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Actually that is not true at all. Hebrews 6:4-8 is talking about saved people who departed the faith to return to a life of known unrepentant sin and became unsaved people. If you disagree your welcome to show me from the scriptures how Hebrews 6:4-8 is talking about people that were never saved in the first place like you are claiming here. Your making that part up.
Because they "tasted" the heavenly gift meaning that they didn't fully receive it.
Why couldn't an unsaved person be a partaker of the Holy Ghost?
It didn't say that an unsaved person cannot be a partaker of the Holy Ghost
OK, let's examine what the Bible says about the present tense.
This is an error. The very same word is used in Heb 2:9 - But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Could you quote the exact words that say they fell away from being saved?
The word "tasted" can be used in different ways depending on the context. If a believer can never lose their salvation, then how is Hebrews 6 describing believers if it describes people who "fall away"? Fall away from what? From tasting the heavenly gift, from being enlightened, from being a partaker of the Holy Ghost, etc. You can't fall away from being saved or from having the heavenly gift one you have it.
No, the context doesn't change the meaning of a word. The word in Heb 6 is the EXACT same word used in Heb 2:9. Heb 6 describes those who HAVE BELIEVED and ARE saved.
I have explained that passage. Go back and read it and if you have questions, I will be happy to answer them.
From God's blessings. Read Heb 12 to see the "other side of the coin".
Wrong.
If you read the context of that Hebrews 6 passage, it describes people who fall away from "tasting the heavenly gift" and being partaker of the Holy Ghost. But they didn't lose their salvation because they were never saved in the first place. To me this is so clear that I don't even understand how people could have a different interpretation. Where did it say that they fall away from "God's blessings"?
Hebrews 6 says that they were saved and had God's Spirit. No one receives Gods' Spirit unless they have been born again to believe and obey Gods' Word according to Acts of the Apostles 5:32. If they were not a part of the faith they could not leave the Faith. No one can leave something they were never a part of.
