Thursday, July 12, 2012

Hebrews Outlines

The New Testament: An Historical and Analytic Survey by Merrill C. Tenney 

I.  The Better Messenger: the Son         (1.1-2.18)
         Qualifications         1.1-3
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         Superiority to Angels         1.4-14   
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                   Parenthesis: The Period of Neglect         2.1-4   
         The Incarnation         2.5-18
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II.  The Better Apostle       (3.1-4.13) 
         Superiority to Moses        3.1-6                         
                  Parenthesis: : The Peril of Unbelief        3.7-19
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          Superiority of His Rest        4.1-10   
                  Parenthesis The Peril of Disobedience        4.11-13
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III.  The Better Priest         (4.14-7.28)
          Comparison with Aaron        4.14-5.4   
          The Order of Malchizedek        5.5-7.25
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                     Appointed        5.5-6   
                    Author of salvation        5.7-10
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                             Parenthesis: The Peril of Immaturity       5.11-6.12  
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                      Foreruner        6.13-20   
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                     A living priest        7.1-17   
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                     Constistuted by oath        7.18-25   
          Relation to Sacrifice         7.26-28
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IV.  The Better Covenant          ((8.1-9.28)
         The Establishment of the Covenant          8.1-13
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          The Content of the Old Covenant          9.1-10
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          Christ and the New Covenant          9.11-28
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V.  The Better Sacrifice          (10.1-31)        
           Impotence of the Law          10.1-4
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            The Offering of Christ           10.5--18
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                  Parenthesis:The Peril of Rejection          10.19-31
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VI.  The Better Way: Faith          (10.32-12.29)
          The Need of Faith         10.32-39
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           Examples of Faith         11.1-40
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            Exercise of Faith         12.1-17
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            The Objective of Faith         12.18-24
                  Parenthesis: The Peril of Refusal         12.25-29
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 VII.  Conclusion: The Practice of Faith          (13.1-25)
           In Social Relations         13.1-6
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            In Spiritual Relations         13.7-17
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           Personal Salutations         13.18-25
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Inductive Bible Study site
 1 Chapter 1:1-4. Deity of Jesus
    2 Chapter 1:4-14. Jesus Compared to Angels
    3 Chapter 2:1 -8. Man, Not Angels, Lord of Future World
    4 Chapter 2:9-18. Christ's Unity with Man
    5 Chapter 3:1 -6. Christ Compared to Moses
    6 Chapter 3:7-19. Warning against Unbelief
    7 Chapter 4:1-11. Canaan a Type of Heaven
    8 Chapter 4:12-13. Power of God's Word
    9 Chapter 4:14-16. Christ Our High Priest
    10 Chapter 5:1-10. Christ Compared to Levitical Priests
    11 Chapter 5:11-14. Dull of Hearing
    12 Chapter 6. Warning Against Apostasy
    13 Chapter 7:1-10. Melchizedek
    14 Chapter 7:11-12. Levitical Priesthood Temporary
    15 Chapter 7:13-28. Christ's Priesthood Eternal
    16 Chapter 8. The New Covenant
    17 Chapter 9:1-14. Christ and the Tabernacle
    18 Chapter 9:15-28. The New Testament
    19 Chapter 10:1-25. Sin Removed Forever
    20 Chapter 10:26-39. Rejection of Christ
    21 Chapter 11. Heroes of Faith
    22 Chapter 12. Keep Your Eyes Upon Jesus
    23 Chapter 13. Gracious Exhortations


Verse by verse inductive and exegetical Bible Studies into the Book of Hebrews:
  1. Hebrews 1:1-4         Jesus is Supreme!
  2. Hebrews 1:5-14       The Sonship of Christ!
  3. Hebrews 2:1-4           Listen to Christ!
  4. Hebrews 2:5-11        Jesus Founds our Salvation!
  5. Hebrews 2:12-18      Jesus our Compassionate God!
  6. Hebrews 3:1-6          Jesus is Greater than Moses!
  7. Hebrews 3:7-19        Learning from Failure!
  8. Hebrews 4:1-11        A Rest for the God's People!
  9. Hebrews 4:12-13    The Piercing Power of God's Word!
  10. Hebrews 4:14-16    Jesus our High Priest!
  11. Hebrews 5:1-10       Jesus the One Who we Go To!
  12. Hebrews 5:11-14     Our Call to Christian Maturity!
  13. Hebrews 6:1-12        Beware of Apostasy!
  14. Hebrews 6:13-20      We have Hope in God!
  15. Hebrews 7:1-10        Melchizedek the Forerunner!
  16. Hebrews 7:11-28      Melchizedek: the Christ Archetype!
  17. Hebrews 8:1-13        Christ our High Priest!
  18. Hebrews 9:1-10        Jesus is our Perfect Sanctuary!
  19. Hebrews 9:11-28      The Blood of Christ!
  20. Hebrews 10:1-18      Christ's Sufficient Sacrifice!
  21. Hebrews 10:19-25   The Full Assurance of Faith!
  22. Hebrews 10:26-39   The Danger of Apostasy!
  23. Hebrews 11:1-16      What is Faith?
  24. Hebrews 11:17-31    The Hall of Fame of Faith!
  25. Hebrews 11:31-40    Examples of Faith!
  26. Hebrews 12:1-3        Jesus; the Perfecter of our Faith!
  27. Hebrews 12:4-13      Jesus Helps in our Struggle of Faith!
  28. Hebrews 12:14-29    Strive for Jesus!
  29. Hebrews 13:1-8        True Love with Jesus!
  30. Hebrews 13:9-25      Concluding Exhortations!!



Lesson 2            Jesus, a Better Messenger                                                                                              Hebrews 1:1-4
Lesson 3            Jesus, Better Than the Angels                                                                                         Hebrews 1:4-14
Lesson 4            Jesus, a Better Brother (and 1st warning)                                                                    Hebrews 2:1-18
Lesson 5            Jesus, Better than Moses (and 2nd warning)                                                               Hebrews 3:1-19
Lesson 6            Jesus, a Better Rest (and 3rd warning)                                                                          Hebrews 4:1-13
Lesson 7            Jesus, a Better Priest                                                                                                       Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Lesson 8            Danger of Immaturity and Apostasy (4th warning)                                                    Hebrews 5:11-6:12
Lesson 9            Jesus, the Forerunner                                                                                                      Hebrews 6:13-20
Lesson 10          Jesus, the Forever Priest                                                                                                 Hebrews 7:1-22
Lesson 11          Jesus, Guarantor and Priest of the Better Covenant                                                 Hebrews 7:22-8:7
Lesson 12          The Better Covenant                                                                                                         Hebrews 8:6-13
Lesson 13          Christ, Mediator of the New Covenant                                                                         Hebrews 9:1-28
Lesson 14          Christ, the Last Sacrifice                                                                                                 Hebrews 10:1-18
Lesson 15          Confident Access and Danger of Willful Sinning (5th warning)                              Hebrews 10:19-39
Lesson 16          Hall of Faith                                                                                                                      Hebrews 11
Lesson 17          Jesus, Author and Perfecter of Our Faith (and 6th warning)                                    Hebrews 12:1-17
Lesson 18          The Unshakable Kingdom                                                                                               Hebrews 12:18-29
Lesson 19          The Practice of Faith                                                                                                       Hebrews 13
Lesson 20          Review of the Warning Passages
Lesson 21          Review of How Jesus is Superior