Read Hebrews 7.
1. What does this text tell you about the character of God?
2. What does it say about God’s nature?
3. Where do you see God’s love at work in the midst of these verses?
4. What section or verses in the text speak most personally to you?
For context, read Hebrews 10.19-23 and answer the following questions:
5. How do you sense you are “drawing near to God?”
6. How are you currently experiencing God’s faithfulness?
Read Hebrews 7.1-3 and answer the following questions:
7. What are the primary characteristics noted of Melchizedek?
8. Why is Melchizedek such a big deal to the first readers of the letter to the Hebrews?
Read Genesis 14 and Hebrews 7.4-10 and answer the following questions:
9. What stands out to you in the Genesis narrative?
10. The text says Melchizedek brings out bread and wine to Abraham, and Abraham tithes a tenth of all of this possession to Melchizedek. How do you see foreshadowing in these scenes? How do these scenes point to Jesus, our Great High Priest?
Read Hebrews 7.11-22 and answer the following questions:
11. Why does the author share these specific details of the story?
12. What comfort does it bring you to know Jesus is our High Priest forever?
13. What’s the purpose of God making an “oath?”
Read Hebrews 7.23-26 and answer the following questions:
14. How do you sense Jesus praying for you today?
15. How are you experiencing Jesus meeting your needs today?
16. What is your greatest relational need today?
Read Hebrews 7.27-28 and answer the following questions:
17. How do these verses draw you to Jesus?
18. Describe His perfection.
19. Reflect on the text as a whole. What are the primary implications of this text for you life?
20. How is Jesus calling you, leading you, blessing you, and inviting you into deeper places of trust and intimacy with Him?
Give Him praise for prevailing love in your life, in the life of your neighbors, and the nations.
