Outline of the book of Hebrews – Robert Kerr

I.) Christ’s superiority

A.) Intro to theme of Christ’s superiority (1:1-3)
B.) Christ greater than the angels (1:4-2:18)
1.) Christ honored over the angels (1:4-1:14
a.) Because Christ is God’s son (1:4-6)
b.) Because Christ is God (1:7-12)
c.) Because Angels are servants (1:13-14)
2.) Warning against neglecting salvation (2:1-4)
3.) Christ greater through his humanity (2:5-10)
4.) The necessity of Christ’s humanity (2:11-18)
C.) Christ greater than Moses (3:1-6)
1.) Both Christ and Moses faithful (3:1-2)
2.) Christ superior as founder and Son (3:3-6)
3.) Warning against unbelief (3:7-19)
a.) Warning from scripture (3:7-11)
b.) Exhortation to faith (3:12-15)
c.) Example from wilderness (3:16-19)
d.) God’s promise of rest through faith (4:1-11)
e.) Exposing power of the Word of God (4:12-13)
f.) Christ the merciful high priest (4:14-16)
D.) Christ the greatest high priest (5:1-10)
1.) Imperfection of the high priests (5:1-3)
2.) Christ called to be the perfect high priest (5:4-6)
3.) Christ’s qualification to be the perfect high priest (5:7-10)
4.) Call to growth (5:11-6:12)
a.) Chastisement for lack of growth (5:11-14)
b.) Call to move beyond basic teachings (6:1-3)
c.) The danger of unrepentance (6:4-8)
d.) Encouragement to endurance (6:9-12)
5.) Receiving God’s promise through endurance (6:13-20)
a.) Example of God’s promise to Abraham (6:13-15)
b.) The surety of God’s promise (6:16-18)
c.) Hope of promise through Christ the high priest (6:19-20)
6.) The priesthood of Melchizedek (7:1-7:28)
a.) The greatness of Melchizedek (7:1-14)
b.) Requirements of the old priesthood (7:15-19)
c.) Establishment of the New priesthood (7:20-25)
d.) Christ the perfect high priest (7:26-28)
II.) The superior ministry of Christ (8:1- 10:18)
A.) The new priesthood superior (8:1-6)
1.) Christ as the superior heavenly high priest (8:1-2)
2.) Earthly priesthood an inferior shadow (8:3-6)
B.) The new covenant superior (8:7-9:15)
1.) The nature of the old covenant (8:7-9:5)
 a.) The obsolete old and the promise of a new covenant (8:7-13)
b.) The old tabernacle (9:1-5)

2.) Superior atonement (9:6-15)

a.) Atonement under the old covenant (9:6-10)
b.) Christ’s atonement superior (9:11-15)
3.) Superior blood sacrifice (9:16-28)
a.) Nature of blood sacrifice under old covenant (9:16-22)
b.) Christ’s only superior blood sacrifice (9:23-28)
c.) Inferiority of old covenant sacrifice (10:1-7)
d.) Reasons Christ’s sacrifice superior (10:8-18
III.) Resulting life under the new covenant (10:19-13:25)
A.) Sanctified through Christ’s sacrifice (10:19-22)
B.) Encouragement to patient persistence (10:23-39)
1.) Edify each other to persistence (10:23-25)
2.) Warning to those who know the truth and will not repent (10:26-31)
3.) Encouragement to patience (10:32-39)
a.) Recognition of suffering (10:32-34)
b.) Encouragement to endure (10:35-39)
E.) The role of Faith (11:1-40)
1.) Explanation of faith (11:1-3)
2.) Examples of faith (11:4-11)
a.) The faith of Abel, Enoch, and Noah (11:4-7)
b.) The faith of Abraham and Sarah (11:7-11)
c.) Visionary faith of our ancestors (11:13-16)
d.) Faith of the patriarchs (11:17-22)
e.) The faith of Moses (11:24-28)
f.) The faith of the Israelites and Rahab (11:29-31)
g.) Other examples of faith (11:32-35a)
h.) Martyrs of the faith (11:35b-40)
F.) Encouragement to endure discipline (12:1-13)
1.) Run the race (12:1-4)
2.) God’s loving discipline (12:5-11)
3.) Continued instruction to persistence (12:12-13)
4.) Warning against godlessness (12:14-17)
a.) Comparison between mount Siani and mount Zion (12:18-24)
b.) Further warning (12:25-29)
G.) Final instruction (13:1-25)
1.) Hospitality and compassion (13:1-3)
2.) Faithfulness, generosity and respect for leadership (13:4-7)
3.) Faithfulness to Christ (13:8-15)
4.) Support of leadership (13:17-19)
H.) Benediction (13:20-25)
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