Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! Vs. 1,3,4 #3 REVELATION 4:11 ESV “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
I Am Thine, O Lord vs. 1,2,4 #552 PSALM 96:7-8 ESV Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
Hebrews The Superiority of Christ “The Dangers of False Faith” Hebrews 6:1-8
1 Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do if God permits. Hebrews 6:1-8 (ESV)
4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. Hebrews 6:1-8 (ESV)
7 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. Hebrews 6:1-8 (ESV)
3 Parts of this passage
Vs 1...leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity... 1) A Past INSTRUCTION (vs. 1-3)
...repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,...instruction about washings, the laying on of hands... ….the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment... 1) A Past INSTRUCTION (vs. 1-3)
A) LEARN from elementary doctrine B) LAUNCH to God's good graces
2) A Present IMPOSSIBILITY (vs. 4-6) vs. 4 “For it is impossible...”
2) A Present IMPOSSIBILITY (vs. 4-6) A) DESCRIBING the people → Jewish converts to Christianity → Immature Christians Some were... → Almost Christians
2) A Present IMPOSSIBILITY (vs. 4-6) B) DECLARING the predicament
4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
2) A Present IMPOSSIBILITY (vs. 4-6) B) DECLARING the predicament → Can a Christian lose his/her salvation? → What exactly does this mean?
2) A Present IMPOSSIBILITY (vs. 4-6) C) DECIDING what is proper → Scripture clarifies Scripture → Scripture does not contradict itself → Great counsel can give great wisdom
2) A Present IMPOSSIBILITY (vs. 4-6) C) DECIDING what is proper → This passage is speaking about those that are not Christians → This passage speaks of those that intimately know the gospel → This passage speaks of those that know and reject the Gospel
Matthew 13:20-21 ESV 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
2) A Present IMPOSSIBILITY (vs. 4-6) D) DEALING with the problems → This passage is not for pushing a position → This passage is for study and then discussion → This passage warns greatly against apostacy
3) A Pertinent ILLUSTRATION (vs. 7-8) 7 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
3) A Pertinent ILLUSTRATION (vs. 7-8) A) God's GRACE falls on the lost and the saved B) Our GROWTH shows the state of our souls
3) A Pertinent ILLUSTRATION (vs. 7-8) A) God's GRACE falls on the lost and the saved B) Our GROWTH shows the state of our souls
Pass Me Not vs. 1,2,4 #489 1 Peter 4:10-11 ESV As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.