Impossible

Hebrews 6:1-6 – Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits. For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.


Acts 6:6 - These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.

Hebrews 10:26-27,32-33 – For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries...But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

Ephesians 2:8-9 – For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Hebrews 5:11,14 - About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing…But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.

Application:

· Laying on of hands is done for healing, the gift of the Spirit and commissioning to a ministry
· Would I suffer loss and persecution unflinchingly? Am I deeply concerned for others?
· Salvation by grace through faith is not something I can accomplish myself. Faith, no less than grace, is a gift of God
· Have I become dull of hearing?
· Have I progressed in my spiritual life? Am I a Christian of sound judgment and discernment?
· To reject Christ’s sacrifice for sins is to reject the only sacrifice; there is no other.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV