Warning: Grow Up! – Part 2

Hebrews 6:4-12

About the Sermon

In this sermon we come to one of the most difficult passages in the book of Hebrews and perhaps the New Testament. Hebrews 6:4–12 is difficult to understand. Is it really true that those who fall away can never repent? Is this impossible, as this passage seems to say? Is it really possible to be a genuine Christian but later "lose our salvation," as the saying goes? We will consider these and other questions in this sermon in our pursuit of enduring faithfulness to Jesus. This much is sure: this passage confronts us with the solemn calling to continue with Christ. Now, what if I told you that the intention of our author is to greatly assure us that we are safe with Christ? Listen and find out.

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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