Counterfeit Christians
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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