Hebrews 12 - Introduction

True Or False Over Chapter Twelve

1.

The Christian life is compared with running a race.

2.

The Author and Finisher of our faith is Christ.

3.

The Lord chastens those whom He loves.

4.

Esau bought his brother's birthright.

5.

A term applied to the church is the general assembly.

6.

Our God is said to be a consuming fire.

7.

The besetting sin here referred to was unbelief.

8.

The Christian is told to lay aside every weight and fleshly sin.

9.

If a beast should touch the mountain where Moses was receiving the Commandments, it should turn to stone.

10.

The law was given at Sinai, but the Gospel was to go forth from there, too.

11.

Esau was a profane person.

12.

At no time on the journey was Moses fearful.

13.

The kingdom of which we belong is spoken of as one which cannot be shaken.

14.

It was the joy set before Christ that enabled Him to go to the cross.

15.

Harsh chastening that seems hard to bear will result in peaceable fruit in our lives.

16.

God is so longsuffering that He will forgive people for overlooking warnings from heaven.

17.

The earth and heaven will be shaken, but it is not true of the kingdom of heaven.

18.

God chastens us, and in it He is dealing as a Father with a son.

19.

A teaching in this chapter is that man can fall short of the grace of God.

20.

Jesus said that His way was straight, but here we are told to make straight paths for our feet.

21.

A few angels comprise witnesses to our Christian life.

22.

God may be called Father, for He is the Father of spirits.

23.

Sanctification is essential to see the Lord.

24.

The blood of Jesus is a blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.

25.

Weariness is generally thought of as fleshly, but we are exhorted to not grow weary, fainting in our souls.

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER TWELVE

This chapter brings to a grand climax the final appeal to approach God with a true heart in a fully assured faith which began in Hebrews 10:19. It was continued through Chapter Eleven, which shows God's approval on men whose faith was expressed in obedience, caused them to endure trials and enabled them to win victories.

Chapter Twelve opens with the well-known figure of the athletic games by which the relation of the Christian to the heroes of the faith is explained. It proceeds with an explanation of the purpose of chastisement, and appeals to the Christian to pursue peace and purity, without which no man shall see the Lord.
The climax of the appeal to approach God is given in the contrast between Israel's fearful experience at Sinai and the Christian's joyous relationship to God under the new covenant which began at Mount Zion.
The chapter closes with a final warning to those who have received the kingdom that cannot be shaken; to heed and serve Him, for our God is a consuming fire.