A Sacrifice of Praise to God

Saturday, December 13, 2014
Hebrews 13:6-15 KJV 

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation. 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Because the Lord has promised to never leave us or forsake us (v.5) what can His children do? (v.6)
2) Who are we to remember and follow? (v.7)
3) What does the writer of Hebrews say about our Lord Jesus? (v.8)
4) What is the writer's warning to believers? Why? (v.9)
5) What altar does the new testament believer have that old testament priests cannot partake of? (v.10)
6) What are the differences and similarities between the old testament sacrifices and the new? (v.11-12)
7) What do new testament believers bear when we go to Jesus and depart from the religious rituals of the old testament? Why? (v.13-14)
8) What are our sacrifices to God? (v.15)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
9) What teachers has the Lord blessed you with to teach you God's word and serve as your examples of faith?
10) How else is your heart established in the Lord (i.e., by works of the flesh, or by grace)?
11) Where do you make your sacrifices to the Lord?
12) What are your sacrifices to the Lord?

LIFE LESSONS
13) The Lord blesses the seeking heart with teachers who not only teach God's word, but live it.
14) The only acceptable altar to God is the altar of the heart.
15) The sacrifices that the Lord will not refuse are "a broken spirit and a contrite heart".