Should women be serving as pastors, deacons, or leaders? Or should they remain quiet? What’s the difference between “presenting yourselves” to God and “presenting your members” to God? Do the warnings to the seven churches in Revelation contradict the message of Grace?

Can you talk about Jesus as the Lamb of God? Why does Jesus say “Depart from Me” to some? How do I raise my child with new covenant teaching? Is there a certain evidence of true salvation? How should we view the fallen world and the political world? Am I allowed to defend myself in a lawsuit?

Make every effort to enter God’s rest? Try to rest? Sounds like a bit of a paradox to me! So, what is this Hebrews 4 invitation really about?

Growing up, I believed Hebrews 4 was an invitation to believers to try to reach a second level or second tier of Christian experience – a higher plane of spiritual rest and victory. But believing that set me on a path toward chasing a superior experience that was always elusive.

So, what does it really mean to enter God’s rest? In this message, you’ll discover the liberating truth that you’ve already entered it. You’ll also be introduced to a High Priest that is sympathetic toward your weaknesses and isn’t trying to get you to be someone different.

Realizing this matters, so be encouraged and enjoy this message!

Discussion Questions:

1. What is “God’s rest” and how does a person come short of it? 

2. How is the seventh day used as an analogy for us today?

3. Explain the paradox of asking them to be diligent (or make every effort) to rest.

4. How have you seen Jesus sympathize with your weaknesses?

5. According to verse 16, what can we feel about talking with God? What can we always expect from Him?

What is a grace-based approach to doing a wedding? How do we live out the message of Christ in us? Is the Romans 7 struggle a description of pre-conversion Saul or post-conversion Paul?

What is the difference between deception from Satan and a delusion from God? My church states that tithing was part of the “natural law”? Did tithing really occur before the law? Should New Testament giving be more than ten percent?

Are Christians only free from the ceremonial law or the moral law too? I have religious OCD and scrupulosity, and I constantly wonder if I'm really saved. Can you help me?

How do we escape a performance mindset? How do I stop feeling like I should be more knowledgeable and mature? Does 2 Corinthians 5:10 describe a judgment for believers?

What is the role of the Holy Spirit? Why does Paul say the Law is written in the unbelievers’ heart? Do we have to ask forgiveness for each sin? What does it mean to honor the finished work of Christ?

I struggle with obsessive thoughts about hating God. Does this mean I am in danger? Your message about not having fear really freed me. Thank you! How does the renewing of the mind really happen? What is a reprobate mind? Can a Christian have one? Hebrews is an awesome summary of the new covenant. What can you say about it? What should I look for in a church?

Remember what happened when your ancestors rejected God’s message? They wandered in the desert for forty years. Now, God has a new message for you, so don’t neglect it or you’ll find yourself in a spiritual wilderness.

Hebrews 3 offers a stern warning concerning the importance of belief in the Gospel. The author tells his readers to make sure they don’t have an evil, unbelieving heart.

Realizing this passage was written to address unbelievers is so important! This offers context when we get to those potentially frightening passages about continuing in sin (unbelief!) in Hebrews 6 and 10.

In this message, you’ll gain the clarity you’re looking for and begin to realize there’s no cause for fear when you’re “reading someone else’s mail.”

Discussion Questions:

1. Why does the author bother to say that Jesus is greater than Moses?

2. What does it mean to enter God’s rest? Have you?

3. What was the main reason the Israelites did not enter the Promised Land? How does this relate to God’s message today?

4. How do we know the author is speaking of unbelievers in verse 12?

5. What are the “synonyms” in verses 17-19? Why are they so important to recognize?

6. Consider the stern warnings that come up later in Hebrews 6 and 10. How does chapter 3 help give them context?