Hebrews Chapter 6

Getting Beyond the Basics

            ¹ So let’s get past the basics about Christ and press on towared maturity. Let’s not lay again a foundation about repentance from dead works, and about faith toward God, ² teaching about cleansings, laying on hands, resurrection, eternal judgment. ³ We’ll get past the basics, God willing. ⁴ You can’t renew people to repentance that have once seen the light, tasted the heavenly gift, partaken of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ tasted God’s good word and the powers of the age to come— ⁶ and then fall away. They crucify to themselves God’s Son all over again and hold him up to public disgrace. ⁷ God blesses the ground that soaks up frequent rains and produces crops farmers can use. ⁸ If it grows thorns and briars, it’s worthless and close to being accursed. It ends up getting burned off.             

⁹ But we’re convinced that in matters of salvation you’re better than that, despite what we’re saying. ¹⁰ God is just and remembers your work and love in his name when you ministered to the saints—and still do. ¹¹ We want each of you to keep showing that same diligence, which will endure in the end to a firm hope. ¹² That way you won’t get sluggish. By faith and endurance, you’ll be following the example of people that obtain promises.                                                                                                                                                          

Heb 6:1-12

God’s Oath to Abraham

¹³ When God made his promise to Abraham, he didn’t have anything greater to swear by; so “he swore by himself [Gen 22:16], ¹⁴ I’ll certainly bless you and multiply you” [Gen 22:17]. ¹⁵ After Abraham had waited a long time, he did receive the promise. ¹⁶ People swear by something greater and settle every dispute with an oath to confirm it. ¹⁷ That’s what God did when he wanted to show more certainly to the heirs of the promise how unchangeable his plan was: he guaranteed it with an oath. ¹⁸ By two unchangeable things, then (God can’t lie), we can have great confidence who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope we headed for. ¹⁹ That hope anchors our soul; it’s a hope that’s certain and reliable. It leads inside the curtain, ²⁰ where Jesus went as a forerunner for us when he became “a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.”                                                                                                                                           

Heb 6:13-20