Crucify Him All Over Again Verse

Let's suppose you died and stood earlier the Lord God and He said to yous, "Why should I let you into My heaven?"  What would yous say? What exercise y'all think you would say?

That question posed by Donald Barnhouse years ago probes to the depths of our relationship with God. Upon whom or what are you depending for salvation or eternal life?

The centre of Hebrews affiliate 6 forces us to ask the question, practice you have eternal life? Are you saved? Yous are either lost or saved. You either accept eternal life or you lot do not. In whom or what are yous trusting for eternal salvation?

The salvation Jesus procured for us is "eternal." Nosotros have "eternal redemption," "eternal inheritance," and "eternal covenant." What a great Savior!

The author of Hebrews will now stress the perseverance of the believer. Nosotros know a person is a true laic because he will persevere. The true believer will go on trusting Christ. He will go on to spiritual maturity in a growing relationship with God in Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 6:1-half dozen contains some of the severest language in the Bible. The writer of Hebrews has a way of causing his readers to finish, look, and listen. He wants them to take a serious look and evaluate their personal relationship with Jesus Christ. He warns against false security and all forms of religious charade, particularly religious experiences that do non produce spiritual maturity and Christlikeness.

"Therefore leaving the uncomplicated teaching about the Christ, let us printing on to maturity, not laying once more a foundation of repentance from dead works and of organized religion toward God, of instruction well-nigh washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the expressionless and eternal judgment. And this nosotros will do, if God permits. For in the case of those who have in one case been aware and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the expert word of God and the powers of the age to come, and and so accept fallen away, it is incommunicable to renew them once again to repentance, since they over again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. For ground that drinks the pelting which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to beingness cursed, and it ends up being burned" (Hebrews 6:1-8, NASB95). All Scriptures are from New American Standard Bible, 1995 Update unless otherwise noted).

Warning against consequences of apostasy (Heb. vi:4-8)

The context demonstrates that someone in the congregation had great religious experiences, and then the same person falls abroad and re-crucifies Christ by putting Him to open shame, and that results in the impossibility to renew that person to repentance. When is repentance impossible? That is a nigh serious situation.

This passage is not denying corking blessings and highly religious experiences. And in spite of all these spiritual blessings and experiences this person falls abroad. He turns away from Christ, the Spirit and the powers of the historic period to come.

Information technology is helpful to remember this is ane of the most disputed passages in the New Testament. There is no perfect interpretation of this passage because nosotros do not have all of the background on the first readers of this alphabetic character. Every interpreter is influenced by his theological groundwork. I have tried to arroyo this passage in its context without bias and in harmony with the teaching of the whole Bible. There are basically iv different interpretations past Bible assertive scholars.

Four interpretations

1.         Some scholars interpret this passage equally saved persons who later on lose their salvation. They view this passage as people who are built-in again, but lose their salvation by deliberate apostasy. This view fails to fairly consider the context of the book of Hebrews, and residual the Bible'southward teaching on ballot and eternal security (John 10:26-30; Rom. 8:28-thirty; Phil. i:3-v). The writer offers no hope to the backslider. It definitely does not teach that conservancy can be lost and regained many times. Yous are either saved or lost. You are a kid of God, or you are not.

2.         Some other grouping interprets this passage as saved persons who backslide. They describe them as saved, only autumn into sin and lose their rewards in heaven. They suffer the "sin unto expiry" (1 John 5:sixteen), and stand up at the judgment seat of Christ without rewards. The problem is these people cannot exist reclaimed according to this passage in Hebrews. They cannot offset over. There is no such thing equally being saved a second fourth dimension. Y'all are either saved, or lost.

