Subject: Hebrews 6:6 explained |
Bible Note: Greetings John! Thanks for the input my friend! Allow to clarify two quick points if I may! 1) First of all, I don't think that the parable of the Four Soils is a 'falling away' passage. I believe that it refers to four responses to the gospel, only one of which is genuine - not to people falling away from true faith. 2) Secondly, I don't believe in an insecure salvation. :-) I don't believe that an act (or acts) of sin causes one to lose their salvation. I don't believe that one can un-earn his salvation. I don't believe that one can wake up and discover that he is no longer a Christian. My position is simply this! One accepts salvation as a free gift. It can never be taken from us. However, through sin and rebellion, I believe that one can reach a place of such hard heartedness that one will willfully choose to reject Christ and His gift of salvation. At that point (Heb. 6:4-6), that person is no longer saved. And, as long as they continue to crucify Christ afresh, that person cannot be brought back to repentance for they have rejected the only source of life and salvation - Christ. In other words, I believe that Heb. 6:4-6 is a warning against something which is actually possible. To warn against something which isn’t possible seems very odd at best! A better passage to describe what I believe would be Heb. 3:12-14: "2 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first." Here is a passage which states what I have described: that sin can harden our hearts and lead to apostasy. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |