Comfort & Assurance Not Thought Possible

I. Understanding the great parenthesis: Hebrews 5:11-6:20

II. Gaining assurance with God that really changes one's life: Hebrews 6: 9-12
A. Cooling words after the blast-furnace v. 9
B. God who never forgets even the little things done for him v.10
C. Assurance as the fruit of earnestness vv. 11, 12

III. God's oath and Jesus' Priesthood: Hebrews 6: 13-20
A. Imitating Abraham's faith and patience vv. 13-16
B. What God's swearing an oath means to you vv. 17, 18
C. Jesus' priesthood, an anchor for our souls vv.19, 20