How does /christian/ interpret Hebrews 6:4-6? Are apostates doomed? Is rejecting Christ after having become a Christian an unpardonable sin? I’m a bit afraid tbh, I feel like I temporarily became an apostate by believing in some perrenialist/hermeticist cr

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Christanon 01/30/18 (Tue) 03:59:19 d9dac6 No.596263

How does /christian/ interpret Hebrews 6:4-6? Are apostates doomed? Is rejecting Christ after having become a Christian an unpardonable sin? I’m a bit afraid tbh, I feel like I temporarily became an apostate by believing in some perrenialist/hermeticist crap as an excuse to sin.

> For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, if they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

Christanon 01/30/18 (Tue) 04:27:58 30b873 No.596274

The teaching of Rome on this is that sin against the Holy Spirit is something you continually do that makes communion impossible - believe you're so holy you're automatically saved, or so depraved you cannot be saved, which kind of makes sense here.

Christanon 01/30/18 (Tue) 04:33:59 7b97e1 No.596277

This verse is in the context of baptism. If you've borne good fruit, that of faith and you fall away, that good fruit has not disappeared and God will never take it away. If you've borne bad fruit, like Peter when he denied Jesus, it can be washed away. Baptism is joining into the Body of Christ, and one cannot do that a second time, because once joined one cannot separate oneself.

Christanon 01/31/18 (Wed) 07:09:16 605d32 No.596933

>>596263

>Are apostates doomed?

Yes.

>Is rejecting Christ after having become a Christian an unpardonable sin?

Read matthew 12:32

>And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven of him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven of him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

Also see jude 1:7

>I feel like I temporarily became an apostate by believing in some perrenialist/hermeticist crap as an excuse to sin.

Repent now then.

Christanon 01/31/18 (Wed) 08:30:35 fe0553 No.596954

>>596263

>How does /christian/ interpret Hebrews 6:4-6?

Those are people who tasted the word of God but ultimately rejected it. They tasted but did not receive. They were given understanding of the gospel, they saw the truth and comprehended it, but for some reason they didn't accept it and finally rejected it. It was their choice. The important thing to note here is that they never did gladly receive the word of God, they were never saved, they never had faith in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ simply never knew them. As it says in Matthew 7:23—

>And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Notice that in Hebrews 6:1-3 it's mentioned that we've already laid the groundwork of faith toward God and election. This passage then is about a group of reprobates who, in their minds knew what it was they rejected, and went down that path despite this. It's a hard thing to contemplate for the rest of us, but the word of God tells us it happens, and be aware that it is out there. There is a point of no return and it has been crossed by certain people. If you are worried and troubled about it, that is always a clear sign that this doesn't apply to you. This is a very common concern among people at some stage, in fact.