“Defeating Dullness” “Defeating Dullness” Pg 1064 In Church Bibles Hebrews 6:9-12 Hebrews 6:9-12

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf Colossians 2:1-3, NASB

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf…that your hearts may be encouraged Colossians 2:1-3, NASB

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf…that your hearts may be encouraged, attaining to all the wealth…a true knowledge of…Christ Himself, Colossians 2:1-3, NASB

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf…that your hearts may be encouraged, attaining to all the wealth…a true knowledge of…Christ Himself, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:1-3, NASB

4:14-5:11 – Seeing our Great High Priest 5:11- – Danger of Dullness

4:14-5:11 – Seeing our Great High Priest 5:11-6:19 – Danger of Dullness 7:1-10:22 – Seeing our Great High Priest

4:14-5:11 – Seeing our Great High Priest 5:11-6:19 – Danger of Dullness 5:12-6:3 – Dullness Defined 7:1-10:22 – Seeing our Great High Priest

A Dull Christian… …Is Unnatural …Is Intentionally Dull …Is Stuck in Basics …Eats only Milk (Preprocessed) …Is Unskilled in Word …Doesn’t Reproduce

4:14-5:11 – Seeing our Great High Priest 5:11-6:19 – Danger of Dullness 5:12-6:3 – Dullness Defined 6:4-8 – Consequence of Decided Dullness 6:9-20 – Encouragement to Defeat Dullness 7:1-10:22 – Seeing our Great High Priest

…Christ…as High Priest…of whom we have much to say… (5:11) hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing…. (5:11) For it is impossible…if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance…(6:4) But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you…(6:9) we desire that each one of you show the same diligence …that you do not become sluggish..(6:12) νωθρός nōthrós - Slothful, sluggish, dull

4:14-5:11 – Seeing our Great High Priest 5:11-6:19 – Danger of Dullness 5:12-6:3 – Dullness Defined 6:4-8 – Consequence of Decided Dullness 6:9-20 – Encouragement to Defeat Dullness 7:1-10:22 – Seeing our Great High Priest

Encouragement to Defeat Dullness Confident in them 1) Because loves them 2) Because is normal Christian life

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Romans 8:32

Encouragement to Defeat Dullness Confident in them 1) Because loves them 2) Because is normal Christian life 3) Because of their past growth

But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day. Proverbs 4:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18

Path of the Righteous Normal Christian life

Path of the Righteous Normal Christian life

Encouragement to Defeat Dullness Confident in them 1) Because loves them 2) Because is normal Christian life 3) Because of their past growth

Encouragement to Defeat Dullness Confident in them Encouraging Diligence

The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, But diligence is man’s precious possession. Proverbs 12:27

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him 2 Peter 1:2-8

who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. 2 Peter 1:2-8

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence 2 Peter 1:2-8

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 2 Peter 1:2-8

For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:2-8

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Philippians 3:12-14

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12-14

Path of the Righteous Normal Christian life

Path of the Righteous Normal Christian life

Encouragement to Defeat Dullness Confident in them Encouraging Diligence 1) Individually

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world Romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:1-2

Encouragement to Defeat Dullness Confident in them Encouraging Diligence 1) Individually 2) Confidently 3) Believingly 4) Patiently

Path of the Righteous Normal Christian life

Path of the Righteous Normal Christian life

Encouragement to Defeat Dullness Confident in them Encouraging Diligence 1) Individually 2) Confidently 3) Believingly 4) Patiently To inherit the promises

The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, But diligence is man’s precious possession. Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find. (NLT) Proverbs 12:27