That’s makes sense now. You don’t really understand why it was written, and to who. It explains how you can come up with your understanding. I’d suggest doing a bit of research to find out the who, what, where, when, and why. It will open your eyes to a who new understanding.
Ah, but this King has said, that having once accepted you as His own, He will never cast you aside. And this King does not go back on His word ...
It's not about Him casting us aside...certainly there's no danger of that. Yet when we sin, we harden our hearts and turn away from Him. And we are not captives, God doesn't take prisoners. Salvation continues so long as we are willing, and it is His work entirely throughout, but we must be careful not to harden our hearts such that we turn away. It is why salvation is spoken of as conditional throughout Scripture, because it is not completed until it is complete and so long as it is in process only God knows the outcome. Technically, any salvation lost was never truly salvation to begin with but from our perspective that's purely theoretical and has no practical import. Recognizing the dangers of the possibility of our own betrayal, though, serves to keep us seeking Him for sustenance and not trusting in our own works.
I will quote more of John 6, because it is interesting to contemplate.
Considering that it isn't even clear that Hebrews is a letter your confidence in your knowledge of audience and such is interesting.
Perhaps you missed the part where I said those who walk away were never truly saved, but that's only known in hindsight. How do you know you are in the number of those entrusted to Christ? Have you seen the book of life? Do you know the end from the beginning? Most promises of assurance are based purely on the word of a human being, the sincerity of their own heart. And what does the Bible say about a man's heart? Fear the Lord, the One who can destroy both body and soul.
Yes, the issue is there's not a whole lot we can say with confidence about its audience since we can't even say much about its form of delivery. Conditioning understanding on that kind of understanding renders much of the Bible inaccessible to us today because a lot of it comes down to speculation.
Yet that is something you have failed to prove against the scriptures in the posts you are quoting from. All you have provided here is your words in denial of the scriptures shared with you that are Gods' Word. Of course you are free to believe as you wish. That would be between you and God. There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed come judgement day but for many at that time it will be too late. Lets pray that we are all open to hearing and believing what Gods Word says.
I think we can say a lot about the audience by examining the internal evidence. Much like we can determine issues that Paul was dealing with in Galatians and Colossians, and that 1 and 2 Corinthians are actually the second and fourth letters.
Please forgive me but I do not believe you and have shown why from the scriptures. So we will agree to disagree. I only wish you well.
I did not call you anything. I only told you the truth the first time dear friend. What has Romans 1-11 that you posted to someone else have to do with my discussion with you and how does Romans 1 to Romans 11 disagree with any of the scriptures shared with you? Or where does it say anywhere in Romans 1 to Romans 11 that we cannot depart the faith and return to a life of unbelief and known unrepentant sin and not lose our salvation? -Nowhere! So what scriptures specifically did you post that says a believer cannot depart the faith by choosing to reject Gods' Word (unbelief) and return to known unrepentant sin and not lose their salvation? - No scripture and that is simply because there is no scripture that supports this false teaching.
