Warning: Spiritual Apathy Results in Regress

Before continuing to elaborate on the priesthood of Jesus Christ following after Melchizedek the author breaks off with what becomes the third warning passage. He strongly makes the point that the believer's spiritual life is not static. Every believer is either maturing and becoming more like Christ or is on a downward slide moving away from that likeness, back toward the likeness of their old ways and beliefs. A symptom of spiritual regression is a lack of interest in spiritual truth, particularly the Word of God. As a result, even the biblical truth that is already known loses its effectiveness as it goes unused.