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New Testament

New Testament. BCM 103 Dr. Dave Mathewson Gordon College/Denver Seminary. Hebrews: Review. They’ve got everything to loose and everything to gain if they go forward and embrace Christ Exposition and Exhortation alternates Jesus superior to Moses, OT Law, OT Tabernacle and Temple…

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New Testament

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  1. New Testament BCM 103Dr. Dave MathewsonGordon College/Denver Seminary

  2. Hebrews: Review • They’ve got everything to loose and everything to gain if they go forward and embrace Christ • Exposition and Exhortation alternates • Jesus superior to Moses, OT Law, OT Tabernacle and Temple… • Readers teeter-tottering • Readers may not have made a complete transition to Christ

  3. Hebrews 3-4 • Comparison/Analogy: one aspect of Israel’s history—the wilderness generation • Old Covenant People of God (wilderness) • New Covenant People of God • Promised Rest • Message: as the New Covenant people of God, do not commit the same error as your Old Covenant ancestors and miss God’s promised salvation rest.

  4. The Warnings in Hebrews • Hypothetical • Loss of Salvation (Arminian) • Not Truly Saved (Calvinism) • Loss of Reward • What sin are they in danger of committing? • Outright refusal to follow Christ, willful turning away from Christ

  5. Hebrews 6.4-6 • “They have been enlightened” • “Tasted the heavenly gift” • “Shared in the Holy Spirit” • “Tasted the goodness of God’s word” • “Tasted the powers of the coming age” • “Fall away”

  6. Covenant and the Bible • God acts to establish a relationship with his people; he “adopts” them as his people. • There are conditions that must be met in order to maintain that relationship. • God’s promises for those who live/fail to live within the covenant relationship.

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