Introduction: We Have All We Need
We have come now to the end of the book of Hebrews. There's a particular sentiment on display in the last few verses in the benediction. It reminds me of something. Have you ever been working on a task and in the middle of it you realize you don't have everything you need for the task?

Like you're working on some home project and you decide that you're going to randomly tear down a wall. You decide at 11pm because you're bored, you decide you're tearing down this wall. Your mind's going crazy. You decide you gotta do something crazy. The Home Depot's closed. You can't go get the thing you need.

Or you're maybe you're in the middle of cooking a meal. You're in the middle of the meal and you've prepared, and then you realize, I don't have the thing I need. I don't have the paprika or the cumin or whatever it is. You're realize that I'm out of that.

The writer of Hebrews is in essence going to remind us that in the Christian life, when we are walking through this life and doing that which God has called us to do, that will never happen. We will never have a moment when we are in the middle of a task and we say to ourselves, I don't have the thing I need. The writer of Hebrews is saying, God has ensured that that's never going to take place.

This morning, I want to give a thorough recap of the book of Hebrews. We're going to remind ourselves of what we have seen over the last several months. Then, after the recap, we're going to look at the last few words. It's a prayer. It's a benediction.

The writer of Hebrews said, I've taught you a bunch of stuff. Now let me offer a brief prayer to God on your behalf. But remember, the Spirit of God is writing this through the writer of Hebrews. So it's the Spirit of God praying a prayer that God the Father will hear and God the Father will listen to what the Spirit of God has lifted up.

So this prayer that's being offered by the writer of Hebrews on your behalf is guaranteed to come to fruition. It's a prayer that will definitely be answered by God on our behalf, designed to encourage us.

So we will do a recap of Hebrews. We'll look at the last few verses and then, my hope is for you to hear God's word and be encouraged that God is continually shepherding you through whatever season of life you're in. Ensuring that you are equipped for what God has for you.

There will never be a moment in your life where God has called you to a task where you won’t quite have that thing you need. The writer of Hebrews has prayed that we would be equipped and God will answer that prayer. So let's pray one more time and we'll do a quick recap before we get to Hebrews 13.

Lord, we thank you. As we recap Hebrews and look at the last few verses, may we be encouraged by these words. Help us understand them. May they shape how we view you, how we live our lives. May that be true for all of us. In Christ's name. Amen.

 
Recap of Hebrews: Jesus Is Better
The writer of Hebrews has given us one central theme. Jesus is better. That's it. That's his point. The writer of Hebrews is writing this letter. It's actually a sermon that's been transcribed and is being sent to a local group of believers. He has caught wind of the fact that there are people in this church that have abandoned the faith.

These are mostly Hellenistic Jews. They are ethnic Jews by nature, but they're Greek speaking. They've embraced a lot of Greek culture, they've become Christians. They're living somewhere in southern Italy, and they are a part of the Christian faith. Some of them begin to abandon the Christian faith and they go back to Judaism. The writer of Hebrews is catching wind of this, and so he preaches this sermon and he writes it down and he sends it to them.

He wants them to know that whatever you go to, if you abandon Jesus to go to something else, that thing is less than Jesus. Whatever you compare Jesus to, Jesus is better than that. Look unto Jesus.

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