Don't Armianist Christians have only one chance at loosing salvation?

Question

They interpret Hebrew 6:1-8 to refer to a Christian loosing his salvation. Yet, they believe a Christian can loose and then regain salvation over and over many times. They have painted themselves into a theological corner. This passage in Hebrews says, once they loose their salvation they can never get it back, it is impossible!

Answer 1

Putting aside the labels Calvinist or Arminian (because most Christians don't know what they mean and because taking one side or the other on this topic doesn't make you one or the other ) and sticking to what the Bible plainly says-Yes the passage in Hebrews 6 does say that some people who fall away cannot be renewed to repentance and that means there is no second chance for them to be saved. I have talked to alot of fellow Christians who think that if you can "lose" your salvation then one day you can wake up and not have it such as in "where did I put it, I had here'' which is not what the case is. The actual context is about those who "fall away" from God as in those who "go back to the vomit" and those whose "last state is worse than the first" and those for whom "it would be better if they had never been born". The Heb 6 passage is to me probably one the most terrifying passage to read. A healthy dose of the fear of God is good for the soul because it is the beginning of wisdom and it will keep us on track. For those who want to reject that it is possible to "fall away" from the living God I will say, "never go against the plain written Word of God (and trust somone's interpetation) and remember that He wants us to follow Him to the end and will provide the strength and forgiveness we need to make it as long as we "endure to the end".

Answer 2

Esau was circumcised, which was a claim of salvation. Yet God hated him from before he was even born. It didn't mean he lost any salvation, it didn't mean he had an opportunity anywhere in his life. If you cite God's foreknowledge, yes, it certainly was there. But when combined with predestination, or rather passive reprobation, there was no possibility EVER of any salvation for Esau. The Bible does say that we can know Christians by their fruits. We see on the outside, but of course God looks at the heart. We don't definitively know who is saved and who is not, and we do not sit on the judgment seat. Is it possible to lose salvation? Not if predestination is true -- and left to mean predestination instead of twisting it around to somehow portray a begging God. A Christian can have assurance of salvation -- but that absolutely does not mean that God owes it to anyone.

Answer 3

You got that right!