Questions for Discussion & Application

1. What questions do you have about today’s passage and message?

2. According to the Bible, what are angels and what do they do?

3. How is the Biblical view of angels different from many of the ideas that are popular about angels in our culture?

4. In our passage, how do we see that Jesus is superior to angels? Why is this so important?  

5. The author of Hebrews appeals to many passages from the Old Testament in making his argument that Jesus is superior to angels. What can we learn from his interpretation and use of the Old Testament?  

6. How does it strengthen and encourage your faith to see the unity of all Scripture by seeing Jesus as the exalted Son and Divine King in the Old Testament?

7. What description of Jesus in our passage stands out to you most? Why?

1. What questions do you have about today’s passage and message?
2. Who is the Holy Spirit? Who is it that receives the gift of the Holy Spirit?
3. What does it mean to “walk by the Spirit”?
4. Have you made any changes in your life in the effort to “walk by the Spirit”?
5. Which fruit of the Spirit do you want to see the Lord increase in your own life?
6. How will you rely upon the Spirit to pursue more of His fruits in your own life?

1. What questions do you have about today’s passage and message?
2. Who is the Holy Spirit? Who is it that receives the gift of the Holy Spirit?  What things does the Spirit do in the heart and life of a believer?
3. Why is it true that we all need the indwelling Holy Spirit if we are to make progress at becoming more like Jesus?
4. Are there specific areas of your life where you need to further yield to the leadership of the Holy Spirit?
5. Are there areas of your life where you need to rely more fully upon the Spirit’s power?
6. Why would prayerful meditation upon Scripture be necessary for walking by the Spirit?
7. How can you seek to prayerfully meditate upon God’s Word?

1. What questions do you have about today’s passage and message?
2. Why might the stories of God’s past faithfulness inspire courageous faith in the hearts of His people to trust and obey Him?
3. Do you have any example of God’s past faithfulness from your own life that inspires courageous faith in your heart?
4. Israel was commanded to cling to the Lord and not to the remnant of the pagan nations around them. How are we called as Christians to be separate from the world around us? 
5. How can we guard our hearts and lives from the influence of the world around us?
6. Joshua warned Israel not to abandon their covenant with the Lord. Do we have any similar warnings given to us as Christians?  (See Hebrews 10:26-31.)

1. What questions do you have about today’s passage and message?
2. How is Jesus God’s gift of love to the world? How can you be more aware of this reality this Christmas?
3. Who is it that receives eternal life from God? What does it mean to “believe”?
4. What happens to the person who does not believe in Jesus? What does it mean to be “condemned”?
5. What does it mean that Jesus is the “light”?
6. What false “lights” do people often look to besides Jesus?
7. How can you seek to give the gift of Jesus away this Christmas season?