Subject: Hebrews 6:6 explained |
Bible Note: Greetings John! I still don't buy it my friend! There are a couple of problems with this approach. 1) The illustration is imperfect (as most are): For example, in the illustration - the mother is falliable. It is possible that she could be unattentive and during that time, her child could be severely burned contrary to the mother's wishes. So, she warns the child as an extra measure of caution. The purpose is that between her warning and her watchfulness the child will hopefully be kept safe. However, God needs no such extra meassure to keep us. Can God be unattentive? 2) Secondly, in my opinion, the logic of this arugment breaks down in the following way. Your quoted source says that the warning is based upon what might occur if we were left to our own devises. However, you don't believe that we are left to our own devices. Do you? Therefore, we are back to where we started. The warning is a warning of something that cannot possibly happen. Why warn against something that cannot happen? Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |