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.
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