Today’s passage: Hebrews 6:13-20
Helpful thoughts:
- God cannot lie. It is impossible for Him to do so. All of His promises are sure!
- It should not have been a surprise that Christ came and died for the sins of the world, He fulfilled the promises of God in doing so. Christ became our High Priest forever.
- Abraham is given as an example of believing in the promises of God and thereafter obtaining them.
- With the record of God’s fulfilled promises, with His righteous and truthful character, and with the sure promises we still have ahead, we have “strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope” and “a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul.”
Questions to consider:
- How does this passage tie into and complete the progression of thought from the previous one (See verse 12)? What turns our sluggishness into hope and earnestness?
- On whom does our future rely? If we were counting on ourselves alone to make it to glory, what reason would we have for hope? How does faith in Christ give us true rest for our souls?
- If Jesus is our forerunner within the veil, where does that permit us to go? Is there any barrier to the glory of God for those who are in Christ?