Hebrew chapter 6 versus 1 through 12 is a text for this morning sermon.

I want to invite you to turn there.

Hebrew 6 versus 1 through 12.

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Hebrews 6 verses 1 through 12.

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ

and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation

of repentance from dead works and a faith toward God with instruction about Abolutions,

the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

And this we will do if God permits, for it is impossible to restore again to

repentance, those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift

and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

and have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the age to come.

If they then commit apostasy since they crucify the son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.

For land which has drunk the rain that often falls upon it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.

But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to be

cursed. Its end is to be burned. Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong

to salvation.

For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the law of which you showed for his sake

and serving the Saints as you still do. And we desire each one of you to show the

same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end

so that you may not be sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and

patience inherit the promises.

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