Hebrews 6

It is amazing that believers use Heb 6 to say that a person who falls away cannot be brought back to repentance. What do we mean by 'falling away'? Haven't many among us backslid and finally returned to the Lord who showed abundant mercy? Surely this verse has to mean something else. I contend that we pay attention to the words 'impossible' and 'open shame' in that portion. The writer is saying that since it is IMPOSSIBLE to put Christ to OPEN SHAME, (God would never allow that since the ministry of Jesus was successful to accomplish what God intended which was - our purchase), repentance cannot be twice achieved or twice built. Either we build upon repentance or we remain where we are and forfeit the blessings that accompany salvation. We cannot be twice born since it would show that Christ has to die once again for you. It is not impossible to return to God but it is impossible to enter into the whole process of salvation once again. God cannot treat you like you were not saved. Either we start bearing fruit or we can moan and complain all our lives without any real progress. The choice is ours.

Age of Fullness

When we read verses like "Ask whatever you will in my Name and I will do it", we tend to think that God is so pleased because of Jesus, that He now wants to answer our every prayer. Well, what should grip our minds more is the fact that the scope of our praying is now limitless. Jesus is not binding Himself to answering all our prayers. The roles have not been reversed. He is still God and we are not. The boundaries have been set back. God is letting us know that the impossible is now possible. The focus is more on the fact that we can now do things that could not have been thought of, in earlier ages. Well, the OT saints did do some mighty things  (like stopping the sun for some time) but God wants us to revel in it, to bask in it. No matter how big or how small a petition may be, IT WILL BE DONE if it brings glory to Jesus. Our amazement should not be so much in 'God will answer all my prayers' but in the fact that 'God is not setting the limits any more'. We are living in an age of His fullness.

Dealing with our sinful nature

We have restricted our view of deliverance. Deliverance from self is as important as deliverance from curse. The problem is that we think it can happen without choosing. False teachings sometimes minimize the importance of choice in our lives. Grace does not bypass choice. Grace enables you to choose. Remember that the choice is yours. The strength to live out that choice has to come from Him. Discipleship is not an option. Discipleship is the only way by which those things that we are holding on to, can be rooted out from us. 
Yes we did receive forgiveness from God. This is a precious truth that we have to hold to with all our lives. It was not a semi-forgiveness. It was not an almost-all forgiveness. Our turning to God in faith granted us a forgiveness that removed our sins and brought us to God. God grants a repentance that produces a complete cleansing. However this forgiveness did not remove our sinful nature from us. The blood of Jesus forgives us of all our sins. The cross of Jesus begins to deal with our sinful nature. We received complete deliverance from sin by turning to God. Now we receive complete deliverance from our sinful nature by going to the cross. Sin is no longer a hindrance for us because confession brings cleansing. But not dealing with the sinful nature that produces the sin, is the real hindrance to a deeper walk with God. So, the choice now is between walking in the flesh and walking in the Spirit.