541 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 1 Book 46 - Why Hebrews Was Written

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 1 * BOOK 46 Why Hebrews Was Written Hebrews 1:1-10 Today we’re going to start in the Book of Hebrews. It was 6 years ago that we started teaching Paul’s letters? Now I think Hebrews also is an epistle of Paul, although it is not directed to the Gentiles or the Church, but rather it’s directed to Jewish believers. There is not a Hebrews road to Salvation, so, "What’s the theme of the Book?" The theme of the Book of Hebrews is two fold. 2. More preeminent in importance is that Hebrews is going to point out Who Jesus Christ really is. He is God the Son, and we’ll emphasize that as well as we go through this letter. Well the Book of Hebrews is going to do the same thing. Well Hebrews is going to point it out very clearly. I use these verses so often to emphasize Paul’s apostleship, but now I’m going to use them to emphasize Paul’s authorship of the letter of Hebrews. II Peter 3:15 I Peter 1:1 "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia." So now coming back to II Peter chapter 3, let’s finish our thought. Peter is letting them know that these people to whom he is writing had received a letter from the Apostle Paul. Verse 15 again. II Peter 3:15 "And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;" (Jews) Then you go into the next verse, and if anyone is tempted to feel that Paul’s writings do not belong in our Bible, then here is proof by the writing of the Apostle Peter, inspired by the Holy Spirit, like any other writer of Scripture, that Paul’s letters are all Scripture. II Peter 3:16 Scripture! So Paul’s letters, even by the inspiration of Peter’s pen, are still all Scripture. Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it (the Gospel) is the power (remember this word power, because we’ll be referring to it as we teach. So now when you come back to Hebrews chapter 1, we probably won’t get further than the first word in this lesson. And what is the first word? Hebrews 1:1a "God,…" Well let’s go back to Genesis and compare Scripture with Scripture. Genesis 1:1a "In the beginning God…" Now back in Hebrews, written in Hebrew, this term God is Elohim, and Elohim in the Hebrew was a plural word. Elohim when used with a small "e" it was translated gods, with a reference to the pagan gods, and it was a plural term. Now I’m not going to use the word Trinity, because the first thing people call and complain about is, "Well the word Trinity isn’t in the Bible." God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. So here in Genesis 1:1, the Triune God is reckoned as the Creator, but now jump up to John’s gospel chapter 1, to see that God the Son was the One Who did the creating. So this Triune God designated the work of creation to the Communicator, and we see that here in John chapter 1. John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, (and what do you do with words? Now verse 3. John 1:3 Now to confirm that this is speaking of the Word, or Christ, or Jesus the Son, as we knew Him in the four gospel accounts, just drop down to verse 14. John 1:14a If you’ll come on over into Paul’s writings over in Ephesians chapter 3, and we can drop right down to verse 9, and we’ll see Paul also tells us the Son was the Creator. Remember the Scriptures all fit. The Elohim of Genesis 1:1. Now let’s come over to Colossians chapter 1, where Paul makes it even so much plainer. Who (speaking of God the Father) hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath (already) translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: (we’ll also chase that word down from Genesis through Scripture, the word Son after a while) 14. Who (speaking of the Son) is the image of the invisible God," This Triune Godhead of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was never visible. The Godhead was an invisible Spirit, and it operated in the invisible. But when the time came it was God the Son Who stepped out and became then the visible manifestation of all three. "If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father!" Why? Because Jesus was the manifestation of the invisible Godhead. Now read on in verse 15. Colossians 1:15-16 Now verse 17. Colossians 1:17 For the average citizen of this world, Jesus Christ is just a cuss word. We’re not putting our faith in some dead God, or some idol. So reading all of verse 1 in Hebrews chapter 1. Hebrews 1:1 "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets." It’s just like the Book of Hebrews, there’s not a Roman Road to Salvation in the Old Testament. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible