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NASB | Luke 15:32 'But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 15:32 'But it was fitting to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was [as good as] dead and has begun to live. He was lost and has been found.'" |
Bible Question: is is unforgivable, having once believed in god and giving your life to him, to then fall away and not belive? what if you did this and then want to come to him again, is it possible? |
Bible Answer: Remember, Christ himself said, "All sins will be forgiven, but blaspheming the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven." Drifting away from God is not unforgivable. The only unforgivable sin is to believe that Christ is evil, that is what Jesus was responding to by saying "...blapheming the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven." This was because the pharisees actully believed that Jesus was possessed with the devil. You see, it isn't possible to attain salvation if you believe that Christ is evil, because there then is nobody to pay for your sins, you must do it instead. As far as the book of Hebrews, this is something that I have previously posted in this forum: This addresses the fact that many wrongly interpet the Book of Hebrews to mean that you cannot come back to God, but instead, it has a different meaning which is very clear if you read the entire book in context with itself: the entire book of Hebrews was written to a certain group of people who were considering abandoning Christ and going back to Judaism. If that wasn't the reason that the book was written, then the author would not have written countless reasons as to why Christ is superior to Moses, and to every high priest. Nor would he have written how animal sacrifices could not take away our sins, but Christ can: Hebrews 10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; The entire book of Hebrews was written as a warning that one should not reject Christ and go back to Judaism. Because having been a partaker of the Holy Ghost, meaning: (once believed in Christ, and therefore Christ dwelt in him), if they were to reject Christ, then they would be living under the law again. By living under the law, they are as the Jews, and it was the Jews that had Christ crucified, so by becoming a Jew again, you are once again takin heart to the Jewish faith which openly crucifies Christ by denying him. So yes, by rejecting Christ, and going back to Judaism, one would be crucifying Christ for themselves a second time. This is not to say that they can't come back to Christ, but what it does say is that, without Christ, it is not possibe for repentance, since their no longer remains a sacrifice for sin. There no longer remains a sacrifice because the that sacrifice, Jesus, is rejected for animal sacrifices, of which God no longer accepts. |