Actually that is not what the scriptures say at all. You really stuggle here brother don't you and rightly so. These scripture make the whole false gospel of once saved always saved come crashing down. Let's look at the detail you leave out..
HEBREWS 6:4-8 [4],
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, [5],
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Who are we talking about here; BELIEVERS of UNBELIEVERS? Were these BELIEVERS Born again christians?
KEY POINTS OF THE PEOPLE DESCRIBED IN HEBREWS 6:4-8 THAT WE ARE WARNED ABOUT..
1. They were enlightened v4;
2. They tasted of the Heavenly gift v4;
3. They were made partakers of the Holy Ghost v5;
4. They tasted of the good Word of God v4;
5. They tasted of the power of the world to come v5
[6],
If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
They were BELIEVERS who had fallen away from the HEAVENLY gift back into sin..
[7], For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft on it, and brings forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receives blessing from God:
[8], But that which bears thorns and briers is rejected, and is near to cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Yep thier end is to be burned does not sound like they will be going into God's Kingdom not having any REPENTANCE for sin (v6).
HEBREWS 10:26-27 [26], FOR IF WE SIN WILLFULLY AFTER THAT WE RECEIVE A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, THERE REMAINS NO MORE SACRIFICE FOR SINS, [27], But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Yep seems like those who CONTINUE in KNOWN UNREPENTANT SIN are God's Adversaries who will receive the judgments of God. Do you think these people will enter into God's Kingdom?
Sorry brother this is only posted in all love and respect and only as a help to you. Only God's WORD is true and we should believe and follow it. Once saved always saved is the false Gospel given to EVE back in the Garden of Eden when the devil said if you eat of the forbidded fruit you shall not surely did.
God bless.
Thanks for sharing your opinion. But on the other hand taste is not the same as consume:
Mt 27:34 they gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink.
Heb 6:4, I'll leave that up to
Kenneth Wuest (A Translator of the NASB)
Heb 6:4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have
shared in the Holy Spirit, (NIV)
Heb 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost, (AV)
"Partakers of the Holy Ghost"
We must be careful to note that the Greek word translated
"partakers" does not mean "possessors," in the sense that these Hebrews possessed the Holy Spirit as an indwelling Person who had come to take up His permanent abode in their hearts. The word is a compound of the Greek verb "to have or hold", and a preposition meaning "with" thus "to hold with." It is used in
Luke 5:7 where it is translated "partners," signifying one who co-operates with another in a common task or undertaking. It is used in
Hebrews 1:9 where the angels are "fellows" of our Lord, partners or associates with Him in the work of salvation. It is used in
Hebrews 3:1 where the recipients of this letter are called participators in the heavenly calling. That is, they participated together in the heavenly calling. These Hebrews had left the earthly calling of the nation Israel, and had identified themselves with the Church which has a heavenly calling. It is used in
Hebrews 3:14, where it speaks of those who participate together in the Lord Jesus.
The word (
metochos) was so used in secular Greek. Moulton and Milligan give examples of its usage in the following phrases: "We, Dionysius son of Socrates and the
associate collectors;" Pikos son of Pamonthes and his
colleagues," "the
Joint-owner of a holding," "I am unable to
take part in the cultivation," "Some do so because they are
partners in their misdeeds." Thus the word signifies one who participates with another in a common activity or possession. It is so used here. These Hebrews became participators in the Holy Spirit insofar as an unsaved person can do so, namely, in the sense that they willingly co-operated with Him in receiving His pre-salvation ministry, that of leading them on step by step toward the act of faith. He had led them into the act of repentance. The next step would be that of faith. Here they were in danger of turning their backs upon the Spirit and returning to the sacrifices. Peter in his first epistle (
1:2) in the words, "through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience," speaks of this work of the Holy Spirit on the unsaved, setting them apart from unbelief to faith.
This word in its context does not at all imply that these Hebrews had been born of the Spirit, sealed with the Spirit, indwelt by the Spirit, anointed with the Spirit, baptized by the Spirit into the Body of Christ, or filled with the Spirit. This work of the Holy Spirit in leading them on towards faith was a once-for-all work, so thoroughly done that it needed never to be repeated. However, there was nothing permanent of itself in this work, for the work was only a means to an end. This is shown by the aorist participle used, referring to the mere fact, not a perfect, speaking of a finished act having present results. The fact that the writer did not use the perfect tense here, which is a specialized tense, but rather the aorist, which is the maid of all work, points to the
incompleteness of the work of the Spirit in the case of these Hebrews. So far as the work had been done, it was perfect, thorough. But it would not be complete until the Hebrews accepted the proffered faith from the Spirit. The incompleteness of the work would be due, therefore, not to the Spirit, but to their willingness to go on as a partner or cooperator with the Spirit.