Let this sink in...
Activists have been sentenced to years in prison for peacefully protesting the violent murder of full-term babies.
Meanwhile, the abortion facility where these children were found is still open for business.
@SpringhouseFilm One of the most memorable lessons my mom gave me was as we were boiling water for dinner one night. She looked at the vapors coming of the water and although not verbatim, recited James 4:14
@brightislandusa Where does the bible use the term visible and invisible church? Or is that something from an exterior source?
You keep using that term, I'm trying to find it in scripture to address the original Hebrews argument.
@brightislandusa@5Solas Ok fine, help me out by giving me a verse that makes a distinction between the visible and invisible church. Let me address whatever that would be.
Definitions from the Greek, not a confession or creed. Scripture.
@brightislandusa@5Solas It doesn't matter if it were written to 1 or 100 congregations. Your first sentence is what matters. The writer tells those saved Jews (who were now Christians) that if they fell away, Christ is of no more sacrificial effect to them.
How big does "fall away" need to be here?
@brightislandusa@5Solas You're right, most churches in every city are not of Christ (denominations). I'm not talking about them. I'm speaking of the saints who are actually in Christ. You either are, or you are not. Hebrews, again, is written to those in Christ.
@brightislandusa@5Solas This is ridiculous. You're either a part of the body of Christ (the church), or you're not. What a nonsense answer. Hebrews is written to those that are of the body of Christ.
@Truth_matters20 Hebrews 6:4-6 is written to saved individuals. The writer, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, tells them there would no longer be a sacrifice for their sins if they fell away.
@needGod_net Don't you argue there's nothing we can do for our salvation? How then does it follow that you're suggesting some individuals are putting off their salvation, as if they have anything at all to do with it?
@LibertyWitness@sola_chad I was hoping Chad would provide a biblical answer, but I appreciate your effort.
But also, maybe don't go to AI for things like this. Too much at stake and it's fallible.
@sola_chad Ezekiel 18:20 tells us each man is responsible for his own sin. Guilt is not inherited.
Jesus uses children as the standard of innocence and purity in Matthew 18 and other places.
Romans 10:17 tells us faith comes by hearing the word of God.
Calvinism is a damnable heresy.
@joshwhitlatch The willful ignorance one has to exhibit to say this passage isn't about a believer walking away, is immense.
The writer quite literally tells them there is no longer a sacrifice for their sins in their rejection of Christ.
This is wild.