OUR FATHER WHO SACRIFICED HIS SON ONCE AND FOR ALL

The book of Hebrews chapter 6 verses 4 - 5 says this;

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age 

This passage is a warning of the singularity of the  journey of repentance. 

After responding to the good news of salvation with repentance and belief in Jesus, the scriptures gives four categories of experience that, thereafter, a person's falling away from faith would have no remedy;

• Tasted the heavenly gift
• Shared in the Holy Spirit
• Tasted the goodness of the word of God
• Tasted of the powers of the coming age

The pathway to the ingnition of faith is passed through once. If that faith is snuffed out after having ascended into the spiritual realities of God, there is no mechanism by which re-hearing the gospel can lead a person back to repentance. Even the attempt to regain faith would be an exercise in re-crucifying Christ and subjecting Him to public shame all over again.

The passage, continuing in Hebrews chapter 6 verse 6, says it this way;

and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.

Have mercy on us our God.

Amen.

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