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Thank you for your comments Davy, I did look at these scriptures and understand your reasoning and conclusions based on what is written. Do the one's who fall away (do not continue to follow Christ) enter into the kingdom of heaven? Or, because they chose to not remain in the vine, they become withered branches that bare no fruit and are thrown into the burning fire by the Angels of the Lord in the end?
Very deep subject, takes a lot of Bible study. The matter is about spiritual blindness vs. accountability. Recall how Apostle Paul was once a Pharisee and persecuted Christians, even holding the coats of those who stoned Christ's prophet Stephen. Yet he did it in ignorance, even as Paul himself said. Contrast Paul with the example in Hebrews 5 of one being given undeniable proof of God and the powers of the world to come, but then turns away. Can one given proof that turns away be given another chance? It's not really up to us to decide, but I believe that is the unpardonable sin that will not be forgiven in this world nor in the next, and that it can only be committed by one of Christ's elect that has been given proof. It would be as if Apostle Paul refused to follow Christ when He struck Paul down on the road to Damascus to bring Paul into His service. Paul would be committing the unpardonable sin.
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