Hebrews 6:1-8
In today’s first three verses the author of Hebrews mentions six “elementary” items and suggests that we move on to more meaty topics. But each of those six items has been researched and discussed by countless Biblical scholars from the 1st century until today. So maybe those items are not so “elementary”!
Another “once saved, always saved” item: For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. (vv. 4-6) My Study Bible suggested three explanations for these three verses, but those authors had one-sentence comments on the first two explanations and clearly favored the third, that these “Christians” had never really, truly been born again. It’s a standard argument that allows “once saved, always saved” proponents to continue that premise. NOTE: I do not disagree with that premise – I join them in asking, “Were they really born again?”
Slava Bohu!
Rather than try to read someone’s heart and suggest they weren’t really sincere the first time (God knows hearts, not me), I suspect that God loves us and still welcomes us back (70×7 times) as long as we come back.