Hebrews 6 4 8 Melchizedek Jesus is our

Hebrews 6: 4 -8 Melchizedek Jesus is our high priest – 4: 15 u 5: 1 -11 – Quotes Ps 110: 4 “Priest forever according to the order of M. ” u – “Much to say” – “Dull of hearing” u Rebuke – 5: 12 -6: 3 – Should be teachers – Still spiritual “babes”

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

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

Hebrews 6: 4 -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).

“If They Fall Away…” (Hebrews 6: 4 -8) I. Who is the Writer Talking About? A. “Those who were once enlightened” (II Timothy 1: 810; Hebrews 10: 32 -34). B. “Tasted the heavenly gift” (I Peter 2: 1 -5). C. “Partakers of the Holy Spirit” (Rom 8: 5 -9).

“If They Fall Away…” (Hebrews 6: 4 -8) 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;

“If They Fall Away…” (Hebrews 6: 4 -8) 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).

Hebrews 6: 7 -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).