Hebrews 3 NLT

Outline

I.                  Prologue: The Superiority of God's New Revelation (1:1-4)

                         II.         The Superiority of Christ to Leading Figures under the Old Covenant (1:5;7:28)

A.    Christ Is Superior to the Angels (1:5;2:18)

1.     Scriptural proof of his superiority (1:5-14)

2.     Exhortation not to ignore the revelation of God in his Son (2:1-4)

3.     Jesus was made a little lower than the angels (2:5-9)

4.     Having been made like us, Jesus was enabled to save us (2:10-18)

B.    Christ Is Superior to Moses (3:1;4:13)

1.     Demonstration of Christ's superiority (3:1-6)

2.     Exhortation to enter salvation-rest (3:7;4:13)

C.    Christ Is Superior to the Aaronic Priests (4:14;7:28)

1.     Jesus is the great high priest (4:14-16)

2.     Qualifications of a priest (5:1-10)

3.     Exhortation to press on toward maturity (5:11;6:12)

4.     The certainty of God's promise (6:13-20)

5.     Christ's superior priestly order (ch. 7)

                                                            III.         The Superior Sacrificial Work of Our High Priest (8:1;10:18)

A.    A New Sanctuary and a New Covenant (ch. 8)

B.    The Old Sanctuary (9:1-10)

C.    The Better Sacrifice (9:11;10:18)

                                         IV.         A Call to Follow Jesus Faithfully and with Perseverance (10:19;12:29)

 .      Having Confidence to Enter the Sanctuary (10:19-25)

A.    A Warning against Persistence in Sin (10:26-31)

B.    C. Persevering in Faith under Pressure (10:32;12:3)

1.     As in the past, so in the future (10:32-39)

2.     Faith and its many outstanding examples (ch. 11)

3.     Jesus, the supreme example (12:1-3)

C.    Encouragement to Persevere in the Face of Hardship (12:4-13)

D.    Exhortation to Holy Living (12:14-17)

E.    Crowning Motivation and Warning (12:18-29)

                        V.         Conclusion (ch. 13)

 .      Rules for Christian Living (13:1-17)

A.    Request for Prayer (13:18-19)

B.    Benediction (13:20-21)

C.    Personal Remarks (13:22-23)

D.    Greetings and Final Benediction (13:24-25)

Hebrews 3 NLT

1 And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest. 

2 For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire house. 

3 But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself. 

4 For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God.

5 Moses was certainly faithful in God’s house as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later. 

6 But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God’s entire house. And we are God’s house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ. 

7 That is why the Holy Spirit says, “Today when you hear his voice, 

8 don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested me in the wilderness. 

9 There your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw my miracles for forty years. 

10 So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’ 

11 So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” 

12 Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.

13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. 

14 For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ. 

15 Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.” 

16 And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt? 

17 And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness? 

18 And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him? 

19 So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.