HEBREWS 31


     We will begin this lesson in Hebrews 12:15 "Looking diligently
lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;"

     We are told to not let the sun go down on our wrath. We are also
told to forgive. Even part of the Lord's prayer says Forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. It is even
dangerous to take communion if we are bitter toward any one.
I Corinthians 11:27 "Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and
drink [this] cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body
and blood of the Lord." I Corinthians 11:28 "But let a man examine
himself, and so let him eat of [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup."
I Corinthians 11:29 "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily,
eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's
body." I Corinthians 11:30 "For this cause many [are] weak and sickly
among you, and many sleep." Jude 1:20 "But ye, beloved, building up
yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,"
Jude 1:21 "Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life."

     Hebrews 12:16 "Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person,
as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright."

     We spoke of this in a previous lesson, how we have been adopted
in to the family of God. If we walk away from God, and go back in to
the sinful way of life, it is as if we have no respect for our
birthright in Jesus Christ. I Thessalonians 4:4 "That every one of you
should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;"
I Thessalonians 4:5 "Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the
Gentiles which know not God:" I Thessalonians 4:6 "That no [man] go
beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord
[is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and
testified." I Thessalonians 4:7 "For God hath not called us unto
uncleanness, but unto holiness."

     Hebrews 12:17 "For ye know how that afterward, when he would have
inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears."

     This again, has to do with those who have the gift of salvation,
and have walked in the Light of God. If a person has been adopted in
to the family of God and then turns away from God it would be like
crucifying Jesus all over again. Salvation is a daily walk. It is not
something we take on and off as we please. Luke 13:24  "Strive to
enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to
enter in, and shall not be able."  Luke 13:25 "When once the master of
the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to
stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto
us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye
are:" Luke 13:26 "Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk
in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets." Luke 13:27 "But
he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from
me, all ye workers of iniquity."  God will help us if we try to live
for Him, but if we turn away from Him after we have been saved, and
have a way of life, of sin, again, He will not help us after that.

     Hebrews 12:18 "For ye are not come unto the mount that might be
touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness,
and tempest,"

     Exodus 19:12 "And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round
about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, [that ye] go [not] up into the
mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall
be surely put to death:" Exodus 19:13 "There shall not an hand touch
it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether [it be]
beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they
shall come up to the mount." It was then and it is now, certain death
to try to reach God the Father by any other plan than the plan He has
provided for us. The way to God the Father is by His Son Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the door to heaven that we must pass through. We are not
acceptable to God the Father until we have been washed in the blood of
the Lamb {Jesus Christ}. Romans 14:18 "For he that in these things
serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men."  I Peter
2:5 "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an
holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God
by Jesus Christ." We are acceptable to the Father, because we have
taken on the righteousness of Christ. Philippians 3:9 "And be found in
him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith:"

     Hebrews 12:19 "And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of
words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should
not be spoken to them any more:"

     Exodus 19:16  "And it came to pass on the third day in the
morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud
upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that
all the people that [was] in the camp trembled." Fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom. They did not understand what they saw and
heard, but they knew it was far greater than anyone they had ever
encountered. This is when they asked Moses to speak to God for them,
and then bring the message to them. The really strange thing to me is
after this loud voice from this mountain {that sounded like a trumpet}
spoke the 10 commandments, they still made the golden calf. Why did
they not heed this voice that they were so afraid of? One of the first
things He told them was not to make a graven image. They had heard the
voice of God, and then made the golden calf and worshipped it.  When
Jesus comes back for the Christians, the trumpet will blow and the
voice of the Word will call to the believers. Jesus is the Word. I
Thessalonians 4:16 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:"


     Hebrews 12:20 "(For they could not endure that which was
commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be
stoned, or thrust through with a dart:"

     Their regard for the commandments of God was not what it should
have been. Romans 3:19 "Now we know that what things soever the law
saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be
stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." Romans 3:20
"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified
in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin."  There was no
possible way that they could keep the law. They did not even
understand why they were doing these things, so even if they did keep
the letter of the law, it was not enough, because their heart was not
in it. We will see the purpose of the law and all of the ordinances in
the next Scripture. Galatians 3:24 "Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by
faith." Jesus Christ was the fulfillment of the law. If we look to Him
for our salvation, then we are no longer under the law. Galatians 3:25
"But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."



































                             Questions 31

1.  What is spoken of that defiles a person in Hebrews chapter 12
    verse 15?
2.  What are we not to let the sun go down on?
3.  Forgive us our trespasses as we ______ _____ ___ _______ ____ ___.
4.  What are we guilty of if we take communion unworthily?
5.  What are the penalties many pay for taking communion unworthily?
6.  Keep your selves in the ____ of God.
7.  Who is spoken of as a fornicator in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 16?
8.  If we walk back into a sinful way of life after we have been
    saved, it is like what?
9.  Everyone of you should know how to posses his vessel in _________
    and _____.
10. God has not called us unto uncleanness, but unto _________.
11. Salvation is a daily ____.
12. What will the Lord Jesus say to many who attempted to get in the
    gate, but did not live what they professed?
13. What were the people told not to do, while the presence of God was
    on the mount?
14. What would happen to them if they touched the mountain?
15. What is the only way we can reach heaven or the Father?
16. What makes us acceptable unto the Father?
17. What are Christians called in 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 5?
18. The only righteousness acceptable to God is through what?
19. Who is the Voice of Words?
20. What had frightened these Israelites at the mount where God was?
21. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of ______.
22. What terrible thing did these people do after they heard the voice
    of God, speak the 10 commandments to them?
23. Who is the Word?
24. Who was the law for?
25. By the law is the knowledge of what?
26. The law was our ____________ to bring us to Christ.
27. After that ______ hath come we are no longer under a ____________.