• Hebrews 8:6 - This verse sums up the point of the writer of the entire book of Hebrews.
• Hebrews 8:8.
• Hebrews 8:11 - Under the New Covenant, people would know the Lord before being in the kingdom. Under the Old Covenant, people were born into the covenant relationship and then taught about God. It is impossible to serve God without knowing Him.
• Hebrews 8:13, the first covenant was made obsolete and it gradually disappeared.

• Deity is the perfect example of love.

• Love is an action.

• Galatians 5:22 - The fruit of the Spirit is love.

• I Corinthians 13:1-8 - the Holy Spirit’s description of love

• John 13:34-35 - Jesus was to be the example to the apostles of how to love. He is our example, too.

• I John 4:7-11 - Learning about God and His love for us helps us understand love and motivates us to love others.

• Notice two points in the way God loved mankind:

• He took the initiative.

• He solved our problem at His own expense.

• Matthew 22:35-40 - Jesus enumerates the two greatest commandments:

• Love God with all your heart, soul, and mind.

• Love your neighbor as yourself.

• I John 3:16-18

• Matthew 16:26 - We ought to demonstrate appropriate love for self by doing what we need to for our souls.

• All of our earthly relationships benefit greatly when we demonstrate true love.

• To study the Bible regularly, frequently, and diligently. (I Timothy 4:13
• To pray often and fervently. (I Thessalonians 5:17
• To teach the word more (Matthew 28:20
• To give liberally and willingly.
• To have fellowship in all scriptural functions of the congregation when possible.
• To love my brethren and work in unity with them in all things in the Lord. (Romans 12:18
• To serve in such a way as to cause the congregation to grow; not to live so as to hold it back.
• To keep self pure in manner of living.
• To keep church pure.
• To become more Christ-like day by day.
• Summed up: to grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ. (II Peter 3:18

• Hebrews 7:12 - With Jesus now our high priest, it is clear that a new law must be in place.
• Hebrews 7:14. This verse is also instructive on the power of the silence of the scriptures. God spoke nothing about a priest from the tribe of Judah, so a priest from that tribe was not permitted under the Old Law. This principle has broad application in many areas of the New Law, especially in the work of the church and how we are to worship God.
• Hebrews 7:25 - Under the Old Law, the high priest was responsible for making intercession for the people before God. As our new high priest, Jesus now carries out this function.
• Hebrews 7:28 - “made perfect forever”: Jesus was always sinless, but He was not perfect in the sense of being complete until He completed His mission on earth.

[Sorry, no audio for this lesson. Sadly, the microphone died in the middle of class.]

• Galatians

• From the apostle Paul (Galatians 1:1

• To the churches in Galatia (Galatians 1:2

• They were deserting God and going to a different gospel (Galatians 1:6-9!

• Galatians 5:1-13 - In what sense are Christians free?

• In this context, Christians are free from the law of Moses.

• Galatians 5:16-17 - Contrast between the flesh and the spirit.

• Galatians 5 - Is “spirit” here talking about man’s spiritual nature or the Holy Spirit?

• People disagree on this.

• If this is talking about a man’s spirit, is the passage teaching that a human’s spirit is allowed to follow its own path (cf. Jeremiah 10:23? No!

• If this is talking about the Holy Spirit, is the passage teaching that a human’s spirit is not involved in serving God (cf. Romans 1:9? No!

• Does a spiritually-minded person follow the Holy Spirit-inspired scripture? Yes!

• The Holy Spirit often uses the word “fruit” figuratively to mean the effect that God’s word has in one’s life. It might be a quality that is developed or an action that is taken.