Hebrews (Part 8) - Heb. 5:11–6:8: A Warning Against Apostasy

Thanks Rob for another great teaching on Hebrews. Shalom! Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

I have never been so inspired to read the Bible in my life! I have watched all of your Hebrew lessons 1-8 in 2 days while I recover from illness. This is an incredible teaching and a gift, thank you so much!

You got me thinking now brother Rob! great study, thank you.

Excellent teaching as always brother!

Thank you for this series and all your videos! I don’t miss any of them! Praise god!

Enjoyed it. Thank you. For your consideration: Since Hebrews from front to back is about the 1st century believing Jews, the warnings issued to them should be consistently understood with the choice they faced. They held Judaism in one hand, Christianity in the other and were being forced to choose one over the other. Since they are already believers their justification is settled, but their sanctification is being threatened. Our sanctification is by faith and we are sanctified by the offering of Christ. The Father and Holy Ghost also play prominent roles in our sanctification. This is very different however from the old covanent believers who were repeatedly told to sanctify themselves in the Torah. The stage is set in Hebrews 3 with the first generation. They were taken out of Egypt, but that isn't good enough. God wants them in their own land. The proverbial nail on which Jahovah hangs his hat is the bringing out of the children of Israel from Egypt and their establishment in the land of promise. It is a reproach on God and upon his name when they are not where they are supposed to be. The same holds true for us who should never be satisfied with wilderness christianity and it is also the case of these 1st century believers. They are the first generation out of the bondage of Judaism and God says "move forward" in your faith. The admonission is for them not to "go back". Several places in the bible we see that we are to walk in faith just as we have begun in faith. The 1st century believers' return to dead works is tantamount to their rejection of their sanctification by faith and is typified by the generation that died in the wilderness (never having possessed the land of promise). They died in defeat because God swore an oath and would not repent that they would not enter because of their unbelief. This is the repentance in view when we get to Hebrews 6. God's terms of sanstification are not negotiable and we cannot add by dead works that which he freely gives by faith. A rejection of God's terms results in a believer never experiencing spiritual victory as long as they are in rebellion to God's terms (great point you brought up about the present participle). The Hebrews 12 usage of repentance confirms the Heb 3 and Heb 6 usage. Esau tried to get Isaac to bless him too, but it was Isaac who did not repent, not Esau. Esau as a type of the flesh will never recieve the blessing God gives by promise. I try not to write such lengthy comments as they are burdensome to read. If you actually read this, I hope it blessed you.

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Thank you... very, very good! God Bless.

Wow, nailed it;

amen

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Judas was one of that kind,he experienced to be with Christ but lost.

How can you read Hebrews 4.9 and say we don't have to keep the Sabbath

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The hebrews 6 scripture is talking about a believer (saved born again) who falls back into sins they sinned prior to salvation, they no longer can be forgiven through repentance because they’d be re-crucifying Christ all over again. Instead, they will be rejected and be under the wrath of God.

The Prodigal Son was Israel who could return to faith in God, but that was the OT not the NT, faith is through Christ as faith is to the law of righteousness to prove faith.

On 5:14 What is "solid food" refering to?

There are several phrases like 1 Cor. 13:11 unique to Paul. Dr. Hartado, I think in Earliest Christian Artifacts, points out that 3rd century codices were typically bound with Paul and Hebrews together. This suggests that early Christians considered the works to have a common author. We know Paul was in chains, was Apollos also? What suggests Apollos, or any other?

'dead works' are religious practices that are of the flesh per Paul... if they were of the Sprit they would be Alive and giving life! Also why Paul said in Gal that we can't 'mock God, because if we sow to the flesh, we will of the flesh reap corruption' as they were trying to be saved by religious practices and Paul was referring to that as 'dead works' or 'works of the flesh'. Anything we do that we believe makes even 1% contribution to our salvation are 'works of the flesh'.   Also, repentance is 'METANOEA' or 'METANOIA' depending on source and is 2 Greek words, 'meta' = change, 'noia' = mind and said simply, 'change our mind'. So, impossible to change their mind is how I would apply that. We have free will to choose and we never lose our free will is how I understand that. But, 'you can lead a horse to water...' and 'we can lead a person to Messiah' but we can't get inside their mind to chose for them... Not involved in churches for a couple decades but always love sound teaching as it's rare! Just found Rob... so far so good...

The difficulty with Hebrews 6:4–6 is squaring it with John 10:27–30, Romans 8:28–30, and Hebrews 10:26.