“Hard To Soften”

Thursday, December 13, 2018

    According to Hebrews 6:4-6, is there no hope for someone who has fallen out of the church to come back to God?

Sincerely,
Looking For Hope

Dear Looking For Hope,

Heb. 6:4-6 says that it is impossible for others to renew to repentance a brother who has fallen away.  It is always possible to come back to the Lord after falling away (1 Jn 1:9), but when someone has already been enlightened by the truth (Heb 6:4) and heard the Word of God (Heb 6:4), there isn’t any new teaching that can sway him from living a wicked life.  If someone falls away from Christ, it means their heart has been hardened by the deceitfulness of sin (Heb 3:13), and it is up to that individual to soften their own heart and return to the Lord.

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