The warnings are not in regard to losing salvation, but forfeiting blessing and experience discipline.

1. Hebrews 5:11-12
We have much to say about this, but it is
hard to explain because you are slow to
learn. In fact, though by this time you
ought to be teachers, you need someone to
teach you the elementary truths of God’s
word all over again. You need milk, not
solid food!
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2. Hebrews 5:13-14
Anyone who lives on milk, being still an
infant, is not acquainted with the teaching
of righteousness. But solid food is for the
mature, who by constant use have trained
themselves to distinguish good from evil.
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3. Hebrews 6:1-3
Therefore let us leave the elementary
teachings about Christ and go on to
maturity, not laying again the foundation of
repentance from acts that lead to death,
and of faith in God, instruction about
baptisms, the laying on of hands, the
resurrection of the dead, and eternal
judgment. And God permitting, we will do
so.
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4. Hebrews 6:4-6
It is impossible for those who have once
been enlightened, who have tasted the
heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy
Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the
words of God and the powers of the
coming age, if they fall away, to be brought
back to repentance, because to their loss
they are crucifying the Son of God all over
again and subjecting Him to public disgrace.
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5. Hebrews 6:7-8
Land that drinks in the rain often falling on
it and that produces a crop useful to those
for whom it is farmed receives the blessing
of God. But land that produces thorns and
thistles is worthless and is in danger of
being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
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6. Hebrews 6:9-10
Even though we speak like this, dear
friends, we are confident of better things in
your case—things that accompany
salvation. God is not unjust; He will not
forget your work and the love you have
shown Him as you have helped His people
and continue to help them.
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7. Hebrews 6:11-12
We want each of you to show this same
diligence to the very end, in order to make
your hope sure. We do not want you to
become lazy, but to imitate those who
through faith and patience inherit what has
been promised.
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8. There are beautiful
passages of scripture that
speak of ETERNAL
SECURITY in Christ.
Hotly debated passages in Hebrews have
fostered the MISTAKEN BELIEF that a
believer can lose salvation.
Ironically, the overriding message of
Hebrews is one of ASSURANCE.

9. Gleason refutes the idea that a true Christian
can LOSE salvation or that we can ONLY have
assurance AFTER we have persevered, while
also showing why assurance should not lead
to LAZINESS.
The call in these verses is for the BELIEVER
to take their spiritual growth SERIOUSLY.
The author has given us the FRAMEWORK
from the parallel in the OT to understand
these WARNINGS in Hebrews.

10. They exhibited a FAILURE
to learn from the past in
order to TRUST God in
the present.
The MATURE believer is marked by
fruitfulness, the IMMATURE by producing
thorns.
The warnings are not in regard to LOSING
salvation, but FORFEITING blessing and
experiencing discipline.

11. Please take a moment to fill out your
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My Next Step Today is to:
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( ) Reflect on what God has taught me through
“unanswered” prayers
( ) Meditate on what it means to exist for the
glory of God.
( ) Think through why science and miracles do not
conflict with one another
( ) Accept how God chooses to answer my prayers
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