Zane Hodges continues his series on the Epistle to the Hebrews by surveying chapters 2 through 4 and answering the following questions:

What is salvation in the book of Hebrews?

What is the future for our Lord Jesus Christ and how can we become partners of the King?

Who is going to rule the future world?

Who is Psalm 8 about?

What is “rest” in the book of Hebrews?

In what sense did Joshua not give the Israelites rest?

Why does there remain a “rest” available to the people of God?

Verses referenced: Hebrews 1:5-14, 13; Psalm 2:7-8; 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 45:1-6; Psalm 97:7; Psalm 110:1-4; Psalm 8, 95; Deuteronomy 3:18-20; 12:9-10; Revelation 2:26-27; 3:21

In part one of this four part series on the epistle to the Hebrews, Zane Hodges provides an overview and answers the following questions:

When was Hebrews written?

Who is the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews?

Who is the writer of Hebrews addressing?

What is the background of the book of Hebrews?

What is the general structure of the epistle?

Verses referenced:
Hebrews 13:23; 1 Corinthians 9:1,4-6; Acts 14:14; Hebrews 13:24; Hebrews 10:32; Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 5:11; Hebrews 13:18,19; Hebrews 2:5; Acts 2:10, 6:9; 13:1, 11:19-20; Mark 15:21

Questions and Answers August 27, 2005
Grace Evangelical Society Southern California Regional Conference
Zane Hodges, Bob Wilkin and Arch Rutherford

Questions asked:

0:27 Do we need to believe that Jesus is God?

4:02 – What part does assurance have in believing? Is a person saved if they have never been 100% sure of their eternal security?

5:55 – Does the sanctification process only begin when Jesus is Lord of all areas of one’s life?

7:03 – Explain the difference between the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

9:30 – Does Free Grace theology the need for progressive sanctification?

11:30 – Please give suggestions on how to help churches who don’t present a clear gospel on how to direct them to present a clearer gospel. How can reach churches who present a false Gospel?

15:38 - If God chose some to election, then He did not choose others, how do you reconcile this with God’s love and justice?

18:45 – What do you think of 1 Timothy 2:4, “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”?

21:32 – What is the difference between the Gospel in 1 Corinthians 15, the Gospel of the kingdom, and the Gospel that gives us eternal life?

27:22 What did Old Testament Saints believe in order to be saved?

31:25 If a person believes in Jesus for eternal life and later no longer believes in Jesus for eternal life. Is that person still saved?

32:30 – What is the Dispensationalism?

34:29 - Can you explain what is living water in John 4:14 and John 7:38?

37:36 - Acts 10:43, please interpret that again?

41:17 – Is it possible that Martha understood the Son of God in John 11, to be a reference to the promised Messiah in the Old Testament instead of implying deity?

49:23 –Given that Satan is at work blinding men to the gospel (2 Corinthians 4), would you expect some sort of covering over each of the 4 soils in the parable of the soils, where the seed could not go in unless God made it possible?