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NASB | Hebrews 3:12 Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 3:12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God. |
Bible Question:
I need information on galatians Chapter 6:1-8. It has to doa with the falling away. I await your response. Maybe you can direct me to a place. |
Bible Answer: sheltona Perhaps the reference in Galatians you were looking for is in Galatians 5:4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. - NASB. The Greek is a bit different there according to what I have been taught. A rough retranslation could be according to one pastor I had is this - No effect from Christ who any in law are being justified, of favor you fall out. So rather than being severed from Christ perhaps it is that Christ is of no effect to those who try to be justified by the law. Not to say that salvation is of no effect, but think about the process of sanctification? When you try to get righteousness through law keeping you are kind of putting a halt on the process of sanctification because that rests on being justified by faith and not by the law. And rather than understanding that one who does this has fallen from the gift of grace that is salvation, it may perhaps mean that one falls OUT of favor with Christ, not loses their gift of grace which is their salvation. In looking at Galatians 6:1-8 the only thing that could possibly be misconstrued to mean losing one's salvation is that reference to restoring one who had a trespass? As if they had lost their salvation? All Christians sin, the point of this one part of the verse in 6:1 is that we ask Jesus for forgiveness, but sometimes someone who sees another caught in trespasses has the job of pointing the fallen one to Christ for forgiveness of sins and a restoration to the fellowship of the saints if that was cut off, or the person has not been attending. Really the fact is once saved always saved, and there is no such thing as losing your salvation. There are problematic passages like Hebrews 6:1-8 and Hebrews 10:26. In Hebrews 6 a lot of people miss what it says in verse 8 - that the people being described in strong language in verse 1-7 actualY ARE CLOSE TO BEING CURSED AND THEIR WORKS ARE GOING TO END UP BEING BURNT UP. But they themselves will be saved. Hebrews 10 is much harder to make out. But in verse 27 is says a judgment having the fury of fire will be consuming the adversaries of Christ. What is missing is the writer saying that the fires of hell will be consuming the adversaries of Chrsit. Try thinking in terms of Peter being rebuked by Christ where Christ calls Peter "Satan", at that moment Peter is being an adversary of Christ, for however breif a moment. And Peter's works as a believer at that moment in time will most definitey be consumed by a fury of fire later, at the Bema seat where jugments for the believer are rendered. It says in 1 Corinthian 3:11-15 that if a man has bad works that those works will be burnt up and he will be saved as though through fire. It says in Hebrews 10:31 that it is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Lord. That makes me think about a couple of things and one of those things is David, who sinned, and who choose to fall into the hands of the Lord. You see it is not only unbelievers who God takes in hand and whose sins get addressed, it is also the believer too. And God does, although He forgives sin, often make the believer live out the consequences of sin. In some instances God will remove a believer early in life by death. In other instances He may do some other drastic thing to a believer who sinned becuase He is a holy God who will take vengeance for sin and He will repay, He promises to repay. How terrifying a thing to trample on the Holy Spirit and to fall into the hands of the Lord for judgment while still alive. peacebestill |