Once You Cross, You Can't Get Lost!

                                          Hebrews 6:4,6
                    "For it is impossible for those who were once
                      enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly
                       gift, and were made partakers of the Holy
                        Spirit;  If they shall fall away, to renew
                                them again unto repentance"

        The first thing that crossed your mind when reading the above scriptures were probably this:  That's not what I was told, or, I read that, but can anyone lose their salvation?  Most would say, I don't think I can lose my salvation, but it's really not plain enough for me to be sure. First let me say, you can't lose something that you didn't work for yourself.  Salvation is a gift to all mankind from God!  I put these two Scriptures together, because that is how most people read it, and that is why new babes in Christ, don't understand and grow toward maturity.
        The way the scriptures are wrote are as a warning directed to the Jewish people who professed to be believers in Christ but stopped short of true faith in Him after advancing to the threshold of salvation.  But it also presents a hypothetical case:  If one could "fall away" it would be impossible to renew them again to repentance.  Because Christ would have to be crucified a second time, and this will not happen again; therefore, to fall away is impossible.
        Let us understand these warnings that are directed to believers.  Believers who have fallen into sin to such an extent that they have crucified "to themselves" Jesus Christ anew, and they are disapproved and will lose their reward  (I Cor 9:27). The warning that we don't see is this; where it reads; "partakers of the Holy Spirit'  which means those being instructed and moved by the Holy Spirit, but have never committed themselves to Christ. That means, you know of Christ and came close to the threshold of salvation, however you never committed  to Christ, and therefore you never crossed the threshold of salvation, because of unbelief and sin; "you lost that chance of salvation."  If all that is written were equivalent to salvation, there could be nothing better. Many experiences may precede and even accompany salvation, but they do not always result in salvation.  Once you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Saviour and believe by faith that you are saved, then you have crossed that "threshold of salvation."
        Amen!!

Reading: (Heb. 6:1-20)
               (1 Cor. 9:27)

                                       May God Bless You
                                        And Your Families

                                                      Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
                                                      The Cross Life Ministry