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HEBREWS CHAPTER TWO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
IV) THE FIRST OF FIVE WARNINGS TO THE HEBREW BELIEVERS
A) [Heb 2:1]:
1) INTRODUCTION
2) IN IMMEDIATE VIEW, AS ESTABLISHED BY THE PREVIOUS CONTEXT, IS THE MESSAGE OF WHAT ONE MUST DO TO INHERIT SALVATION INCLUDING THE ONE IN WHOM THAT SALVATION RESTS
a) [Heb 1:14]:
b) [Heb 1:3]:
3) THE BASIS OF THE WARNING BEGINS WITH EXHORTING THE HEBREW BELIEVERS NOT TO DRIFT AWAY FROM ATTENTION TO THE MESSAGE OF INHERITANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE
4) LOSING ONE'S FAITHFULNESS TO THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL IS TANTAMOUNT TO FALLING FROM THE GRACE OF GOD IN ONE'S LIFE
a) [Compare Gal 5:1-5]:
i) BELIEVERS ARE IN VIEW
ii) BELIEVERS FALLING OUT OF FELLOWSHIP WITH OUR LORD AS A RESULT OF ATTEMPTING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW IS IN VIEW
iii) FALLING FROM GRACE HERE DOES NOT HAVE LOSS OF ETERNAL LIFE IN VIEW
iv) FALLING FROM GRACE HERE IS THE LOSS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF GRACE
v) CONCLUSION
B) [Heb 2:2]:
1) THE LAW WAS ESTABLISHED WITH ISRAEL THROUGH ANGELS AS A BINDING RULE OF LIFE WITH TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE
a) [Compare Gal 3:16, 19]:
C) [Heb 2:2-3]:
1) JUST AS THE LAW WAS ESTABLISHED WITH ISRAEL THROUGH ANGELS AS A BINDING RULE OF LIFE WITH TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE SO MUCH THE MORE WILL NO ONE ESCAPE TEMPORAL JUDGMENT FOR IGNORING THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION THROUGH THE SON
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COMPARE EXCERPT FROM HEBREWS 10:26-39
IF WE KEEP ON SINNING... NO SACRIFICE FOR SINS IS LEFT
I) INTRODUCTION
A) [Heb 10:26]:
1) HAVING TRUSTED ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE AS SAVIOR, NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS IS REQUIRED, SO CONTINUING TO PERFORM SACRIFICES UNDER THE MOSAIC LAW AMOUNTS TO INSULTING GOD WITH WILLFUL SIN BY DENYING CHRIST'S ALL SUFFICIENT SACRIFICE
a) [Heb 10:1-4, 10-14, 18]:
b) [Compare Heb 6:6]:
B) [Heb 10:26-27]:
1) CONDEMNATION UNTO THE LAKE OF FIRE IS NOT IN VIEW BUT TEMPORAL JUDGMENT OF THE DELIBERATELY SINNING BELIEVER WHO ATTEMPTS TO KEEP HIS SALVATION SECURE VIA WORKS IS
a) FIERY TEMPORAL JUDGMENT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED THIS WAY ELSEWHERE IN SCRIPTURE:
i) THE LORD'S FIERY TEMPORAL JUDGMENT PREDICTED UPON THE ISRAELITES
i_a) [Dt 32:15-25]:
ii) THE LORD'S FIERY TEMPORAL JUDGMENT UPON THE ASSYRIANS
ii_a) [Isa 30:27-33]:
iii) GOD'S REFINING OF THE LEVITES
iii_a) [Mal 1:1-3]:
iv) THE BURNING UP OF THE BELIEVERS WORKS BUT NOT THE UNFAITHFUL BELIEVER HIMSELF AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
iv_a) [1 Cor 3:12-15]:
2) WORDS FOR HELL ARE NOT MENTIONED IN THE PASSAGE
3) TEMPORAL JUDGMENT IS BEING THREATENED NOT ETERNAL CONDEMNATION
a) GENUINE BELIEVERS ARE IN VIEW
b) MANY TEMPORAL JUDGMENTS ARE WORSE THAN DEATH
c) THE PASSAGE EXHORTS THE BELIEVER WHO HAS TRUSTED IN THE ONCE FOR ALL TIME SACRIFICE FOR SINS OF CHRIST TO NOT WILLFULLY KEEP ON SINNING BY OFFERING UP HIS OWN SACRIFICES FOR SINS - A SERIOUS DOCTRINAL ERROR: OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES
C) [Heb 10:28-29]:
1) TEMPORAL JUDGMENT NOT ETERNAL CONDEMNATION IS IN VIEW
a) [Lam 4:6, 9, 11]:
b) [1 Sam 28:15-25]:
D) [Heb 10:30-31]:
1) NO ONE SHOULD REGARD SUCH A WARNING AS AN IDLE THREAT - GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND HE WILL REPAY
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IV cont.) THE FIRST OF FIVE WARNINGS TO THE HEBREW BELIEVERS
C cont.) [Heb 2:2-3 cont.]:
1 cont.) JUST AS THE LAW WAS ESTABLISHED WITH ISRAEL THROUGH ANGELS AS A BINDING RULE OF LIFE WITH TEMPORAL PUNISHMENT FOR DISOBEDIENCE SO MUCH THE MORE WILL NO ONE ESCAPE TEMPORAL JUDGMENT FOR IGNORING THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION THROUGH THE SON
2) SALVATION WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED BY THE LORD AT THE INCEPTION OF HIS THREE YEAR MINISTRY AND CONFIRMED BY THOSE WHO HEARD HIM
a) [Compare Jn 29-31]:
b) [Compare Jn 14:6]:
c) [Compare Acts 2:43]:
d) [Compare 2 Cor 12:12]:
D) [Heb 2:3-4]:
1) GOD ALSO TESTIFIED TO THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION BY MIRACULOUS SIGNS, WONDERS AND VARIOUS MIRACLES AND GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
V) THE EARTH IS TO BE SUBJECTED TO THE SON AS THE PREEMINENT MAN AND AFTER THAT ALL HUMANITY - NOT THE ANGELS
A) [Heb 2:5-8]:
B) [Heb 2:10]: