Give Us An Example
Hebrews 6:4-6 is a passage often cited in opposition to Eternal Security.
The entire letter is to Jewish believers who were being enticed back into keeping the Law, so the
context is New Covenant vs. Old.
And in verse 9 the writer hints that he’s been talking about things that accompany salvation.
That tells us that verses 4-6 are not related to
salvation but things that accompany it.
More importantly the idea that a believer could
do something to irretrievably lose his salvation is in direct contradiction to the very clear
promise that the Holy Spirit is sealed within us from the very first moment of belief until
the day of redemption as a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance.
So what could these believers be in danger of falling away from due to their sins?
Fellowship.
And what could prevent them from being restored?
Continuing the practice of Old Covenant remedies for sin rather than invoking 1 John 1:9.
They’d be relegating the death of the Lord to the same status as that of the lambs the priests sacrificed twice every day for the sins of the people.
The Law was only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves.
Once the Reality appeared, the shadow was no longer effective.
And what would be their penalty for this?
Living a defeated life, bearing no fruit, all their works burned in the judgment of 1 Cor. 3.
But still saved? Yes. Hebrews 6:4-6 is a Fellowship passage.
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