1. Summer 2013

2.  Exhortation to endurance (10:32-39)  Recall the former days of suffering/persecution  They had done properly  Now, don’t throw away your confidence—don’t give up!  Endure, so you won’t lose what is promised  Isaiah 26:20; Habakkuk 2:3-4  The righteous live by faith  We are not cowards  Two alternatives:  Hold on in faith  Withdraw to apostasy and perish

3.  Introduction (1-2)  Faith is what faith does!  Reminder of their Faith from the Beginning (3-7)  Faith of the patriarchs (8-22)  They lived in faith, they died in faith  Faith of Moses (23-28)  Parents, young man, leaving Egypt, kept Passover  Other examples of faith (29-38)  Conclusion (39-40)  They died in faith not having received fulfillment

4.  Looking to Jesus (1-3)  The Lesson of Discipline (4-11)  God’s word, God’s love, God’s purpose  Encouraging Others (12-17)  “See to it” (episkopos): no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up; that no on is immoral or unholy like Esau  Sinai vs. Zion (18-24)  How can those who have been to Mount Zion desire to return to Mount Sinai?  Let Us Be Grateful (25-29)

5.  Practical Exhortations (1-6)  Brotherly Love  Hospitality  Remember those in prison and who are mistreated  Marriage held in honor  Avoid greed and be content with what you have

6.  Practical Exhortations (1-6)  Warning Against False Teachers (7-16)  Remember your leaders  Jesus is the same yesterday, TODAY, and forever  Food vs. Grace of God  Let us go outside the camp to Jesus and bear the shame he endured  Continuing to offer sacrifice of praise to God  Do good to and share what we have with others

7.  Practical Exhortations (1-6)  Warning Against False Teachers (7-16)  Final Words (17-25)  Obey and submit to leaders  Leaders:  Watch over;  Will give an account;  Should do this with joy  Pray for us  His prayer for them  Final greeting

8. Summer 2013