As we come into the final chapter of Hebrews, you may want to do a read-through of the whole of it this morning.

But before we get into the details, I simply want to make a general comment.

It has been said about the apostle Paul that he uses ‘a steam hammer to crack a nut.’ In other words, he repeatedly takes hold of a mighty theological doctrine, and uses it to make a simple, practical, down-to-earth point.

We do not know who wrote ‘Hebrews’, and I’m not arguing it was Paul. I’m not at all sure he did; and I’m certainly not convinced that he didn’t! But I make the observation that we see the same principle here. After many chapters of doctrinal learning, this last one deals primarily with daily living. There is some doctrine mixed in, but it is essentially practical material (It’s interesting that the writer actually refers to this letter as ”my word of exhortation”: v.22).

As Alistair Begg reminds us with his radio ministry, truth is for life, learning is for living.