3.         Another popular view is a hypothetical case is being presented by the author to illustrate the recklessness of apostasy. These individuals are truly regenerated are nether pressure to render to Judaism, but why would they ever want to give up their perfect standing with God in Christ? To turn from Christ would only provide the evidence that they had never been born once more. B. F. Westcott observed, "There is zero to show that the conditions of fatal apostasy had been fulfilled, still less that they had been fulfilled in the example of any of these addressed." W. H Griffith-Thomas said, "The passage is apparently a supposed case to correct their wrong ideas, and the argument seems to exist that if information technology were possible for those who take had the experiences of verses iv-vi to fall away, it would be impossible to renew them unless Christ died a second fourth dimension."

4.         Other scholars run into this passage as professing Christians who have never been saved. They are lost and unregenerate even though they have had great emotional religious experiences. They accept been inoculated with a form of Christianity, but it is not the real affair. They have heard the message of Proficient News, they have observed miracles, seen the work of the Holy Spirit in the congregation, accept had emotional experiences, merely like the seed of the sower planted on rocky footing accept never been regenerated. The betrayment referred to is the final rejection of Christ. They have rejected the substitutionary penal sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their sins. They were sympathizers to the Gospel, but never believed in their hearts and therefore never saved.

Tin can a person be a "partaker of the Holy Spirit" and not exist justified? Was this person who falls away like this always truly saved or justified or born once more? Critical to this whole context in Hebrews half-dozen is can yous be a partaker of the Holy Spirit and the word of God and the powers of the age to come and not exist justified? Can you lot lose your eternal position before God as a truly justified person then be lost? Or is this passage teaching that you can have these swell religious emotional experiences as described in verses 4-v and never be justified or saved or born again?

The Bible teaches unequivocally the Divine preservation and the human perseverance of the saints (Heb. vi:xiii-xx; John 5:24; 10:26-xxx; Rom. 8:28-39; Phil. one:three-v). How exercise we reconcile these articulate teachings with this passage? How do we agree fast to the unerring integrity of the Scripture?

In Hebrews six:i-3 the writer has been encouraging his readers to go on to maturity. Clearly he is addressing believers in the opening verses of this affiliate. Now we run across him changing his focus to requite a stern warning to those who have to plow away from Christ.

"For information technology is impossible, in the case of those who accept once been aware, who take tasted the heavenly souvenir, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and take tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then take fallen away, to restore them once more to repentance, since they are crucifying once more the Son of God to their ain harm and holding him up to contempt" (Hebrews 6:4-vi, ESV).

The New American Standard Bible reads: "For in the instance of those who take in one case been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and accept tasted the practiced give-and-take of God and the powers of the age to come up, and so have fallen abroad, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame" (Hebrews half dozen:iv-6).

To whom is the author addressing when he says, "For information technology is incommunicable to restore once more to repentance those who were one time aware"? The writer does not say, "the states who were once enlightened," nor "you," just "those who take one time been enlightened." He draws a precipitous contrast between "Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you," and this passage. It is truthful they enjoyed bully privileges nether Judaism, but they were not true Christians. They are non spoken of as God'southward elect, for whom Christ died, or as those born of the Spirit of God. The passage does not speak of their beingness justified, forgiven, apple-pie and accepted in the Beloved. Neither is annihilation said of their faith in Christ, nor obedience to Him. There is no indication that they were children of God.

A critical word in the interpretation of this passage is adunatos translated "impossible" in all of our authentic English language translations. It is also used in Hebrews 6:eighteen where the author tells us it is impossible for God to prevarication, In Hebrews 10:iv it is impossible for the claret of bulls and goats to accept away sins, and in Hebrews 11:6 nosotros are told that without faith information technology is impossible to delight God. Here it reads, "For information technology is impossible . . . to renew them again to repentance." The word "renew" must also be taken with its full meaning. Repentance is the work of the Holy Spirit on the eye of the private. The Holy Spirit brings nigh this modify in the mind that affects the whole person.

