Hebrews 5: Group Study Handout

How to use: read Hebrews 5 aloud together, then take the questions in order. One page is enough for an evening.

Overview

Every high priest is appointed to represent people before God, offering gifts and sacrifices for sins (vv. 1-2). He must deal gently with those who are ignorant since he shares in human weakness (vv.

Key verse

“Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,”
Hebrews 5:9 (WEB)

Outline

Hebrews 5:1–4 Qualifications of the High Priest
Hebrews 5:5–6 Christ's Divine Appointment
Hebrews 5:7–8 Christ's Suffering and Obedience
Hebrews 5:9–10 Source of Eternal Salvation
Hebrews 5:11–12 Spiritual Immaturity Addressed
Hebrews 5:13–14 Milk vs. Solid Food

Discussion questions

In v5, who does not glorify himself to be made a high priest?
What does Christ offer according to v1 in his role as high priest?
In v10, why is Christ named a high priest 'after the order of Melchizedek'?
In v11, what does the author mean by saying the readers have become 'dull of hearing'?
When have you needed to move from 'milk' to 'solid food' in your faith?

Go deeper

Passages that echo Hebrews 5: Hebrews 6, Hebrews 7, Psalm 2.

Before next time: read Hebrews 6.