A Warning Against Falling Away
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

A Warning Against Falling Away

Hebrews 6:4–6 (CSB)

For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit, who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away. This is because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding him up to contempt.  

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Reverence and Resurrection
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

Reverence and Resurrection

Hebrews 5:2 (CSB)  

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also clothed with weakness.  

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Our Great High Priest
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

Our Great High Priest

Hebrews 4:14 (CSB)  

“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to our confession.”

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Encouragement and Divine Rest
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

Encouragement and Divine Rest

“For we who have believed enter the rest, in keeping with what he has said, So I swore in my anger, “They will not enter my rest,” even though his works have been finished since the foundation of the world.” Hebrews 4:3

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Goodness of God
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

Goodness of God

Goodness—perfect benevolence if you will—is offered in Hebrews 2 as the man Jesus suffered for the transformation of his creation. He gave it all, out of his perfect love.  

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Pay Attention…
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

Pay Attention…

Hebrews 2:1 (CSB)  

For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.  

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The First Born, Son of God
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

The First Born, Son of God

Jesus Christ is the one and only, true, higher power at Celebrate Recovery, and the author of Hebrews fortifies his status as God with the power to help us recover

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Action
Melanie Baumgardner Melanie Baumgardner

Action

A willingness to make change is the seed to new growth and a new way of life. Action reflects the willingness of the heart; action displays trust in the words of truth.

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