They had "once been enlightened"

"Enlightened" (photizo) "to give light, to shine;" metaphorically means spiritual enlightenment. They had received spiritual calorie-free or knowledge by educational activity. They had been instructed in the teachings of the gospel to some extent. Does information technology fall short of the spiritual enlightenment which transforms and regenerates?  "But we all, with unveiled confront, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, only every bit from the Lord, the Spirit" (2 Corinthians iii:18). There is a large deviation between beingness enlighten and regenerated. Where is the submission to the enlightenment they had received?

"Tasted of the heavenly souvenir"

They take to a certain caste understood the truths, but non gone on to appropriate them. Jesus said, "This is the bread which comes downwards out of sky, and so that one may eat of it and not dice. I am the living bread that came downwards out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will alive forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My mankind." Then the Jews began to fence with one another, saying, "How can this human being give us His flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you lot, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Homo and drink His blood, you lot have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last twenty-four hours. For My flesh is true food, and My claret is true beverage. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him" (John 6:fifty-56). His Jewish listeners took offense at Him. They refused to appropriate Christ.

The "heavenly gift" refers either to Christ or the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is ministering on the earth and in our hearts to glorify Christ and exalt Him. The Divine gift comes from heaven and leads us to heaven. Therefore, I am inclined to think of this gift as Christ. He is the Father's gift from heaven and His goal is to take us to heaven to be with Him. The individuals in view had an acquaintance with Christ, just had never made a commitment in one case and for all to Him. Jesus said, "The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the human who hears the discussion and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls abroad" (Matthew thirteen:20-21).

 "Accept been made partakers of the Holy Spirit"

The word for "partakers" or "have shared" here is metochos and means "to have a share in" or simply "companions."  John Brown wrote: "Information technology is highly probable that the inspired writer refers primarily to the miraculous gifts and operations of the Holy Spirit by which the primitive dispensation of Christianity was administered. These gifts were by no means confined to those who were 'transformed by the renewing of their minds.' . . . . At whatsoever charge per unit they plainly show that their possession and an unregenerate land were by no means incompatible."  Several scholars note the word "partakers" does not mean to possess the Holy Spirit in the sense of His indwelling the laic. The idea of the permanent abiding presence of the Spirit is not included in the word for partake.

Simon Magus in Acts 8:8-eighteen is a practiced instance of someone who "partakers" but in the following decades became detrimental to Biblical Christianity. He was non a true believer; he only used Christianity for his ain personal gain.

"Have tasted the proficient discussion of God"

They understood the promises regarding the coming of the Messiah. God has been faithful to His promise and they have enjoyed, and so far as an unconverted person tin can savor the blessings and advantages that come from these promises being fulfilled. A. W. Pink observed, these readers "could non say with Jeremiah, 'Your words were found and I did eat them' (Jeremiah 15:sixteen)." Of Herod it is written that he heard John the Baptist and "enjoyed listening to him" (Marking half dozen:xx), merely he did not apologize and even had John murdered.

"Powers of the age to come"

The new dispensation ushered in by the Messiah according to the Old Testament prophesies has now arrived. They saw the miraculous power of the mighty God at piece of work in the person of Jesus Christ. The "historic period to come" was already upon them because Christ has come. "The fourth dimension is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand" (Mark 1:xv). Not only has God spoken "in these terminal days" to us in His Son, but He has acted (Heb. 1:2). The principles of this new age are active at the present fourth dimension through the operation of the Holy Spirit. The Christian enjoys a genuine foretaste of the powers of the historic period to come, and will to a more glorious magnitude at the consummation when Christ returns a second time. However, these unbelievers had witnessed personally the miracles of Christ, and the wonders of Pentecost. They were now without excuse. They saw all the evidence that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the Son of God and refused to fully commit themselves to Him.

