Suffering Glory

Hebrews 5 & 6

Joel Miles

April 21, 2024

With a friend, your family or in your small group, discuss the following questions:

1. Read Hebrews 5:11. What is this verse referring to? In other words, what does the context tell us the author to the Hebrews desires to expand on?
2. Why is the author hesitant to expand on what he has just said? Read Hebrews 5:11-14. What do these verses show us the author believes should be happening for those who are followers of Jesus?
3. How does 6:1-3 continue the point the author has been making? What are these “foundational” teachings referring to? 
4. In light of what you discussed concerning 5:11, what does it mean to “move beyond” or “be taken forward to maturity”? Why is it important to see that the author is calling the readers toward a deeper encounter with God?
5. Read 6:4-8. The word we translate as “fall away” literally means “to fail to follow through on a commitment.” In context, it seems to make the most sense that the “failed commitment” is through the readers unwillingness to “mature” toward a deeper encounter with Jesus. How does this help us understand these verses? How does it show us the importance of continually seeking to mature and be more deeply formed?
6. Read Hebrews 6:9-12. What is the authors hope for the readers? Is this something you are willing to commit to? How can you as a group encourage one another to be more deeply formed to encounter Jesus?
7. Read Hebrews 6:13-20. How does this give us hope? How does this show us it is worth seeking to mature and grow? 
8. Spend time in prayer together to be able to mature and grow in our love and experience of God.