Salvation Lost?

I: The Context (5:11-6:12)
Spiritual immaturity

1: A Classroom (5:12a)
2: A baby at feeding time (5:12b-14)
3: A building site (6:1b)
4: Rain falling on the earth (6:7-8)

Possible Causes of Spiritual Immaturity

1: Stubbornness (5:11-6:1)
2: Compromise (6:1-2)
3: Unbelief (6:4-8)

II: The Caution (vv. 4-6)

1: They were once enlightened: To be enlightened is to be

________________. (Matt. 7:22)

2: They tasted the heavenly gift: This heavenly gift is the

___________ ___________ (Acts 2:38)

“The expression ‘taste’ is a metaphor meaning nothing more than testing or trying something out.” John Owen

3: They shared in the Holy Spirit: Sharing (μετόχους) vs. partaking (κοινωνός) - (1 Peter 5:1)

4: They tasted the good word of God: They experienced the

______________ of the ____________.

5: They tasted the powers of the age to come: miraculous signs and wonders. (Heb. 2:3.4)

Blasphemy: a final, public rejection of Christ & the Holy Spirit.

But the Apostle speaks not here of theft, or perjury, or murder, or drunkenness, or adultery; but he refers to a total defection or falling away from the Gospel, when a sinner offends not God in some one thing, but entirely renounces his grace.

John Calvin

III: The Clarification (vv. 7-12)

The clarifying illustration (vv. 7,8) – 2 kinds of land

The clarifying encouragement (vv. 9-10)

The call to action (vv. 11-12)

Conclusion