Great Expectations

Hebrews 6:3-12

Which Tire?

Two Introductory comments as we look at this passage:

The value of expositional ___________________

The value of preaching a passage in its _________________

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Bad news for those who believe you can ____________________ your salvation V. 4-6

We must point out that if this passage teaches you can lose your salvation, it also teaches it’s _________________ for you to get it back again after you lose it.

Ephesians 2:8-9

“Not of works, lest anyone should boast” in the good times also means “Not of works lest anyone should ___________________ in the ‘not so good’ times.

When we have sinned as Christians it’s not a ‘lost the salvation’ issue; it’s a ‘get back the close ___________________’ with God issue.

Now some teach that this passage refers not to losing your salvation, but to once and for all rejecting it. That’s known as _______________.

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The ___________________ saved don’t fall away V. 9

Philippians 1:6

This passage is about one thing: perseverance of the saints. Those who fall away ______________ that they didn’t really know the Lord.

What was he saying in the hypothetical language of verses 4-6?

If the gospel isn’t _________________ for a person, we don’t have anything else to offer them.

Matthew 13:18-23

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A Tale of Two Plants V. 7-8

Useful herbs = Growing plants

Useless thorns = No life

_________________ is the essence of life.

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The author’s challenge: GROW UP V. 10-12

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R –

O –

W –

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Hebrews 12:2