Hey there friends! Below is my outline of a great chapter in the bible that walks us thru how to live as a Christian with other believers and with non believers! There is amazing stuff in there so I encourage y'all to read the chapter before you read my outline (read the best before the worst right?!)!
Hebrews 4 - Christian Living
1.
4:1-3 – Make every effort to maintain unity
a.
You must “live a life worthy of the calling you
have received” (vs. 1).
i. You
live out this calling by being “completely humble and gentle”. You also have to
“be patient, bearing with one another in love” (vs. 2).
ii. Another
part of the calling is to “make every
effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace” (vs.
3).
2.
4:4-6 –
We should be unified because God is unified.
a.
It is important to remember that there is only
one God but He is triune in nature. Since God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
are one, we as a church should be as well.
b.
List of “one’s” (vs 4-6)
i. One
body
ii. One
Spirit
iii. One
hope
iv. One
Lord
v. One
faith
vi. One
baptism
vii. One
God and Father
3.
4:7-16 – Christ gives us gifts to edify the
body.
a.
4:7-10 – Christ gave us all a gift but had to
pay a price to do it.
i. To
each believer “grace has been given as Christ apportioned it” (vs. 7).
ii. Christ
“descended to the lower earthly regions” so he could “ascend higher than all
the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe” (vs 9,10).
4.
4:11-16 – Each believer has their own gift set
which increases the maturity of the body.
a.
“So Christ Himself gave the apostles, the
prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers” (vs. 11).
i. Every
gift has its own purpose for the body.
b.
These gifts are meant to “equip His people for
works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up” (vs. 12).
c.
This edification of the body of Christ will lead
to “unity in the faith”, “knowledge of the Son of God”, becoming “mature” and
“attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (vs. 13).
d.
If we do this we will be firm in our faith with
Christ and will not be “tossed back and forth by the waves and blown here and
there by every wind of teaching” (vs. 14).
e.
We will “speak the truth in love (vs. 15)” and
the body will “build itself up in love as each part does its work
5.
4:17-19 – Gentiles live a dark life away from
God.
a.
Don’t live as non-believers (gentiles) do because
“they are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God
because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts
(vs. 18)”.
i. List
of what the gentiles have done (vs. 19)
1.
They have lost all sensitivity.
2.
They have given themselves over to sensuality.
3.
They indulge in every kind of impurity.
4.
They are full of greed.
6.
4:20-24 – Live a life that is centered on God.
a.
As believers, we were taught “to put off your
old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires (vs. 22)” and “to
put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness
(vs. 24)”.
7.
4:25-28 – Be honest and do not stay angry.
a.
We are called to “speak truthfully to your
neighbor” because “we are all members of one body” (vs. 25).
b.
If you “allow the sun to go down while you are
still angry (vs. 26)” you “give the devil a foothold” (vs. 27).
c.
We must “steal no longer” (vs. 28).
8.
4:29-32 – Do not speak unwholesomely and be
kind.
a.
4:29-30 – We need to edify others or else our
actions will “grieve the Holy Spirit (vs. 30)”.
b.
We must get rid of (vs. 31):
i. Bitterness
ii. Rage
iii. Anger
iv. Brawling
v. Slander
vi. Malice
c.
Instead we must “be kind and compassionate to
one another, forgiving each other, just in Christ God forgave you” (vs. 32).
Thanks for reading! If you have any questions let me know!
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