I.     God has spoken (1:1-2a)

II.    God has spoken through His Son (1:2b-3)
   
The Seven Descriptions of Jesus Christ:

#1--He is the heir of all things.

#2--He created the world.

#3--He is the radiance of the glory of God.

#4--He is the exact imprint of His nature.

I.     The Son’s Name – Hebrews 1:4-5

II.   The Son’s Divine Glory – Hebrews 1:6

III.  The Son’s Sovereign Lordship – Hebrews 1:7-9

IV.  The Son’s Creatorship – Hebrews 1:10-12

I.     He took on flesh to taste death for sinners (2:5-9)

II.    He took on flesh to bring many sons to glory (2:10-13)

III.   He took on flesh to destroy Satan (2:14-16)

IV.   He took on flesh to be our High Priest (2:17-18)

I.   Jesus is the best example of faithfulness (3:1-6)

 A. The comparison (3:2)

 B. The contrast (3:3-6)

 C.  The conclusion (3:1,6)

 II.  The warning:  Be faithful (3:7-19)

 The warnings of faithlessness

I.    The Rest that God Promises (4:1–11)

II.   The Word That God Speaks (4:12–13)

First, it is the divine Word.

Second, it is the living Word.

Third, it is the powerful Word.

I.  Jesus Christ’s Qualifications to be High Priest – Hebrews 5:1-10

 A.  The Old Testament Principles for the Qualifications of the    High Priest v.1-4

 B.  The Appointment of Christ as High Priest v. 5-10

I.    The author’s challenge (6:1–3)

Don’t go backward (6:1–2)

Go on to maturity! (6:3)

II.   The author’s warning of apostasy (6:4–8)

I.     Understanding the great parenthesis:  Hebrews 5:11-6:20

II.     Gaining assurance with God that really changes one’s life:  Hebrews 6: 9-12

A.   Cooling words after the blast-furnace  v. 9

B.   God who never forgets even the little things done for him v.10

I.     A New Order of Priesthood – Heb. 7:1-14

I.     A New Order of Priesthood – Heb. 7:1-14

I.  Jesus is the High Priest of a Better Sanctuary (8:1-5)

 a.     It’s a better sanctuary because it is not a copy;
         it’s the real thing.

 b.     It’s a better sanctuary because Jesus himself ministers
                    there.

I.  The seriousness of our problem
II. The power of God's solution
    a. When Christ appeared He made a sacrifice with His own blood.
    b. When Christ appeared He secured an eternal redemption.
    c. When Christ appeared He brought us to God.

I.     Nothing but the blood could bring justification (10:1-4)
II.    Nothing but the blood could bring sanctification (10:5-10)
III.   Nothing but the blood could bring rest (10:11-12)