It's Time to Grow Up | Hebrews 5:11-6:12

Sermon Outline

Warning: Abandoned faith looks exactly like stunted growth...

...as needy as a breast-feeding teenager. (5:11-14)

...as immature as a foundation-only builder. (6:1-3)

...as fire-bound as well watered weeds. (6:4-8)

...and yet, hope endures. (6:9-12)

Discussion/Application

1. Warning: abandoned faith looks exactly like stunted growth. What exactly makes this warning so serious? Why would the author of Hebrews write something so challenging?

2. Have you ever had to help someone grow up and move from one stage of maturity to the next. What made it difficult? What are the challenges we face in moving to the next stage of maturity in our own lives?

3. Read Hebrews 6:9-12. What is one step of maturity in your own life or in somebody else's that you can focus on as a testament to God's ability to grow you? Write it down and review it every day this week.