Subject: Renewal AGAIN to repentance? |
Bible Note: I believe what they are talking about about in Hebrews 6 is once we have been saved lets continue to grow in Christ and not keep bouncing back to needing repentance for the same sins over and over again. A believer is to get off the milk and on to the meat. 1Cor 3:2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, (NASB copyright 1995 Lockman Foundation) We will all continue to sin as we grow, but we must try not to keep repeating the same sins that brought us to Jesus in the first place or we will never experience growth. A person must trust Jesus in their heart not just lip service. If they do, then they are saved. If they are so weak in their will that they continue in sin, if their faith is in Jesus they are saved. They will go home empty handed, because, other than receiving the gift of eternal life, their life will have been wasted. This is not what Jesus would have for our life. 1Cr 3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. I have a friend who studies the Bible and loves Jesus but continues on and off in alcoholism and sometimes worse. I have no doubt that he is saved. It is just sad that I believe he has the potential of being very effective for the Lord, but can't get off the starting line. God bless you, Bob |