A Warning to Persevere in Your Faith

 Today's Lesson from Church

Today in church the pastor preached out of the book of Hebrews in Chapter 6. Well, let's talk about it and talk about what this scripture means.

Hebrews 6 

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgement. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 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, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 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. 

Let's talk about each verse here and what they mean. What is it that God is speaking to us? In verses 1-6 it's talking about coming to maturity spiritually by leaving behind the kiddie Christian doctrines and moving on to perfection, with a strong warning against falling away from Christ after experiencing spiritual blessings. The meaning of "impossible to renew to repentance" is debated between different groups of people, but the passage likely is describing those who have truly tasted God's goodness but then turn away. This essentially is like re-crucifying Christ and rejecting His sufficient grace, an irreversible state that highlights the seriousness of apostasy rather than the possibility of losing salvation for true believers.

In other words, if you have experienced the true moving of the spirit of God and tasted of his goodness how could you ever turn away from it. I know many people fall short and many people mess up but it is important to always persevere and never turn back from it. Keep your faith in God and grow in Him each day. I have been in that category myself before. I was raised in church for most of my life and taught from childhood about Jesus. My sunday school teachers, pastors, church family, my grandmother, and many more people in my life have helped to lay the foundation of the gospel of Jesus Christ and now that I am older and have truly experienced it and tasted of His goodness it would be a slap to the face of Jesus if I were to turn away and do my own thing like I don't know any better. But as I have said I have done that before and I'm ashamed of how many times I've fallen and decided to slip back into old habits and ways. At the end of my rope each time I find myself being pulled back to the foot of the cross. I never want to turn away again. The Lord has been too good to me for me to turn my back on Him. He has never and will never leave me or turn away from me and that is something that I'm so grateful for. He truly is a good good father.