PAY ATTENTION (1 OF 12)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-14, Hebrews 2:1-4
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Pay Attention (1 of 12)
Series: Better: A Study in Hebrews
Joshua Malone
Hebrews 1:1-14, 2:1-4
ILLUS. - Have you ever been caught NOT paying attention when you should be?
Red light turns and you are mentally checked out and people are honking.
The teacher called on you in class and you were in la la land.
Zoned out at a meeting and at the next meeting didn't realize what had been assigned to you.
Conversation with your spouse and get caught nodding along but not really listening.
Everyone has zoned out. We've all failed to PAY ATTENTION. - Today as we kick off our series in Hebrews we are going to see the writer is going to urge us to PAY ATTENTION. To what? To God, to His Son Jesus Christ, to His Word, His Gospel.
Before we dive into Hebrews it's always important to know the CONTEXT of the book. Who wrote, to whom, when, what was going on, and so forth. - But with Hebrews, there is a lot we don't know!
Author - The book does not tell us who wrote. There have been many guess... Paul, Barnabass, Luke, Apollos. The truth is we don't know. It may have been none of those. It likely wasn't Paul since he always put his name in his letters. We do know that they had a keen understanding of the OT, and also the Greek language.
Time - It was likely written before 70 AD. Commentators point out the way he writes, it seems sacrifices were still being offered at the temple, and the temple was destroyed in 70 AD. He also mentions Timothy, a contemporary of Paul.
Recipients - We can't be certain on the exact audience but given internal evidence we know that they were steeped in knowledge of the OT. It was likely a group of Jewish Christians who were Greek speaking, or what we term Hellenistic Jewish Christians.
Occasion - It seems these believes had endured persecution and some were growing weary. In fact it seems that some were endanger of retreating from the faith. The writer writes to point them to Jesus and to display there is no ne ...
Series: Better: A Study in Hebrews
Joshua Malone
Hebrews 1:1-14, 2:1-4
ILLUS. - Have you ever been caught NOT paying attention when you should be?
Red light turns and you are mentally checked out and people are honking.
The teacher called on you in class and you were in la la land.
Zoned out at a meeting and at the next meeting didn't realize what had been assigned to you.
Conversation with your spouse and get caught nodding along but not really listening.
Everyone has zoned out. We've all failed to PAY ATTENTION. - Today as we kick off our series in Hebrews we are going to see the writer is going to urge us to PAY ATTENTION. To what? To God, to His Son Jesus Christ, to His Word, His Gospel.
Before we dive into Hebrews it's always important to know the CONTEXT of the book. Who wrote, to whom, when, what was going on, and so forth. - But with Hebrews, there is a lot we don't know!
Author - The book does not tell us who wrote. There have been many guess... Paul, Barnabass, Luke, Apollos. The truth is we don't know. It may have been none of those. It likely wasn't Paul since he always put his name in his letters. We do know that they had a keen understanding of the OT, and also the Greek language.
Time - It was likely written before 70 AD. Commentators point out the way he writes, it seems sacrifices were still being offered at the temple, and the temple was destroyed in 70 AD. He also mentions Timothy, a contemporary of Paul.
Recipients - We can't be certain on the exact audience but given internal evidence we know that they were steeped in knowledge of the OT. It was likely a group of Jewish Christians who were Greek speaking, or what we term Hellenistic Jewish Christians.
Occasion - It seems these believes had endured persecution and some were growing weary. In fact it seems that some were endanger of retreating from the faith. The writer writes to point them to Jesus and to display there is no ne ...
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