Dangers and warnings in the book of Hebrews.

2. Hebrews 1:1-3 God, who at various times
and in various ways spoke in time past
to the fathers by the prophets, (2) has in
these last days spoken to us by His Son,
whom He has appointed heir of all
things, through whom also He made the
worlds; (3) who being the brightness of
His glory and the express image of His
person, and upholding all things by the
word of His power, when He had by
Himself purged our sins, sat down at the
right hand of the Majesty on high,

3. DANGERS IN HEBREWS 2
A.Two weeks ago we looked at the
following Dangers in Hebrews…
1. Drifting?
2. Departure?
3. Deceit?
4. Deficiency?
5. Disobedience?
6. Discouragement?
7. Defilement?
8. Degradation?

4. DANGERS IN HEBREWS 2
B. This morning we are going to look at
six more Dangers in Hebrews…
1. Desensitization
2. Deafness
3. Delay
4. Despising
5. Drawing back
6. Denying

5. I. DANGER OF DESENSITIZATION
Hebrews 3:12-15 Beware, brethren, lest
there be in any of you an evil heart of
unbelief in departing from the living God;
(13) but exhort one another daily, while it is
called "Today," lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin. (14) For
we have become partakers of Christ if we
hold the beginning of our confidence
steadfast to the end, (15) while it is said:
"Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not
harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

6. II. DANGER OF DEAFNESS
Hebrews 5:8-11 though He was a Son,
yet He learned obedience by the things
which He suffered. (9) And having been
perfected, He became the author of
eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
(10) called by God as High Priest
"according to the order of Melchizedek,"
(11) of whom we have much to say, and
hard to explain, since you have become
dull of hearing.

7. III. DANGER OF DELAY
Hebrews 6:11-12, "And we desire that
each one of you show the same diligence
to the full assurance of hope until the
end, that you do not become sluggish,
but imitate those who through faith and
patience inherit the promises."

8. IV. DANGER OF DESPISING
Hebrews 10:28-31 Anyone who has rejected
Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony
of two or three witnesses. (29) Of how much
worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be
thought worthy who has trampled the Son of
God underfoot, counted the blood of the
covenant by which he was sanctified a common
thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? (30) For
we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I
will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The
LORD will judge His people." (31) It is a fearful
thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

9. V. DANGER OF DRAWING BACK
Hebrews 10:35-39 Therefore do not cast
away your confidence, which has great
reward. (36) For you have need of endurance,
so that after you have done the will of God,
you may receive the promise: (37) "For yet a
little while, And He who is coming will come
and will not tarry. (38) Now the just shall live
by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul
has no pleasure in him." (39) But we are not
of those who draw back to perdition, but of
those who believe to the saving of the soul.

10. VI. DANGER OF DENYING
Heb 12:25-29 See that you do not refuse Him who
speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him
who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape
if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
{26} whose voice then shook the earth; but now He
has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not
only the earth, but also heaven.” {27} Now this, “Yet
once more,” indicates the removal of those things
that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that
the things which cannot be shaken may remain. {28}
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which
cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we
may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly
fear. {29} For our God is a consuming fire.

11. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
A. The writer sums up all the warnings in
Hebrews 6:4-6 For it is impossible for those
who were once enlightened, and have tasted
the heavenly gift, and have become
partakers of the Holy Spirit, (5) and have
tasted the good word of God and the powers
of the age to come, (6) if they fall away, to
renew them again to repentance, since they
crucify again for themselves the Son of
God, and put Him to an open shame.

12. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
B.Have you been enlightened?
C.Have you tasted the heavenly gift?
D.Have you been a partaker of the Holy
Spirit?
E. Have you tasted the good word of God?
F. Have you tasted the powers of the age to
come?

13. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
G. If you have done all of the above and fall
away from them it will be impossible to bring
you to repentance.
1.What else could you be taught that would
cause you to repent?
2.This is not referring to those who have
fallen short of the grace of God. We all have
done that. Rom. 3:23
3.This is referring to those who have been so
hardened by sin that they are beyond
feeling and cannot be touched with the
gospel any longer.
4.If you still feel guilt for your sin, you are not
to that point yet.

14. Don’t fall away
from Christ and
crucify Christ
again and put Him
to an open
shame?

16. TONIGHT’S SERMON
OUR CALLING