Stay the Course!

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Hebrews 1019-39
Stay the Course!
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• Exhortation Stay the Course (19-25).
• a. Why The Work of Christ (19-21).
• b. How Faith, Hope, and Love (22-25).
• II. Warning Sin Has Major Consequences (26-39).

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Options -Believers who lose their
salvation. BUT see Romans 833-39 John
1027-29 -False Christians in the church. BUT
look closely at the context (vv. 19, 30,
32). -True Christians warned of a hypothetical
situation. BUT such warnings carry no weight!
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So what is going on? -True Christians. -Real
consequences -Not loss of salvation, but other
severe consequences.
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What are the consequences? -OT background
high-handed sin (Numbers 1530-31).
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But the person who does anything defiantly,
whether he is native or an alien, that one is
blaspheming the Lord, and that person shall be
cut off from among his people. Because he has
despised the word of the Lord and has broken his
commandment, that person shall be completely cut
off his guilt will be on him. Numbers
1530-31
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What are the consequences? -OT background
high-handed sin (Numbers 1530-31). -NT Sin
can lead to death (1 Cor 1130 Acts
51-11). -Consequences worse than death Loss of
fellowship with God (Heb 61-8) loss of
community loss of eternal reward at Christs
judgment seat.
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For we must all appear before the judgment seat
of Christ, so that each one may receive what is
due for what he has done in the body, whether
good or evil. 2 Corinthians 510
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Now if any man builds on the foundation with
gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,
each mans work will become evident for the day
will show it because it is to be revealed with
fire, and the fire itself will test the quality
of each mans work.
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If any mans work which he has built on it
remains, he will receive a reward. If any mans
work is burned up, he will suffer loss but he
himself will be saved, yet so as through
fire. 1 Corinthians 312-15
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Hebrews 1019-39

• Exhortation Stay the Course (19-25).
• a. Why The Work of Christ (19-21).
• b. How Faith, Hope, and Love (22-25).
• Warning Sin Has Major Consequences (26-31).
• Encouragement You Can Persevere (32-39).

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• How can you stay the course?
• Look back to Christs sacrifice.
• Look forward to eternal reward.
• Stay in community with other believers.

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