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Intro: 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NASB) 14 We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.
I. Let Go or Press ______________ Heb 6:1-3
Hebrews 6:1 (NKJV) 1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
Hebrews 6:2 (NKJV) 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
6 spiritual items in 3 couplets
SALVATION 1. Repentance from dead works 2. Faith directed toward God
CHURCH PRACTICES OR POLITY 3. Baptisms or washings 4. Laying on of hands
END TIMES 5. Resurrection from the dead 6. Eternal judgment
Hebrews 6:3 (NKJV) 3 And this we will do if God permits.
II. Christian or Non-Christian? / Saved or Lost? / Renewable or Unrenewable? Heb 6:4-6
Hebrews 6:4 (NKJV) 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
A. Christian or Non-Christian?
1. Enlightened
Hebrews 10:32 (NASB) 32 But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
2. Tasted the Heavenly Gift
Hebrews 2:9 (NASB) 9 But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
3. Partakers in the Holy Spirit Partakers also found in Heb 3:1,14; Heb 12:8
Hebrews 6:5 (NKJV) 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
4. Tasted the goodness of Word of God use of the word “tasted” in Hebrews 2:9
5. Tasted the Powers of the Coming Age
B. Saved or Lost? Four most common interpretations of this passage:
Hebrews 6:6 (NKJV) 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
1. HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION?
2. NEVER HAD SALVATION EXPERIENCE?
3. FALL AWAY BUT ONLY LOSE REWARDS, DO NOT LOSE SALVATION?
4. FALL AWAY AND LOSE SALVATION?
C. Renewable or Unrenewable?
D. Deal with “Crucify” and “Open Shame” Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit Mk 3:28-30; Acts 7:51
E. Deal with the Word “Impossible” also found in Heb 6:18; 10:4; 11:6
III. A _____________ Heb 6:7-8
Hebrews 6:7 (NKJV) 7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;
Hebrews 6:8 (NKJV) 8 but if it bears thorns and briars, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
Conclusion:
1. Difference between backsliding and apostasy.
2. Believing Needs to Be Continual, Not a One-time Act John 3:16,36; 5:24; 10:27-30; 11:25-26; 20:31
John 10:27-29 (NASB) 27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
29 "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
John 3:36 (NASB) 36 "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
3. God is the Judge; We are Poor Judges.
Romans 9:1-3 (NASB) 1 I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh,
Romans 10:1-3 (NASB) 1 Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation.
2 For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. 3 For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
4. Judgment is determined not by the beginning but by the end, or fruit. Heb 3:6,14; 2 Pet 1:5-11.
Hebrews 3:6 (NASB) 6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.
Hebrews 3:14 (NASB) 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end,
5. Be A Growing Christian Till Your Last Breath.