Losing Salvation

 Losing Salvation

A Lesson on Losing Our Salvation

Hebrews 6:4

A lot of people use this verse to claim that a person can lose their salvation.

That is not true. I will explain why.

First, if you read the entire context of the verse starting in verse 6:1 and going to verse 6:10 you will see

 the writer says that as we mature as believers we move away from doctrines regarding salvation, baptisms, etc. Because we rest in the fact that we are saved and can grow in Christ. We know that God's grace and Christ's Blood washes us of all sin, so we do not need to keep going around and around bickering on these subjects.

It doesn't help us to grow and serve in Christ. It's milk not meat.

Next in verses, 4-6 he explains what happens to a person who "falls away".

The first thing to notice is the word "impossible". That should send up a red flag. Because Jesus said "with God ALL things are possible."

This is a direct contradiction. Or is it? If you know your stuff, then you know God's Word doesn't contradict itself. Any apparent contradiction is an invitation to pray, listen to the Holy Spirit and dive deeper.

Remember this because it's important. We will come back to it.

Next, the writer tells us a list of things that God gives us freely or allows us to experience.

If you think you experienced these things and then fell away unto a loss of salvation. Then, you probably never really experienced the full measure of these things from God. You experienced something else.

Once you know Christ you cannot speak ill of Him or turn from Him. I am not talking about sin. We are dead to sin. It does not impact our salvation. God holds it.

The person described in this verse is someone who has been exposed to Christ and still rejects or tries to climb up some other way. This person was never saved. They had every chance but rejected. They even saw the truth. But rejected.

Next the verse says to "restore them to repentance".

I want you to consider what Jesus said in Matthew 12:43-45

That when a man is clean. The demon goes to desert places, then returns with 7 others and the last State of this man was worse than the first.

This verse says the same thing as the Hebrews verse. If Jesus sets you free, and you turn back, you will be worse off than before.

But neither verse says Jesus casts you aside and rejects you. Neither verse says you are condemned. If you think you walk a perfect life after salvation, then you really need to talk with God.

You basically open the doors for demonic activity to harass you. Consider a drug addict who is set free from drugs. But starts using again. The addiction is worse and the person believes they are a failure and everyone else tells them they are a failure. It becomes "impossible" to get back to that state of feeling free. It's harder to quit next time. It's talking about a battle with Satan, not a loss of salvation.

BUT...keep reading and remember, we are not saved by Works.

Notice it speaks of putting Christ to shame. This person the verse is speaking of never knew Jesus. They were never saved. When God shows you the heavenly gifts, and the truth of the Word, and the Holy Spirit convicts you and draws you. If you then reject Him. You are not saved and you put Christ to an open shame. That's what the verse is saying, in context.

Next the writer speaks of God pouring out blessings as rain.  Jesus said "He let's the rain fall on the just and unjust. "  That means that God let's the unsaved see and feel His blessings because He hopes they will turn to Him. But if not, then they reject Christ and put Him to open shame. When God calls us, He let's us see the Truth. We can choose to reject. And that's what Hebrews is saying. God revealed truth, and a person rejected.

The verse in Hebrews seems to be referring to a great Saint in Christ, but it's not. It's referring to someone who is not saved  or has let the enemy back into their life. It's not a loss of salvation.

Next the writer speaks of the water and says this rain from God waters the ground and brings forth good fruits or thorns and thistles.

This matches what Jesus said in the parable of the sower. ( Matthew Chapter 13)

God sows His truth into the world, and some lands on good soil, While others do not. Some soil receives the word but thorns and thistles grow up choking it out. Again, it never says they lost salvation. We are not saved by Works, nor do we maintain our salvation.

This again refers to a struggle with this world, the flesh and the demons who fight us.

The bottom line is real simple. A person is either saved or not. They either saw the blessings of God and rejected. Or they saw the blessings of God,  received Christ and are saved, but have fallen away, and are having a tough time.

Either way the answer is to turn to God. With God all things are possible. If a person "loses salvation" they were never really saved. They experienced the Word, and saw the kingdom but rejected Christ anyway.

At the end, Jesus will say either "well done thy good and faithful servant" or "depart from me I NEVER knew you."

Because you were NEVER saved. You never had a relationship with Him, because if you had you would not reject Him.  I'm not talking about sin. We all sin. We are dead to sin.

I'm saying you NEVER confessed Him as Lord and trusted Him to save you. You try to save yourself and try to obey rules, that is not salvation.

As the writer of Hebrews says. "God knows what you've done." But your salvation has nothing to do with that. Jesus said I NEVER knew you. A person cannot lose salvation. They NEVER had it.

It's all about Christ. Turn to Him. Nothing is impossible with God. We are not saved by works.

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Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ His newest book is called "The Future is Coming" and is a collection of dystopian short stories.

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