The Epistle To The Hebrews - Executable Outlines
The Epistle To The Hebrews - Executable Outlines
The Epistle To The Hebrews - Executable Outlines
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INTRODUCTION<br />
A Warning Against Willful Sin<br />
<strong>Hebrews</strong> 10:26-39<br />
Mark A. Copeland<br />
1. Immediately following a gracious exhortation to draw near to God and hold fast the confession of<br />
our hope, we find an ominous warning...<br />
a. It is a warning against “willful sin” - He 10:26-39<br />
b. It speaks of reaching a terrible state in which:<br />
1) “there longer remains a sacrifice for sins”<br />
2) <strong>The</strong>re is “a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation”<br />
2. Is this a warning for Christians? Some would say no...<br />
a. <strong>The</strong>y believe in the doctrine “once saved, always saved”<br />
b. Who hold that true Christians:<br />
1) Cannot so sin to point of being eternally lost<br />
2) If they begin to sin to the point where they might be lost, God will intervene and take their<br />
life to prevent it from happening<br />
3. Does the Bible teach “once saved, always saved”?<br />
a. It teaches the security of the believer (i.e., those who remain faithful are secure)<br />
b. But it also teaches that a believer can become an unbeliever, at which point a person has<br />
every reason to fear for his or her salvation! - cf. He 3:12-14<br />
4. <strong>The</strong> possibility of apostasy is taught in the Bible, especially in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Epistle</strong> <strong>To</strong> <strong>Hebrews</strong>...<br />
a. We have already seen several warnings that imply this possibility:<br />
1) A warning against drifting - He 2:1-4<br />
2) A warning against departing - He 3:12-14<br />
3) A warning against disobedience - He 4:11<br />
4) A warning against dullness, leading to apostasy - He 5:11-6:6<br />
b. But perhaps now, with “A Warning Against Willful Sin”, we learn the real danger of<br />
losing our salvation if we despise what we have received! - He 10:26-39<br />
[<strong>To</strong> see if that is really what the Bible teaches, let’s begin by considering...]<br />
I. WHAT IT MEANS TO “SIN WILLFULLY” (26)<br />
A. COMPARE OTHER TRANSLATIONS...<br />
1. “If we deliberately keep on sinning...” (NIV)<br />
2. “For if we willfully persist in sin...” (NRSV)<br />
3. “For if we go on sinning willfully...” (NASB)<br />
B. THE SENSE OF THE GREEK IS ONE OF REPEATED ACTION...<br />
1. Implying not an “act” of sin, but a “state” of sin<br />
a. All Christians have moments of weakness, or ignorantly sin - 1 Jn 1:8-10<br />
b. It is not “inadvertent” sin, but “deliberate” sin that is under consideration<br />
2. A “state” in which one...<br />
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