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                      "THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS"

                             Chapter Three

Having demonstrated Jesus' superiority to prophets and angels, the
author now compares Jesus to Moses (1-6).  The comparison is followed
with a reference to Israel's unfaithfulness in wilderness which leads to
the second of six warnings in this epistle:  a warning against
departing from the living God by developing an evil heart of unbelief
(7-19).

POINTS TO PONDER

   *  How Jesus compares to Moses

   *  The very real danger of departing from the living God

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1) What are the main points of this chapter?
   - Jesus' superiority over Moses - He 3:1-6
   - A warning against departing - He 3:7-19

2) How are the original recipients of this epistle described?  And
   Jesus? (1)
   - Holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling; Apostle and High
     Priest

3) How are Moses and Jesus compared in this chapter? (3-6)
   - Moses:  faithful as a servant in the house of God
   - Jesus:  faithful as a Son over and builder of the house of God
     (worthy of more glory)

4) Whose house are we?  Under what conditions? (6)
   - The Son's house; if we hold fast the confidence and joy of hope
     firm to the end

5) What period of Israel's history is referred to in Psalms 95? (7-11)
   - 40 years of wilderness wanderings

6) What three things can lead the Christian to fall away? (12-13)
   - Developing an evil heart of unbelief
   - Departing from the living God
   - Becoming hardened through the deceitfulness of sin

7) What three things can serve as an antidote preventing apostasy?
   (12-14)
   - Beware of unbelief
   - Exhort one another daily
   - Hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end

8) Who rebelled in the wilderness and did not enter the Promised Land?
   (16-18)
   - Those led by Moses out of Egypt, who did not obey

9) Why were they not permitted to enter? (19)
   - Because of unbelief

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