Good morning and welcome to our second service on Sunday mornings. We have two services. The first is our Bible prophecy update that we do weekly.

And our second service is our verse by verse study through God's Word. And we're currently in this amazing book of Hebrews.

And today, Lord willing, we'll finish chapter 6. We'll pick it up in verse 7, where we left off last week. I'll

ask those of you that are here if you're able. You can stand, pardon me, and follow along as I read,

beginning in verse 7, where the writer of Hebrews by the Holy Spirit writes, 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 verse 8, land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and

is in danger of being cursed. In the end, it will be burned. Even though we speak like

this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case, the things

that have to do with 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. Verse 11, we want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end,

so that what you hope for may be fully realized, we do not want you to become lazy,

but to imitate those who, through faith and patience, inherit what has been promised.

When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater

for him to swear by, he swore by himself, saying, I will surely bless you and give you many

descendants. And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. People

swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end

to all argument. Because God, verse 17, wanted to make the unchanging nature of his

purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.

God did this so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie. We who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope

as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain where our forerunner, Jesus,

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