The Often Misunderstood "Falling Away"

[RJ]

Hebrews 6:4-6

If they then fall away. There is a kind of falling away that is irreversible 1 John 5:16. Christian salvation is final Hebrews 10:4, and the decision to reject it, if made at a certain level, cannot be reversed. According to 1 John 2:19, anyone who makes such a decision was not really a member of the household of faith, although they may have seemed to be. Judas Iscariot is the clearest example of someone who participated in the coming of the kingdom, but did not enter it Matthew 26:47-49, Matthew 7:21-23. This warning is not to encourage speculation about whether others are irretrievably lost, but urges us to cling closely to the Savior ourselves. For the sin that leads to death, see “The Unpardonable Sin” at Mark 3:29.

 

[farout]

Hebrews 6:4-6

If they then fall away. There is a kind of falling away that is irreversible 1 John 5:16. Christian salvation is final Hebrews 10:4, and the decision to reject it, if made at a certain level, cannot be reversed. According to 1 John 2:19, anyone who makes such a decision was not really a member of the household of faith, although they may have seemed to be. Judas Iscariot is the clearest example of someone who participated in the coming of the kingdom, but did not enter it Matthew 26:47-49, Matthew 7:21-23. This warning is not to encourage speculation about whether others are irretrievably lost, but urges us to cling closely to the Savior ourselves. For the sin that leads to death, see “The Unpardonable Sin” at Mark 3:29.

I think this is where some who feel you can loose your savation mistake this for the falling away. When it clearly says that this falling way is irreversible. Great point !