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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: Lost my salvation? (Hebrews 6:4-6) |
Bible Note: Onnig, I noticed your profile and you say that you are Armenian; well the laugh is on me, I looked at it to fast and I thought it said Armimian. After I read through your response I thought to myself, that sure sounded Calvinistic to me. It wasn't until I checked back to make sure that didn't read it wrong that I actually saw the E in the middle! Well I agree with you, and while I was reading the verses you had listed, Matt.13:---, I noticed the response of the different ones on whom the seed fell, and a verse jumped out of my memory. Now remember we are talking about believers only; that's our main thrust. Matt. 13:19, says that this one, didn't understand, I.e. an unbeliever. Matt. 13:20, this one got all excited, his emotions were doing all the dictating, no true knowledge of Jesus. I.e. an unbeliever. The next Matt. 13:22, Worldly things and wealth shot him down, he couldn't see past the end of his nose, i.e. an unbeliever. Now the last person, Matt. 13:23, the key word is understanding, and that's where it hit me! Look at Matt. 16:15-18, Jesus ask who they thought he was, and what he was going to do with that information. Peter declared that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus told him that the only way that he could have know this for a fact, was by God the father revealing it to him. Peter received UNDERSTANDING of who Jesus is, and it's this understanding that makes us believers, when we trust in Jesus. Jesus said THE ROCK of this statement, and the Father revealing it, would be how He would build His church. The church is an organism, which is alive, not an organization in a building. Only those who have had this reviled to them by the Father are members of this church, the body of Christ. John 10:14 Jesus says "I know my sheep and My sheep know Me" John 10:29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. Maybe those that don't understand this doctrine have not had it revealed to them yet by the Father; it sure is a peace knowing it though. There are many who are troubled by this and they think that they can loose their salvation. It sounds to me like they haven't received the peace that Christ talks about. I didn't do anything to get salvation, how can I do anything to loose it, it was a gift along with the promise that I wouldn't loose it. It depends on Jesus not me, praise the Lord! For those out there that don't believe this, I don't even want to debate it, I know what has been revealed to me the same way that I know I am saved. Yours in Christ, CDBJ |