This session highlights the pastoral and teaching gifts, showing how they build stability, clarity, and care within the church. Shepherds nurture and guide people through life, while teachers ground the community in truth so it can grow with confidence.

This session addresses the call to maturity. Instead of returning to spiritual basics, believers are urged to grow through obedience and discernment. The passage warns against drifting, highlights the danger of spiritual stagnation, and invites listeners to move forward into the full life God intends. The teaching also prepares the way for the deeper discussion of Melchizedek still to come.

This session unpacks Hebrews 7 and the significance of Melchizedek. The teaching explains why Jesus’ priesthood is superior to the Levitical system and how His eternal priesthood fulfills both Genesis 14 and Psalm 110. The session highlights Jesus as the true and final High Priest who brings righteousness, peace, and lasting salvation.

Hebrews 8–9 opens a deeper look at Jesus’ ministry by contrasting old structures with the reality now found in Him. The teaching highlights a better sanctuary, a better covenant and a better sacrifice, showing how each Old Testament pattern pointed forward to Christ’s finished work. With the author’s pastoral heart in view, the focus remains on encouraging weary believers to see Jesus clearly and continue trusting Him.

Romans 7 highlights the struggle between desire and ability. This session explains why the law cannot produce righteousness and why human effort falls short. Paul’s description of inner conflict prepares the way for the hope found in Romans 8.

Romans 9 highlights God’s sovereignty and compassion. This session explains how God’s purposes stand even when people resist Him and how His mercy extends beyond Israel to the Gentiles.

Hebrews lifts weary believers by showing the unmatched greatness of Jesus. The letter reveals Him as the perfect High Priest, the final sacrifice, and the fulfillment of every shadow in the Old Testament. Alongside encouragement come strong warnings against drifting, hardening the heart, or settling for spiritual infancy. The message calls the church to persevere, to trust God’s promises, and to follow Christ with confidence, knowing He has opened a new and living way for His people.