1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 2 of teaching about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. 3 And this we will do, if God permits. 4 For in the case of those once having been enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and having tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and having fallen away, 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 6:1-6 (LSB)
I was recently going back over some of my older posts and rereading the comments. On one post about the eternality of our salvation I found a comment that I never addressed. It was a request to explain Hebrews 6:4-6. I guess it’s time we addressed this passage….
Let’s carefully look at this passage exegetically. What do we have in vv1-3? The writer of this epistle states that what was written in the first 5 chapters is important, but it is not anything that other teachers and leaders in the early Church have not already taught so, yes all that is important and we should value all of that because it is about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, but now it is time to address deeper things along with those vital and important teachings. I pray that makes sense. Notice v3, “And this we will do, if God permits.” That speaks volumes. What is coming is deep and probably troubling but must be taught and after that then those vital things about our Savior will be taught if God permits. Another thing that spoke to me about that statement was the writer of Hebrews was not writing it just because he wanted to, but was being led by the Holy Spirit. <Continue reading post>