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NASB | Hebrews 6:4 For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 6:4 For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have tasted and consciously experienced the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit, |
Subject: Works in the Christian experience? |
Bible Note: Bill: Don't get frustrated with "neat, little boxes." They are merely shorthand to categorize beliefs. The reason I assume that you are a dispensationalist is due to information in your posts and in your profile. You attend a Bible church in Texas, which most likely means that your elders and/or pastor have an affinity for the theological distinctives of Dallas Theological Seminary, making a distinction between Old Testament Israel and the New Testament Church and characterizing much of Jesus' teachings as "Old Testament," not applicable to "New Testament" believers. That is dispensationalism, in which the Bible is divided into "OT performance" and "NT grace." Now that dispensationalism is defined, you probably don't have a problem with the label so much. My problem with what you have written in this and other posts is that you seem to be trying to ride two horses at the same time. Have all men always been saved by God's grace through faith? I think that what you have stated is that, yes, they are. I agree. So how could the Old Testament be characterized as "performance" and not for the "New Testament believer" if even the Old Testament saints were not saved by the works? I realize the passing away of the civil and ceremonial laws of Israel is concurrent with Christ's atonement; but it has always seemed quite a stretch for me that Jesus was singing one tune during his whole ministry (the OT one), and then suddenly meant everything he spent three years teaching to be null and void after He rose again. --Joe! |