Moving on to Maturity
The Letter to the Hebrews

PROLOGUE  (1:1-4)

1. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST (1:5 – 4:16)
   1. The Exaltation of God’s King-Son (1:5-14)
   2. First Warning / Exhortation: “Don’t Neglect!” (2:1-4)
   3. The Dominion of God’s King-Son (2:5-18)
      1. The King-Son’s Future Rule (2:5-9)
      2. The King-Son’s Family (2:10-18)
   4. Second Warning / Exhortation: “Enter God’s Rest!” (3:1-4:16)
      1. The Call to Faithfulness (3:1-6)
      2. The Lesson from Israel’s Failure (3:7-19)
      3. The Call to Rest (4:1-11)
      4. The Means of Entering Rest (4:12-16)
         1. God’s Word (4:12-13)
         2. God’s Throne of Grace (4:14-16)
             
2. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST (5:1-10:39)
   1. The  Qualifications of Christ, Our High Priest (5:1-10)
   2. Third Warning / Exhortation: “Let us go on!” (5:11-6:20)
      1. The Problem of Immaturity (5:11-14)
      2. The Solution to the Problem (6:1-8)
      3. Our Sure Hope (6:9-20)
   3. The Office of Christ, Our High Priest (7:1-28)
      1. The Greatness of Melchizedek (7:1-10)
      2. Christ’s Superior Priesthood (7:11-28)
   4. The Ministry of Christ, Our High Priest (8:1-10:18)
      1. Christ’s Superior Service (8:1-6)
      2. Christ’s Superior Covenant (8:7-13)
      3. Christ’s Superior Tabernacle (9:1-15)
      4. Christ’s Superior Sacrifice (9:16-10:18)
         1. The Sacrifice (9:16-28)
         2. The Effects of the Sacrifice (10:1-18)
   5. Fourth Warning / Exhortation: “Let us draw near…hold…consider…not give up!” (10:19-39)
      1. The Appropriation of our Privileges (10:19-25)
      2. The Admonition against Neglect (10:26-39)
          
3. THE SUPERIORITY OF LIFE IN CHRIST (11:1-13:25)
   1. The Life of Faith (11:1-40)
      1. The Description of Faith (11:1-3)
      2. Various Examples of Faith (11:4-40)
   2. The Life of Hope (12:1-29)
      1. The Race of Hope (12:1-3)
      2. The Discipline of Hope (12:4-17)
      3. The Goal of Hope (12:18-24)
      4. Fifth Warning / Exhortation: “Our God is a consuming fire” (12:25-29)
   3. The Life of Love (3:1-25)
      1. In our Social Life (13:1-9)
      2. In our Suffering (13:10-14)
      3. In our Sacrifices (13:15-17)
      4. Conclusion and Benediction (13:18-25)