Counterfeit Christians

Bible Text: Hebrews 6:4-8 | Preacher: Alan Conner | Series: 2009, Hebrews

Worship Service Alan Conner Dec. 06, 2009 Northwest Bible Church
Hebrews 6:4-8
Counterfeit Christians
Intro

A. A FEW INADEQUATE VIEWS

1) Not a believer who _____________________.

2) Not a believer who falls into sin and experiences ______________.

3) Not a hypothetical situation.

B. A BETTER VIEW – APOSTATES (Hebrews 6:4-6).

1) Note the ____________ versus the “you” (Hebrews 6:5:11), and “we” (Hebrews 6:6:3).

2) Only those who persevere in faith are truly partakers of Christ.
Hebrews 3:14
Hebrews 10:39

3) All the descriptions are temporal:

4) All the descriptions fit with apostates:

“enlightened” –

“tasted of the heavenly gift” –

“partakers of the Holy Spirit” –

“tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come” –

“fallen away” –

“impossible to renew them again to repentance” –

“since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame” –

5) What is NOT said about them:

C. THE CONFIRMING ILLUSTRATION (Hebrews 6:7-8).

Two pieces of ground are in view.

“worthless” –

“curse is near” –

“it ends up being burned” – Cf. Hebrews 10:26-29.

D. THE SAD REALITY OF APOSTASY

LESSONS

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