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Read Hebrews 6:1-8.
I don't think that I am mistaken in my understanding that the devil loves this passage and tries to use it to heap condemnation on many Chrisitans in order to try and put them out of commission.
I know he did it with me.
It took me a lot of years to overcome the condemnation I found in this passage as I became acquainted with and then knowledgable about the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ as relates to sinners.
The devil also took Hebrews 10:26-31 and coupled it with Hebrews 6:1-8 to try to hammer home his point that I was condemned because of sinning.
But I found freedom in some things that are quite simple.
First of all there is John 6:37. Go ahead and click on this reference or else look it up in your Bible. Whoever comes to Jesus He will in no wise cast out. That means that the people of whom Hebrews 6:1-8 is talking about, are people whose hearts are so hardened that they would never ever even seek the Lord or come to Him. Therefore if you feel condemned, and the devil is telling you that you can't ever repent in this passage, understand that if you are willing to come to Jesus, even in prayer, He will in no wise cast you out. He will receive you: I say that on the authority of God's word.
Another passage of scripture is Job 14:7-11. Go ahead and click or else look this up in your Bible. In our faith all of us are like plants that grow. If a tree gets chopped down, it will bud and bring forth branches at the first scent of water. It may take time for it to grow, but it will be a living tree, and eventually it will produce an abundance of good fruit.
I like to pray the following before reading my Bible every day: "Lord, plant good seeds in good soil and water them in me. I pray that I will not produce briers or thorns but only good fruit all year round. Make me a fruitful field whose end is not to be burned." I pray other things also; but this prayer is my safeguard against ever becoming the person spoken of in Hebrews 6:1-8.
A few other scriptures to consider are Mark 10:27 and Matthew 19:26.
Also I consider that when I fell into sin, it was like falling from the third story of a building (Romans 8) to the second story (living as a Romans 7 Christian). If I had fallen to the first story (to total unbelief and rejection of Christ) then that would have constituted falling away. (I have since come to the place of climbing from being a Romans 7 Christian back to living according to Romans 8. It took a lot of years.)
But even if you feel that this latter thing is you, I say WOW! The Bible even makes provision for you. In Acts 20:5-12 is the story of how a young man named Eutychus fell from the third story of a building as he grew sleepy from Paul's preaching and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and fell on him and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. Even if you fall from the third story to the first and die, God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you ask or think, and is able to raise you from the dead (Ephesians 3:20). Nothing is impossible with God!
I don't think that I am mistaken in my understanding that the devil loves this passage and tries to use it to heap condemnation on many Chrisitans in order to try and put them out of commission.
I know he did it with me.
It took me a lot of years to overcome the condemnation I found in this passage as I became acquainted with and then knowledgable about the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ as relates to sinners.
The devil also took Hebrews 10:26-31 and coupled it with Hebrews 6:1-8 to try to hammer home his point that I was condemned because of sinning.
But I found freedom in some things that are quite simple.
First of all there is John 6:37. Go ahead and click on this reference or else look it up in your Bible. Whoever comes to Jesus He will in no wise cast out. That means that the people of whom Hebrews 6:1-8 is talking about, are people whose hearts are so hardened that they would never ever even seek the Lord or come to Him. Therefore if you feel condemned, and the devil is telling you that you can't ever repent in this passage, understand that if you are willing to come to Jesus, even in prayer, He will in no wise cast you out. He will receive you: I say that on the authority of God's word.
Another passage of scripture is Job 14:7-11. Go ahead and click or else look this up in your Bible. In our faith all of us are like plants that grow. If a tree gets chopped down, it will bud and bring forth branches at the first scent of water. It may take time for it to grow, but it will be a living tree, and eventually it will produce an abundance of good fruit.
I like to pray the following before reading my Bible every day: "Lord, plant good seeds in good soil and water them in me. I pray that I will not produce briers or thorns but only good fruit all year round. Make me a fruitful field whose end is not to be burned." I pray other things also; but this prayer is my safeguard against ever becoming the person spoken of in Hebrews 6:1-8.
A few other scriptures to consider are Mark 10:27 and Matthew 19:26.
Also I consider that when I fell into sin, it was like falling from the third story of a building (Romans 8) to the second story (living as a Romans 7 Christian). If I had fallen to the first story (to total unbelief and rejection of Christ) then that would have constituted falling away. (I have since come to the place of climbing from being a Romans 7 Christian back to living according to Romans 8. It took a lot of years.)
But even if you feel that this latter thing is you, I say WOW! The Bible even makes provision for you. In Acts 20:5-12 is the story of how a young man named Eutychus fell from the third story of a building as he grew sleepy from Paul's preaching and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and fell on him and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. Even if you fall from the third story to the first and die, God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that you ask or think, and is able to raise you from the dead (Ephesians 3:20). Nothing is impossible with God!
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