1. Hebrews 6:4-8 Melchizedek  Jesus is our high priest – 4:15  5:1-11 – Quotes Ps 110:4 “Priest forever according to the order of M.” – “Much to say” – “Dull of hearing”  Rebuke – 5:12-6:3 – Should be teachers – Still spiritual “babes” – Need milk, not meat

2. Hebrews 6:4-8 Melchizedek  Admonition & encouragement 6:9-20  Return to consideration of Melchizedek – 6:20-7:28 – Jesus, although not a Levite or descendent of Aaron is a priest like Melchizedek.  A frightening yet vital warning 6:4-8

3. Hebrews 6:4-8 “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 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...”

4. “...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; but if it bears thorns and briars, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.” (NKJV). Hebrews 6:4-8

5. “If They Fall Away…” (Hebrews 6:4-8) I. Who is the Writer Talking About? A. “Those who were once enlightened” (II Timothy 1:8-10; Hebrews 10:32-34). B. “Tasted the heavenly gift” (I Peter 2:1-5). C. “Partakers of the Holy Spirit” (Rom 8:5-9). D. “Tasted the good word of God” (I Cor 1:18). E. “Powers of the age to come” (Rev 21:4,5).

6. II. What Does He Warn Could Happen? A. “If they fall away” (Luke 8:4-8; 11-15). B. “For it is impossible” (Hebrews 6:4). C. “To renew them again to repentance” (Luke 17:3,4; Matthew 18:21,22). “If They Fall Away…” (Hebrews 6:4-8)

7. III. What Does Falling Away Really Do? A. “Since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God” (I Timothy 4:1,2). B. “Put Him to an open shame” (Galatians 3:26,27; 2:20). “If They Fall Away…” (Hebrews 6:4-8)

8. “...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; but if it bears thorns and briars, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.” (NKJV). Hebrews 6:7-8