"And and so fallen away"

This is a very stiff emphatic statement fabricated by the author of Hebrews. The word used here is different from apostasia which was used earlier. It is parapipto and it means literally "to fall alongside." It is a deliberate, consummate and terminal repudiation of Christ. There is no forgiveness for this sin. It is a concluding rejection of Christ. So it is impossible to renew them again to repentance. Their status is across recovery. Since they have rejected the atoning sacrifice of Christ in that location is no other gospel to be preached. They take rejected the one sacrifice that tin save from sin. It is a full abandonment of Christianity. Therefore, information technology is "impossible to renew them again unto repentance" those who have totally abased the gospel of Jesus Christ. The "impossibility" is used absolutely here, without any qualification. It is incommunicable to h2o it down. F. F. Bruce notes, "to say that they cannot exist brought to repentance so long as they persist in their renunciation of Christ would exist a truism hardly worth putting into words." There is no possibility of their restoration "since they again excruciate to themselves the son of God and put Him to open up shame" (v. vii).

This is how serious this betrayment is. The effect of falling abroad is to re-crucify Christ and put Him to open up shame. When Christ went to the cross and died as our substitute He died to make us right with God. When we turn our backs on Him and return to the world nosotros are proverb the world is more than worthy than the love of Christ. Nosotros are saying in effect that we agree with those who crucified Christ.

The writer is non describing backsliding Christians or believers who have fallen into sin. Even Peter who denied Christ 3 times was "renewed unto repentance." The sin described in this passage is not the sin of a believer, but the open up total renunciation of the person and work of Jesus Christ. Peter experienced the work of the Holy Spirit in his heart considering he was a true believer. The unbeliever does not experience this kind of change in the heart.

The Bible is emphatic that the grace and forgiveness of sins and cleansing in the claret of Christ is freely available to every believer who sins and comes to Him confessing them (Heb. 4:14-16; 10:xix-22; one John one:vii-10; ii:i-ii).

John Brown said: information technology is "in open, total, adamant renunciation of all the elective principles of Christianity, and a return to a fake religion, such as that of unbelieving Jews or heathens, or to open infidelity and open godlessness."

The context of this passage of Scripture shows the willful sin described here is deliberate apostasy. These individuals are in danger of renouncing Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, and are ready to openly expose Him to public scandal of the cross. They are willing to stand in judgment of Christ and with the crowd shaking their fists and shouting, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" If they had their hazard, they would excruciate Him again. They take reached a decisive moment of delivery to apostasy. It is a signal of no return. They have reached the point where they keep on crucifying the Son of God and property Him in contempt. There is no possible return.

John Calvin said, "The apostle is not hither talking about theft or perjury or murder or drunkenness or adultery. He is referring to a complete falling abroad from the gospel, in which the sinner has offended God not in some one respect only just has utterly renounced His grace."

To then pass up Jesus Christ is to be eternally damned. They arrive at a spiritual state where they can no longer repent "since they once more crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame." In that location is no one else to turn to for salvation.

"It is impossible to renew them over again to repentance, since they again excruciate to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame." This is a real alert against a existent danger. It is true anytime there is a hardened eye of unbelief.

It is possible for those who are described in the language of verses 4 and 5 to "fall away and non be renewed." The critical question is were they ever built-in again? Were they ever saved?

They are not true Christians considering they have never been regenerated by the Holy Spirit. They are like land that has received its rain, but bears no good fruit. It is a land full of thorns and weeds. They have participated in worship services, the fellowship in the Christian community, but they are similar seed sown on rocky ground. In that location was no spiritual root and they cruel away. They audio similar Christians, just something is severely missing. They are not saved, and if they are saved the author is presenting a hypothetical case for them to not return to the temple worship and therefore crucify Christ once again.

Some scholars suggest if these Hebrews renounced their professed organized religion in Christ they would be going back to the quondam covenant and would be irrevocably lost. Since in that location is no temple in Jerusalem today this sin cannot be committed today. At that place are no sacrifices or a system in which to render so the sin involves abandoning the type for the fulfilled reality in Christ.

