HEBREWS 5

 
     Hebrews 3:1 "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly
calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession,
Christ Jesus;"

     This is directed to the believers in Jesus Christ. In fact, this
is directed to those who have made Jesus their Lord, as well as their
Saviour. Jesus is the great High Priest of all believers. He
intercedes for us continually before the Father. Let us consider these
followers of Jesus in the following verses. II Peter 1:3 "According as
his divine power hath given unto us all things that [pertain] unto
life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us
to glory and virtue:" II Peter 1:4 "Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust." II Peter 1:5 "And beside this, giving all
diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;"
II Peter 1:6 "And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience;
and to patience godliness;" II Peter 1:7 "And to godliness brotherly
kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity." II Peter 1:8 "For if
these things be in you, and abound, they make [you that ye shall]
neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ." II Peter 1:9 "But he that lacketh these things is blind, and
cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his
old sins." We can easily see that there is a lot to being the called
of God. God expects our life to be so different from the life the
people of the world live,0 that we will be called peculiar people.

    Hebrews 3:2 "Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also
Moses [was faithful] in all his house."

    Numbers 12:7 "My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful in
all mine house." We see an almost identical Scripture in Numbers here.
We know if we were looking at types and shadows, we would be able to
say that Moses was a type of Christ. Moses led his people out of
bondage - Jesus led his people out of bondage. Mighty signs and
wonders followed Moses - even mightier signs and wonders followed
Jesus. We do not want to belabor this point, but, the Father sent them
both on a mission. The difference in the two {possibly the smallest
difference} is that Jesus was the real Deliverer and Moses was His
shadow. The last statement on this that I will make now, is that Moses
was leading his people to their promised land - Jesus is leading us to
our eternal promised land.

     Hebrews 3:3 "For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than
Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than
the house."

     As we said above, Jesus is the real thing, Moses is His shadow.
Jesus Christ was the Creator of all the world and everything in it.
Moses, as great as he was, was still Jesus' creation. Zechariah 6:12
"And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
Behold the man whose name [is] The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of
his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:" Zechariah 6:13
"Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the
glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a
priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them
both." From the foundation of the world, Jesus was the Builder.


     Hebrews 3:4 "For every house is builded by some [man]; but he
that built all things [is] God."

     John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God." John 1:2 "The same was in the beginning
with God." John 1:3 "All things were made by him; and without him was
not any thing made that was made." John 1:14 "And the Word was made
flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of
the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." These
Scriptures in John, which we have used over and over in this series of
lessons, leave no doubt at all who built everything. Jesus Christ was
the Word of God in heaven, as we read in verse 14 above. We, also,
read above that the Word made everything. In the first chapter of
Genesis, we read that even the heavens were created by God. Genesis
1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." Now go
back and look at Hebrews ch.3  v.4 and you will see the full impact of
what it is saying. I will show just one more Scripture and then go on.
Hebrews 1:2 "Hath 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;"

     Hebrews 3:5 "And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as
a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken
after;" Hebrews 3:6 "But Christ as a son over his own house; whose
house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the
hope firm unto the end."

     I Corinthians 6:19 "What? know ye not that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and
ye are not your own?" II Corinthians 6:16 "And what agreement hath the
temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as
God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people." We see above, that the
salvation that Moses brought was for the body here on this earth. His
salvation for the people was a shadow of the great salvation to come.
Just as the first Adam was a man of the flesh and the second Adam
[Jesus Christ] was Spirit; we see these 2 salvations were flesh and
spirit. Let's look at one more Scripture that should really clear this
up for us. Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me."  This leaves no doubt that we Christians are
Christ's abode here on the earth. Realizing this, how could we
continue in sin?

     Hebrews 3:7 "Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye
will hear his voice," Hebrews 3:8 "Harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:" Hebrews 3:9
"When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty
years." Hebrews 3:10 "Wherefore I was grieved with that generation,
and said, They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known
my ways."

     The Holy Ghost is saying, Learn from their mistakes. Whatever you
do, do not harden your heart to God. God was grieved with that
generation, because in spite of all the miracles He did, they still
did not have faith in Him. Faith in God, pleases Him more than
anything else.  We read at one point where God was so disappointed in
man that He wished He had not made them. Genesis 6:6 "And it repented
the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart."

     Our generation is doing the very same thing. Few people really
are searching for God. Sin is rampant in our society. Movies are one
of the downfalls of our people. Rock music has ruined our young
people. Adultery is even laughed at now. The moral structure of our
society is crumbling. Drugs and alcohol are what our society is doing
to hide from the reality that we are out of fellowship with God. If we
do not change our ways, I believe God will turn His back on us. We are
in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ. I will give a few
Scriptures that show beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are in the
last days. II Timothy 3:1 "This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come." II Timothy 3:2 "For men shall be lovers of
their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient
to parents, unthankful, unholy," II Timothy 3:3 "Without natural
affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good," II Timothy 3:4 "Traitors, heady,
highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;" II Timothy
3:5 "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from
such turn away." This leaves no doubt of not only what time we are
living in but, also, what we must do. We must separate ourselves from
this type of life. One more Scripture and we will have this complete.
II Chronicles 7:14 "If my people, which are called by my name, shall
humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land."

     God is a God of individuals. You do not have to follow the crowd.
Repent and live for God. Live your faith in Jesus Christ every day. Be
a separated people for Christ.










                             Questions 5

1.  Who is the Apostle spoken of in verse 1?
2.  Who are the holy brethren addressed in verse 1?
3.  What 2 things has Jesus called us to, in verse 3 of 2 Peter
    chapter 1?
4.  Of whose nature can the Christians partake?
5.  The corruption is in the world through what?
6.  Name some of the virtues the Christian should have.
7.  Who, from the Old Testament, was faithful in all his house, except
    Abraham?
8.  Who, like Christ, delivered his people out of bondage?
9.  Who is a type of shadow of Christ in this lesson?
10. Name at least 3 things in Moses' ministry that reminds us of
    Jesus' ministry.
11. In Hebrews chapter 3 verse 3, who is the Man spoken of?
12. Jesus is the ____ thing, Moses is His ______.
13. In Zechariah chapter 6 verse 12, what name is Jesus called?
14. Every house is builded by some man, but He that built all things
    is ___.
15. What name was Jesus called in John chapter 1 verse 1?
16. Who made all things?
17. What was Jesus' name in heaven?
18. What is the temple of the Holy Ghost?
19. What was the difference in the salvation that Moses brought and
    the salvation that Jesus provided?
20. What Scripture, in Galatians, tells us that Christ lives in us, if
    we are a Christian?
21. What does God tell us not to do in Hebrews chapter 3 verse 8?
22. How many years did God show His greatness to the Israelites on
    their way to the promised land?
23. In Genesis chapter 6 verse 6, what did God repent of?
24. What do you personally think is the downfall of our present
    society?
25. What would you personally suggest that we should do to change all
    of this?