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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: Fallen 'Partakers of the Holy Spirit?' |
Bible Note: Part 5 "Thank thy Lord, then, that he keeps thee." (Spurgeon) Why does Jude 21 warn us to "keep yourselves in the love of God" if the possibility of separation from God's love is impossible? (zach) "thou art being drawn to heaven by a single rope; if that hand which holds thee let thee go, if that rope which grasps thee do but break, thou art dashed on the rocks of damnation. Then, if that be the case, his hand must be severed from his body before my name can be taken from him; and if it be engraven on his heart, his heart must be rent out before they can rend my name out." (Spurgeon) Hold on, then, and trust believer! thou hast "an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, which entereth within the veil." The winds are bellowing, the tempests howling; should the cable slip, or thine anchor break, thou art lost. See those rocks, on which myriads are driving, and thou art wrecked there if grace leave thee; see those depths, in which the skeletons of sailors sleep, and thou art there, if that anchor fail thee. It would be impossible to moor thee again, if once that anchor broke; for other anchor there is none, other salvation there can be none, and if that one fail thee, it is impossible that thou ever shouldst be saved. Therefore thank God that thou hast an anchor that cannot fail, " (Spurgeon) After stating all that, why if what Mr. Spurgeon just stated is true, is there the need to as he says to: "Hold on, then, and trust " didn't he just say a couple of quotes ago : "Thank thy Lord, then, that he keeps thee." ? (zach) Bill Jones is fishing several miles out in the ocean. His boat capsizes and sinks to the bottom. He is unable to swim to safety. Just then another fishing boat comes along, but it is so heavily loaded that it is impossible to take on another passenger. Because they want to rescue the doomed man, however the crew throws him a rope. "Here take this rope," they say. "We will tow you to shore." As he takes the rope, Bill Jones says, "Thank God, I am saved!" And he is saved, as long as he holds on to the rope. Salvation is his, but he has to play a part in it. If he should at any time release his grasp on the rope and refuse to take it again, he would be lost. So it is with a person who has been rescued from sin. He remains saved as long as he holds on to the hand of Christ. If he should decide to release that hand, he would be lost. Actually one can properly speak of salvation in three tenses - past, present, and future. He can say, "I have been saved" when he takes the rope, "I am being saved" as he is being towed to shore; and "I shall be saved" when he plants his feet firmly on shore. Does the fact that the man must cling to the rope to be saved, mean that we can earn our salvation by our works? Absolutely not. Remember he was being towed by a power other than his own. He was merely co-operating with that power. He was holding onto the rope. He had to do that in order to be pulled to safety. We are still free moral agents. Our will has not been removed merely because we have become Christian's (from zach's files) Spurgeon is attributed as having said; "Calvinism is the gospel and nothing else" A statement like this from anyone clearly reveals to me, that this person has exalted the teachings of a man, above the absolute truth of God's word. I think what this person is saying is: whatever is in the Bible that doesn't fit into Calvinism is to be either thrown out, or re-explained to fit Calvinism. (from zach's files) Spurgeon would have done justice to his message from Hebrews if he would have also explained other verses in Hebrews concerning this topic. Verses such as: Heb. 2:1-3; 3:14; 4:1,6,12,14; 10:23,26-31,38; 12:14-15,25 (zach) |