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NASB | Hebrews 6:6 and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 6:6 and then have fallen away--it is impossible to bring them back again to repentance, since they again nail the Son of God on the cross [for as far as they are concerned, they are treating the death of Christ as if they were not saved by it], and are holding Him up again to public disgrace. |
Subject: If you are saved can you lose it |
Bible Note: Sniper: It is not my intention to be unkind. As I am sure you are aware there is different points of view on Simon the Sorcerer. It tells us he "also believed and was baptized" However, the fruit of his life seemed to indicate something different. His motives for professing Christianity were uncovered. As we see from the chapter that the gospel caused him in his previous occuppation as a "great man" to be undermined. He no longer had power with the people and thought that if he could buy this new power (the Holy Spirit) this would put him back in the place of favor. His heart is exposed and the language used to describe him does not reflect that of a person born again. Demas of 2 Tim 4 had forsaken Paul and the Lord's work. This does not suggest that he lost his salvation and we are not told whether or not he was brought back to God. I believe there is a difference between: Falling and falling away. We have many examples of believers from both the old and new testaments which fell. Some fell to the point in which we would probably wonder if they were saved at all. Yet the Lord chastened them in their lives and brought them back into fellowship with himself. When we fall we do not lose our eternal salvation, but we do mar the fellowship we have with God and our testimony to those without. I know that in my own life I have had times when I was cold in heart and away from the Lord. But he never left me alone. There is nothing more miserable than a Christian away from the Lord. We find that when we were saved that we are spoiled for the world. We may for a while try to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. There is nothing in this world however, that will satisfy our hungry soul. Christ is the only one who satifies. Peace in his name Robert |