I return to my opening questions. If y'all died today and stood before the Lord God and He asked yous, "Why should I let you lot into My sky? What would you say? How would you lot respond to Him? This whole passage of Scripture we are studying zeros in on this reality. What is your personal relationship with Jesus Christ? When the Holy Spirit applies the redeeming claret of Jesus Christ to depraved sinner the work of salvation cannot fail. Those who are genuinely saved do not autumn away; they grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. Salvation is God's work; it is non man's piece of work. God'south work cannot neglect to accomplish its intended purpose. God never fails to complete His projection. Your salvation is His projection and He volition bring information technology to its completion at the twenty-four hours of Christ (Phil. 1:3-half-dozen).

Perseverance in religion in Christ proves that you lot have become a partaker in Christ. If you lot do not persevere in organized religion in Christ it proves you never became a partaker in Christ. You may be very religious, but are notwithstanding lost. You may have had great religious experiences, but have never been justified.

Ultimately only the Lord knows who is saved.

In that location are individuals who distort this passage to teach that there is no repentance later baptism and no forgiveness for Christian sinners. This imitation education completely distorts the residue of the Scriptures such as 1 John 1:7-10. There is grace and forgiveness for every Christian who sins.  Stop and read carefully the following verses.

"If we walk in the Low-cal equally He Himself is in the Light, nosotros have fellowship with i some other, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in u.s.. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive usa our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If nosotros say that nosotros have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us" (1 John 1:7-x).

All who profess to receive the Gospel are not born over again.

Judas Iscariot is an excellent example of a person who was in the presence of Christ, observed and experienced the peachy advantages of the Gospel, simply never was regenerated. He had all the bear witness, but obviously was never saved.

In our day we would say they had their names on the church rolls, only were never saved. They partook of the Lord's Supper, were baptized, enjoyed fellowship dinners at church, enjoyed the social benefits and trappings of organized religion, but were never regenerated by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus said: "Mind to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the route, and the birds came and ate it upwardly. Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. And later the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because information technology had no root, it withered away. Other seed roughshod among the thorns, and the thorns came upwards and high-strung it, and it yielded no crop. Other seeds fell into the adept soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a ingather and produced 30, sixty, and a hundredfold. And He was saying, He who has ears to hear, permit him hear" (Marker four:3-9).

What kind of soil is represented in the heart of the truthful laic? What kind of soil is beingness described in our passage in Hebrews? Only time reveals into what kind of soil the seed was planted. If information technology is good soil it will have an arable harvest of skilful fruit. It will bear Christ'southward likeness.

Some of the readers of the alphabetic character to the Hebrews never did belong to Christ; they were never spiritually regenerated. Yet, those who were truthful believers went on to spiritual maturity.

The Scriptures teach the perseverance of the saints.

Note carefully, it is the perseverance of the saints, not unregenerate professors. Jesus said, All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly non cast out" (John 6:37). The apostle Paul wrote, "The Lord knows those who are His" (two Tim. ii:nineteen). Our conservancy is guaranteed through all eternity by the mystery of the divine election.

Nosotros are kept by the ability of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Information technology is the work of the Holy Spirit energizing the truthful Christian. Abiding in Christ maintains u.s.a. in the presence of God. Jesus said, "I in you lot, and you in Me." Christ did not dice in vain; He rose from the dead to prove it.

They accept been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, partaken of the Holy Spirit, tasted the goodness of the word of God and seen the mighty works of the coming historic period. Where is the prove that they have been regenerated? It is the continuance in Christ's give-and-take which proves that we are His disciples. It is continuing in the organized religion which demonstrates the reality of our profession.

Faith dies when it is separated from its object.

The sole object of our faith is Jesus Christ, the writer and finisher of our salvation.

What is your personal human relationship with Jesus Christ? "Believe on the Lord Jesus and you shall exist saved" (Acts sixteen:31).

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Championship: Hebrews 6:iv-6 Warnings confronting Crucifying Christ Again

Series:  Hebrews

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