Lord because we nolonger need to fear death but look foward to a time when Christ will bring us hometoHimand we will be for all time with the Father worshiping and praising Himfor all He has done for us. We have found a sure hope in Christ as our Redeemer and Saviour by His death and resurrection.

Q3. (Hebrews 2:10) What does it mean, to bring many sons and daughters "to glory"? In what sense did Jesus become "perfect" through suffering? What are the implications for our own lives? When Jesus died on the cfross He completed the perfect will of the Father and paid the whole price for our sins and made a way for us to pe pure and Holy in the sight of God. He made a way for us to follow Him as He entered into Heaven to the glory of the Father. Jesus was already perfect in the way we understand perfect but by dying on the cross He completed the perfect will of the Father and said it is finished. He meant that now He was perfect again in the sight of the Father. On the cross He took on our sins and the Father could not look on Him now risen He is again the perfect and only true Son of God and Holy and Righteous in the sight of the Father.

Q2. (Hebrews 2:9) In what way did Christ "taste death for everyone"? Why is this so dependent upon God's grace? If Christ died for your blackest and most stubborn sins, what are the implications for you? He took our sin debt apon Himself and died on the cross so that we could have eternal life with Him and the Father. Onl God can substitute something in place of our sins. He is the one who we sin against and He alone is Judge, so only He can say what it takes for us to become right in His sight. His Grace alone chose Christ as our Saviour and Redeemer with out the Grace of God we would still be in our sins. It implies that not only do I need to be thankful that Christ chose to die for me but that I also should be greatful that God would pardon me and give me the strength to seek to follow after Christ and worship the Father and be in right standing with Him. If I continue in my sins I am rejecting the pain and suffering that Jesus suffered for me and am rejecting Him as my Lord and Saviour. I need to always remember what He has done for me and when I stumble seek to ask His forgiveness and give Him the praise and glory that He deserves as my Lord and Saviour.

Q1. (Hebrews 2:9) In what ways did Jesus suffer during his life and death? In what ways are we likely to suffer? Does suffering have any value? What happens when we live in such a way to avoid all suffering? He suffered in all the ways that we suffer in life going with out food at times, not having a place to stay. Traveling in bad weather across a lake. being beaten and flogged. Had thorns palced on His Head, having a sword pierce His side, being nailed to the tree and having his last breathe drained from Him from the pressure of hanging there on the cross. We suffer in the daily routine of our lives, the bad and the good sometimes cause us pain and we have to indure it. We suffer in seeing our loved ones die and get diseases that take away our health and being to take care of ourselves. We suffer in being uable to afford the necessary things that we need to support our families. I don't think it has a value other than amking us stronger and more thankful for what we do have, Making us stronger in the faith and more dependant on Him for our lives. If we could live and avoid all suffering then we would not have a knowledge of needing God to be our strength and Helper. We would never need to call on Him to guide us in the decisions that we have to make when times get hard and there doesn't seem to be any way out. When we get the feeling we have lost our last friend we would not have known we could turn to the Lord who is closer than a brother.

Q4. (Hebrews 2:3b-4) In what way has the truth of salvation been confirmed to you? Would signs and wonders help or hinder establishing the truth of Christ's ministry today? From which portion of the Bible have you formed your opinion of the value of signs and wonders today? By the faith the I have gain in studying and hearing the Word spoken to me about Christ and all He did for me through His death and Ressurection. I oncwe thought that signs and mircles would help my belief but as I have gotten older I have began to think that they might be a hinderance. And I always remember what Jesus told Thomas blessed is He who has not seen yet believes. I use the New Testament but i think that our faith has to be inforced by reading the Old Testment too and understanding what the Lord was looking for the Isrealites to understand about a relationship with Him. He is the author of our faith with out Him and an understanding of Him our faith is usless.

Q3. (Hebrews 2:1) In what ways are we not immune to drifting away from the gospel? According to the author, how can we successfully resist the tendency to drift? How did Jesus describe this phenomenon of "drift" in the Parable of the Sower? We must pay more careful attention, the author instructs us to take care and pay close attention to what we hear and learn so that we do not stray. By paying attention we continue to listen and learn more of what God would have us do in our life. We put what we have heard and learnded to work teaching others and becoming doers and not hearers only. We become that healthy soil that Jesus spoke of bringing up good fruit unto redemption. Jesus described it twice in the ones who hear and recieve it with great joy but then the cares of the world causes them to forget and turn back to their former selves. The other was the soil that springs forth fruit but the like of careing for the plant, not continuing to hear and pay attention causes it to wither or dry up and be blown away by a strong wind.

Q2. (Hebrews 1:2-3) What about the author's description of the Son makes you think that the Son described is himself divine? What role does the Son have in doing the Father's will according to these verses? He is an exact representation of the Father, He must be devine to be exact. He is everything that the Father is and is empowered with everything that the Father has which means that He is devine within Himself. He caused all things to come to be by His spoken word. He is the power that God uses to acomplish His will. His Spirit is the leader of us and give us the faith and strength to live in the Son and seek to please Him. He is our teacher of truth without Him nothing was made that was made accordingg to John.

Q1. (Hebrews 1:2) In what way do you think the author of Hebrews is using the word "Son"? As a metaphor? As a biological relationship? How would a Son's words have more weight than a prophet's? 1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds I believe that He is telling the people He is speaking to and us that Jesus is the ONLY Son of God, He is heir so that means He is family with the Father. I don't believe that it is a metaphor, that usually means it represents something else but in this case He is telling the people that Jesus is the heir and the only heir is by being family and that means He is the Son. I can see biological relationship but only as I understand Son but this does not apply to Jesus because He always was He created the world by the word of His mouth. He is the alpha and omega the begining and end. His word would carry more weight than a prophet because He is in the presence of the Father and He knows what the Father is telling the prophets before they are able to understand it.

Q5. Why should Christians look forward to the events surrounding our resurrection? Why do you think Christians have largely lost this as their active expectation and hope? What should be done to reclaim these truths? Because at last they will find out that the things that they have believed all their lives is really true and they can rejoice in seeing their Lord and Saviour Jesus and worshiping and praising Him. They will be reunited with their love one who have gone on ahead and given new bodies that can no longe sin or get sick or fear or die. They will know the Loving God who creatted them just for that moment in time when He says come unto me you blessed of my Son. I believe they are like the ones that Paul wa teaching because it has been a long time they fear that they are lost and that maybe their belief is not true. They need to get down on their knees and pray that the Father will first forgive them their doubt and then remember that to God there is no time a thousand years is like one day so who should worry about time but worry that they will be considered worthy to be called. Because many are called but few chosen. They should study to show theirself aproved as workmen and continue in the faith to spread the good news of Christ our Lord.