Church Creek Presbyterian

Hebrews 6.4-8 Press On To Maturity: A Warning

1. Christians are to press on to maturity [1]
2. ALL Christians are responsible to become spiritually mature [3]
3. The danger of apostasy is one reason why we are to press on [4-8]
4. This warning is a hard saying for all of us to hear [9b]
5. There is good reason to believe that we have not committed the sin described here [9a]

A. A PERSON MIGHT EXPERIENCE MANY GOOD THINGS

1. Understanding the Word of God [4a]

a. Once enlightened
b. Tasted of the heavenly gift
c. Yet…Mark 4.3-17

2. Sharing in some work of the Spirit of God [4b]

a. Partaker of the Holy Spirit
b. Yet…Matthew 7.21-23

3. Experiencing something of the promises of God [5]

a. Tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the age to come
b. Yet…Luke 6.38

B. FALLING AWAY

1. Fall away…NOT…fall into sin

2. Fall AWAY: Apostasy

• …an open, total, determined renunciation of all the principles of Christianity [John Brown]

3. Impossible to be brought back

a. There’s nothing more that we can say or do
b. Yet…this is not impossible with God

4. An illustration [7-8]

C. SOME CONCLUSIONS

1. Hebrews 6 does not prohibit us as a church from receiving ANYONE into our fellowship upon a profession of faith in Christ and showing evidence of repentance

2. Hebrews 6 does not stand in the way of ANYONE who wants to come to Christ

3. Hebrews 6 is not written to scare true Christians into doubting their salvation

4. Hebrews 6 does not teach anything that might undermine the biblical doctrine of the perseverance of the saints