HEBREWS 6

JESUS PERSONIFIED GOD’S UNCHANGING FAITHFULNESS

Encouraging the reader to mature in the faith, the author urges them to leave behind their elementary beliefs and abandon works without faith. God is able to restore believers who have fallen away. Through repentance, God cultivates and blesses His people.​ The author places emphasis on God’s just nature and urges readers to have assurance and hope in Jesus. Believers are instructed not to have lazy or sluggish faith, but instead imitate Christ with faithfulness and patience.

Just as Abraham waited patiently and trusted God, God has shown He is patient and trustworthy because of his unchangeable nature. God made great promises to Abraham and was faithful in fulfilling those promises. Although Abraham is a great example of God’s steadfast nature, he cannot compare to Jesus who is perfect in faithfulness and obedience. The author highlights that Jesus has gone as a forerunner on behalf of believers, dying in their place and reconciling them to God.