Pastor's Bible Study

BOTTOM LINE: Jesus is better—so trust Him, follow Him, and finish well.

This lesson is the final of the Hebrews Series. What do we take away from thirteen chapters of Hebrews?

1) Jesus is better

2) Jesus is enough

3) Jesus changes the way we live

4) Jesus is worth finishing for

BOTTOM LINE - Jesus is better—so let His superiority shape your everyday life.

The author of Hebrews has thoroughly taught that Jesus is better. Now he tells us: Live like it. Hebrews 13 takes us out of the theoretical and into the practical. The superiority of Jesus should not merely change what we know. It should change how we live.

So what does a life shaped by the better Jesus look like? It looks like love, faithfulness, contentment, stability, conviction, worship, et. al.

BIG IDEA: Because Jesus is better, don’t trade the eternal riches of Christ for the temporary pleasures of the world.

Hebrews 11 shows us people who lived by faith. Hebrews 12 tells us how their faith becomes our example—and how we keep running our own race. We must run with an enduring faith. Faith doesn’t mean the race will always be easy. Faith means that even when the race is hard, we keep trusting the One who called us to run it.

Faith doesn’t promise that life will always end in triumph; faith gives us the strength to remain faithful whether we experience triumph or tragedy because we know God has promised something better. Do don’t measure God’s faithfulness by your circumstances; measure your circumstances by the faithfulness of God.

For nearly forty years God shaped Abraham’s faith. Abraham learned to trust God when he didn’t know where. He learned to trust God when he didn’t know how. He learned to trust God when he didn’t know when. Now God will ask him to trust Him when he doesn’t know why. This is the greatest test Abraham will ever face.