Warning: Do Not Shrink Back

Hebrews 10:26-39

About the Sermon

We have been warned not to fall away from the living God and for good reason. To fall away from the living God is to fall into his hands, a fearful expectation of judgment. Do you have reason to fear this judgement? In love for his readers, the author of Hebrews gives us signs that we should indeed be afraid. But not all of his hearers and not all of us should be afraid. And for that reason he also gives us signs that we are in good hands. Perhaps surprisingly, those signs are often found in our own personal histories of hardship on account of Christ. The mark of a true Christian is our answer to the question: who are you afraid of? God or man.

About the Series

“I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly” (13:22). That’s how the author of the book of Hebrews ends his letter. While the book of Hebrews is famous for its exposition of the Old Testament in light of Christ, showing Christ to be our great high priest, all of that teaching is for an urgent exhortation: do not fall away. Or, as he put it in 2:1 , “Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.” Jesus is an anchor for our souls. He is anchored in heaven and his work is perfectly fitted to keep us in the midst of every trial and temptation.
“I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly” (13:22). That’s how the author of the book of Hebrews ends his letter. While the book of Hebrews is famous for its exposition of the Old Testament in light of Christ, showing Christ to be our great high priest, all of that teaching is for an urgent exhortation: do not fall away. Or, as he put it in 2:1 , “Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.” Jesus is an anchor for our souls. He is anchored in heaven and his work is perfectly fitted to keep us in the midst of every trial and temptation.

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