To: the808bass
If by "fall" you mean that they purposely choose to avoid the gifts of God and though they once believed, have now decided that it's a bunch of hooey and have decided to publicly mock their earlier faith and "crucify Christ" (figuratively) for their own good, yes. I don't believe someone truly saved could do this though, do you. Because it would be impossible to bring them back because Christ died ONCE for all.
Becky
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
I don't believe someone truly saved could do this though, do you.The writer of Hebrews seems to think so, IMO. Here's a side question to ponder while hoping it doesn't distract too much from the question at hand. Why did Jesus choose Judas as a disciple? Was Judas never a believer? Did he never accept Christ's teaching? Why on earth did he hang around then? Or was it all just a big play where God knew Judas was going to make a deal to kill Jesus and kept him around for that?
To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Another example - Jimmy Swaggart. I believe that he had those 6 things Hebrews 6 lists. I believe that he might have turned from those and put Christ to an open shame due to some things I have heard from "people who know." Now, I'm not saying that He is guilty of the impardonable sin or that He cannot be brought to repentance because only God knows that. Just trying to give some examples. Surely you know some people in your life who once believed but are now thorougly reprobate. It's like they have an inoculation against the Gospel. They've almost got a vaccine. (Course the cure is worse than the "disease.")
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