Hebrews studies series
PRACTICING OUR FAITH
Hebrews 13:1-6
HEBREWS STUDY #29
A complete study
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How can you tell when a person has faith?
James 2:18 - Yea, a man may say,
Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith
without
thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
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Why is it important to live our faith?
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How is the Bible practical?
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What important practical question do we
need to ask God and ourselves as we read the Bible, sit in a Bible study, or
listen to a sermon?
We come to Hebrews 13 and find that the first 6 verses are
extremely practical. They teach us how
to put “shoe leather on our faith”. If
we say that we have faith in Christ, we should show it through practicing the
following qualities:
ð What does “brotherly love” mean to you?
ð Why is brotherly love important in a family? In the Church? Is there any difference?
ð We are to let brotherly love “continue”. When did it start? Why must we make a conscious effort to
continue it?
ð The church was greatly persecuted at the time this Epistle was
written. Why is brotherly love all the
more important when we are being persecuted or ridiculed for our faith?
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Christian
hospitality is in view here. It seems
that it was very much needed in the days before good places to stay and eat.
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Should Christian
hospitality be practiced among those who know each other well?
Acts 2:46 - And they, continuing
daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread
from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and
singleness of heart,
Romans 12:13 - Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
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Why is
hospitality in general and Christian hospitality in particular becoming a lost
art?
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What can we do to
remedy the problem?
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Who entertained
angels in Scripture?
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In what ways
might we end up entertaining an “angel” today?
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Who are some of
the people we should remember in “bonds”?
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How can we act
like we are in bonds with someone?
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What specifically
can we do for these people?
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What are some of
the adversities fellow believers are suffering?
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How will
remembering that we are “also in the body” effect our
behavior towards those that suffer?
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Why do some
groups practice celibacy?
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When is celibacy
good? When is it bad?
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Why is celibacy
generally not necessary?
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Why is it that
more and more people “live together” before they are married?
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Marriage is
honorable. Being married should be
considered an honor and should be treated as such.
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How do some
people dishonor their marriage?
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In what ways does
God judge marital infidelity?
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Read Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt
not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet
thy neighbour's wife, nor
his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his
ass, nor any thing that is thy
neighbour's.
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What does it mean
to covet?
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How is
contentment a lack of covetousness?
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Read 1 Timothy
6:10
For
the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they
have
erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows.
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Why is the “love
of money” the “root of all evil”?
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How can we tell
we love money?
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What is the
remedy for covetousness?
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Why should Jesus
presence in our lives make us content?
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How does the
“fear of man” hurt us?
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How do we make
the Lord our helper?
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How does being
content help us be courageous?
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How does being
courageous help us to be content?