Text: Proverbs 13:22

Your grandchildren will thank you for today’s wise choices

This opening session introduces the purpose and background of Hebrews, written to Jewish believers under pressure to abandon their faith in Jesus. The teaching highlights the book’s central aim: to show the absolute supremacy of Christ over angels, Moses, and every previous revelation, and to anchor weary believers by fixing their attention on Him.

Exploring Hebrews 3–4 and the theme of entering God’s rest. By looking back to Israel’s unbelief at Meribah and Kadesh Barnea, it warns against hardened hearts and calls believers to perseverance, mutual encouragement, and confidence in the salvation God provides. Rest is presented on several levels—from belonging to God, to trusting His grace, to anticipating the final eternal rest He promises.

Here the focus shifts to Jesus as our great High Priest. The teaching explains His sympathy with human weakness, His obedience, His sinlessness, and the access believers now have to God’s throne of grace. This session emphasizes approaching God with confidence because of Christ’s atoning work and His ongoing ministry on our behalf.

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.

Hebrews 10 gathers the major themes of the book into one concentrated appeal: since Jesus’ sacrifice truly cleanses and grants access to God, His people are urged to draw near, hold fast and remain faithful. Strong warnings sit beside heartfelt encouragement, capturing both the gravity of falling away and the hope available through perseverance in Christ.

Hebrews 11 explores faith through the lives of those who trusted God across generations. Their stories illustrate spiritual sight, endurance, obedience and hope, even when promises remained unfulfilled in their lifetime. Together, they form a witness that grounds Christian perseverance in God’s long, reliable faithfulness.

Hebrews 12 calls believers to run their race in light of the cloud of witnesses already described. The teaching ties endurance to God’s loving discipline, warns against bitterness and drifting and lifts the vision of the community toward the unshakable kingdom they belong to.

Hebrews 13 gathers the book’s major themes into practical direction: love, hospitality, sexual integrity, contentment, honouring leaders, sacrificial praise, and life together under the New Covenant. The closing benediction roots all of it in the God of peace, who equips His people for every good work.

Romans is Paul’s fullest explanation of the gospel and its power to transform both individuals and communities. The teaching in this series explore Paul’s background, the purpose of the letter, and the tension-filled world of the Roman church — a divided, multi-ethnic congregation learning to live out the gospel together. With warmth and clarity, the session highlights Paul’s passion to preach Christ, his conviction that the gospel reveals God’s righteousness, and his confidence that this message is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. It invites listeners to approach Romans not as a textbook, but as a life-shaping proclamation of God’s rescue plan for the world.

This session walks through Paul’s argument in Romans 1:18–3:20, showing that all people—pagan, moral, and religious—fall short of God’s standard. The teaching traces themes like suppressing truth, the limits of moral effort, and the failure of the law to save. Paul’s conclusion is clear: humanity cannot fix its condition and needs a righteousness that comes from God.

Paul shifts from humanity’s problem to God’s solution in Romans 3:21–26. This session explains how God provides righteousness through faith in Jesus, rooted in the story of Scripture. The teaching explores redemption, propitiation, and how God remains just while declaring sinners righteous through Christ.

This session outlines what salvation includes: justification, sanctification, and glorification. The teaching explains how justification gives peace with God, access to grace, and hope in suffering. Paul’s repeated use of “therefore” shows how these truths shape the Christian life and confidence in God’s future work.

Paul turns to sanctification in Romans 6, describing how believers learn to walk in the new life God provides. This session explains the contrast between old habits and new identity, the call to present ourselves to God, and how the Spirit enables obedience.

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 8 presents life in the Spirit. This session explains the difference between flesh and Spirit, the removal of condemnation, and the Spirit’s role in transformation and hope. It shows how God accomplishes in believers what the law could not.

This session examines Romans 9–11 and Paul’s teaching on Israel and the Gentiles. It explores election, mercy, Israel’s calling, and God’s ongoing faithfulness to His promises. The teaching shows how God’s plan includes all nations without abandoning Israel’s role in His story.

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.