Page 48 - Apostasy

Hebrews, chapter 6. What is apostasy? In the

book of Hebrews, if a person was a Jew, it

would be like somebody going back into

Judaism, or if the person was a Gentile, it would

be like somebody going back into heathenism,

somebody going back into sin, somebody

believing something or saying they believe

something and then denying that later on.

We're going to see this right here. It definitely

fits into the category of presumptuous sins as

in Numbers, chapter 15.

Now, I want you to see as we read this that

in backsliding, there's always forgiveness with

repentance, but with apostasy there appears to

be no forgiveness. Now, let me just read a few

verses. You can chew on them this week, and

you can consider them, meditate upon them.

But let me just cut into the text. Let me lay a

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