Lecture Outline:

Aim: God expects His children to grow up!

I. Arrested Souls (Hebrews 5.11-6.3)

TR1: Spiritually maturing believers crave the meaty food of solid doctrine.

a. How firm is your grasp on the doctrines or teachings of God’s Word?

b. How well are you able to explain the elementary doctrines of Christ outlined in Hebrews 6.1-3?

II. Apostate Souls (Hebrews 6.4-8)

TR2: Spiritually maturing believers produce God-glorifying fruit in increasing measure.

a. What evidence do you see that shows you are maturing spiritually?

b. What specific steps do you need to take to produce more God-glorifying fruit?

c. Are you living as an effective witness to solid doctrine and the truth of Bible? Or are you giving others a reason to cry: ‘Hypocrite!’?

III. Anchored Souls (Hebrews 6.9-20)

TR3: Spiritually maturing believers anchor their souls in the hope Christ provides.

a. In what ways could you begin to or continue to redefine yourself as a diligent, persevering saint?

b. How does God’s doubly guaranteed promise to be both your refuge and the anchor of your soul spur you on to grow up in the faith?

c. Which of the six guardrails in Hebrew 6 will you use to motivate your diligence?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: Our sin must die for holiness to thrive.

I. Sinful Consumption (Leviticus 11)

TR1: Holiness thrives when we separate ourselves from all God calls unclean.

a. What are you consuming that God calls unholy or impure?

b. What unclean thing or things do you fail to resist and habitually allow to take up residence in your spiritual body?

c. Will what you consume delight or disgust God? Will it hinder or help your growth in holiness?

II. Sinful Contamination (Leviticus 13-14)

TR2: Holiness thrives when we separate ourselves from soul-contaminating worldliness.

a. What unclean things of this world are you allowing to contaminate you?

b. In which areas of your life do you look more like the world than like Jesus?

III. Sinful Condition (Leviticus 12, 15)

TR3: Holiness thrives when we separate ourselves from heart impurities.

a. What impurities are lurking in your heart?

b. How are they flowing out of you?

c. What could you do to purify your heart?

Lecture Outline:

Aim: Jesus, our Great High Priest, ushers us into the fullness of God’s presence.

I. Sympathetic Priest (Hebrews 4.14-16)

TR1: As our Great High Priest, Jesus accomplished all that is needednfor us to confidently come to His throne of grace.

a. When was the last time you drew near to God’s throne of grace?

b. How confident are you that this privilege belongs to you?

c. Which current need or struggle would be best addressed at God’s throne of grace?

II. Superior Priest (Hebrews 5.1-10)

TR2: As our Great High Priest, Jesus accomplished all that is needed to gift us with countless benefits.

a. What benefits do you acknowledge are yours through Christ’s work on the Cross?

b. How might a fuller understanding of the Cross and all its benefits deepen your love for God?

c. Which of your failings or sufferings are keeping you from fully comprehending the love letter Christ wrote for you on the Cross?