| Warning Passage |
Passage Context/ Superiority of Christ |
Sin/Possible Problem |
Warning/ Consequences |
Exhortation/ Encouragement |
OT Example |
NT cf. |
| 2:1-4 “How will we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?” |
Over Angels. He gives believers, not angles, the right to rule with Him (2:13-14). |
Neglect (2:1). |
No escape from just recompense. Loss of inheritance/rulership. |
Pay closer attention to what was taught (2:3, 13:7) to avoid drifting away. |
Ps. 7, 8 |
Matt. 24:14-30; Acts 6:2-4; I Tim. 4:14 |
| 3:7-4:13“Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God” |
Over Moses as a leader. Moses was a faithful servant of the house, but Christ is the builder (3:1-6). |
Hardness (3:8,13), not listening/ heeding to the leader (3:7-8). |
Denial of partaking with Christ, sharing in inheritance rest. |
“Hold fast” (3:14) “be diligent” (4:11). |
Num. 13-14 |
II Tim. 2:11-13; I Cor. 9:24-27; Gal. 5:4 |
| 5:11-6:12 “…and then fallen away, it is impossible to renew them to repentance.” |
Christ as a high priest (4:15-16; 5:10). |
Apostasy. Not progressing (5:12), turning back to OT sacrificial system (6:1). |
Dullness, no repentance (6:6). Barren life (6:7-8). |
Press on toward maturity (6:1-3). Confidence of greater things (9-12). |
Num. 13-14 |
I Cor. 3:11-15 |
| 10:26-39“If we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice.” |
Christ’s sacrifice has taken away sins (10:10,17f), so we can draw near to God in fellowship (10:19-25)
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Willful, continuous sin (10:26), trampling underfoot the Son of God (10:29). |
Death or a punishment worse than death. No fellowship forgiveness. |
Remember former progress (10:32), look toward reward (10:24b-36). Look at heroes of faith (ch. 11). |
Num. 15:20-31; Ex. 31:14-15; Deut. 17:2-6 |
I Cor. 5:5; Jas. 5:20; I John 1:5-10; 5:16; Acts 5:1-11 |
| 12:14-29 “…much less will we escape who turn away from Him” |
Run with endurance (12:1-3). Father’s loving discipline (4-13). Esau’s sin and neglect of inheritance (17). |
Temporal pleasure, neglecting inheritance (12:16). Refusing to listen (12:25). |
No escape from temporal judgment (12:25). |
Listen to the mediator of the New Covenant (12:25). He will never leave you (13:5)! |
Ex. 19:10-25; 20:18-26 |
I John 2:28; I Cor. 9:24-27 |