A Promise Greater than Joshua's Allotments, 4:1-13 A Priest Greater than Aaron's Administration, 4:14-5:10 A Pressing Warning Against Apostasy, 5:11-6:12 - 1. Admonition against Immaturity, 5:11-14 - 2. Appeal to True Maturity, 6:1-3 - 3. A Warning against Apostasy, 6:4-8 - 4. Assurance of Hope Offered, 6:9-12 A Promise from God with Absolute Assurance, 6:13-20
II. AN OBSERVATION OF THESE PARTICULARS
Heb 6:9 1. To whom is the writer addressing? a. Babes in Christ (5:11-14)? b. Knowledgeable believers who have been inactive in maturity (6:1-3)? c. Unbelievers with an external piety who have not fallen away (6:4-8)? 2. Heb 6:12 (possible hint)?
Heb 6:10 1. their work, love for God's name, serving saints a. Rev 2:19
Heb 6:11 1. earnestness; diligence (KJV) a. σπουδὴν (spoo-DĀN) "speed" with dispatch; don't put it off 2. full assurance of hope until the end a. 1 John 5:11-12 b. Heb 4:12-13
Heb 6:12 1. so that you may not be sluggish… a. addressing those of "your case" (v9) b. sluggish; slothful (KJV) i. νωθροὶ (nōth-ROI) — lazy, dull ii. the consequences of not having "earnestness" (v11) 2. imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. a. imitate whom?
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Jon Cardwell was saved by God’s grace on June 3, 1985 while serving in the military as a deep sea diver in the U.S. Navy. The call to ministry came 8 years later when he was invited to serve the Lord in the Philippine mission field. Jon’s entry into pastoral ministry came...
