The people who say that if you are worried, you are fine, are not far off. You aren't fine, but you are not rejected. The passage in Hebrews 6 that you mentioned, if you read the context you will find that it is talking about leaving the basic principles of Christianity, and building on a false foundation. It has nothing to do with walking away from the faith.
I walked away from the faith once, and I'm back, and God shows me favor. Signs miracles and wonders are starting to follow my life. You can come back.
I do not believe that a person can loose his salvation. We are sons of God. Can you backslide so far that you are no longer your parent's child? You can fall out of their good graces, but you can't become no longer their child.
There are a lot of areas in The Word of God that can be interpreted to mean that our salvation isn’t secure, but there are also verses like Eph 1:13-14, John 6:37, John 17:12 and John 10:29. I would like to take a look at these areas, and discuss the different ways that they can be interpreted. If we can loose our salvation, what exactly is it that can take it away. Can sin?
Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
From this in my understanding we are no longer governed by the law, so there is no more sin.
1Cr 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 1Cr 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
From this in my understanding nothing is sin to us anymore, but those things that were when we were without Christ are still harmful to us.
I was taught that salvation is free, but crowns are earned.
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Following Rom 7 is Rom 8:1 which says “[There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.”
Even if our salvation is secure, that doesn’t mean that we are free to live like hell. We have a job to do, and that is to bring God glory, and we are to do the best that we can at it. We don’t do it to keep our salvation, though. We do it because we love the Lord.
This is where the problem is, though. You don't feel like you love him. Once you realize how much He loves you, that will change.
1John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Do you remember the parable of the prodigal son? Look at it again in the light of the parable of the forgiving father. The father was watching and longing for his son to return. That is what God is doing for you.
It's in Luke 15. Read the whole chapter. The stuff about the lost sheep is good too. Here's where you can find it on line:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Luk/Luk015.html#23
2007-10-09 05:24:15
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answered by Caveman 5
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People Who Commit the Unpardonable Sin DO NOT CARE about Jesus, GOD, Heaven, The Bible ANYMORE.
Hebrews 6:4,5,6 is the Unpardonable Sin.
You have to Accomplish 5 Things BEFORE you can Even Commit it!
Baby Christians can not Even Commit the Unpardonabe Sin.
Satan gets GOD's Kids to do weird Stuff (like make you thing GOD did that to ya, when it was satan all the time) THEN gets you to Curse GOD so on, WHICH is not the Unpardonable Sin.
Even Saying Things Against the Holy Spirit, AS a Child of GOD Is NOT the Unpardonable Sin.
What happens there is that IF you do Speak Against the Holy Spirit AFTER your Born-Again, it won't be Forgiven in this World or the one to come (next world) BUT IN THE THIRD World to come, you will be forgiven.
Basically, you Lose Rewards in Heaven.
YOU will Still go to Heaven if you Talk Against the Holy Spirit.
Now, what happened is that Satan Tempted you to sin (talk against GOD) and you Fell for IT, then satan sent some Demons to TORMENT YOU for that sin.
GOD ain't even in all of that!
You need to Learn How to Fight Demons.
You need some Information on Who YOU are After you Accept Jesus into your Life as your Saviour.
Kenneth CopeLand Ministry
Fort Worth, Texas
(Kenneth and Gloria BOTH have GOOD Teaching Material (CD's, DVD, Books)
"Authority of the Believer" very good Teaching.
Hope this Helps!
GOD Bless and Dit===============to!
(see ya in Heaven!)
2007-10-07 02:18:24
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answered by maguyver727 7
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I am a Christian and I don't believe that someone can lose their salvation. I do believe that a believer can backslide so far away from God that he feels the way you do. How long have you been a believer and what brought you to the place where you would do this? I would recommend that you find a Pastor in your area and get some counseling. I will pray for you that you find the answers you need but more than that the peace that passes all understanding. God Bless.
2007-10-07 02:02:30
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answered by debj69121 2
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Live the life you have been given peacefully and joyfully. Let the nightmare of religion fade away. You do not need to be saved, for you can never be lost. You are Eternal. You are loved. Live well and harm none. There is no sin - just bad choices. When you realise who you really are, you will never need to ask a question like this one again. Blessings.
2007-10-07 01:59:31
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answered by hedgewitch18 6
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my DEAR friend. You can be a DIVINE REBELL, I also cursed God looking at the world with sooo much pain and sufering is VERY easy to hate Him. And you will feel like that till you stop looking outside of yourself for answer and look INSIDE for that Immortal Sacred Sparkle which you really are - the God Within. You are Sparkle of God Soul having human experience, NOT human having God or Soul and as such you CANNOT "loose salvation" - May be you did extreme service to the Part of God in you who needed experience of blashfemy? Instead of worring and fighting give thanka for the experience you passed through and with all sincerity offer it to Jesus. Peace and understanding will come and may be you will get a little winkle and sparkle in the eye of God. You CANNOT loose the Sacred Sparkle in yourself. All stories about hell and damnetion belong to old religins belives created by churches in fight of power. GOD IS LOVE and cannot be destroyed - we only now are slowly comming to this knowledge.
2007-10-07 02:11:26
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus Christ died for our sins, incomes us in basic terms the potential for salvation. His loss of life reopened the gates of heaven that throughout the time of the previous have been closed because of the sin of Adam and Eve. at the beginning, we ought to continually be Catholic and save on with Jesus' Church with each and every of the Sacraments He bestowed on it (which contain Baptisim in the call of the daddy, Son and Holy Ghost (not Holy Spirit) for us to be greater effective waiting to stand as much as temptation. That, too, is why He died. undergo in strategies that the massive curtain in the temple grew to become into torn in one million/2 the minute He died. That grew to become into the top of the previous Covenant. the hot Covenant is the Catholic Church that went into consequence that minute. we can 'un-earn' salvation as you call it, by skill of committing even one mortal sin. Then not confessing that mortal sin to a catholic priest. We additionally can 'un-earn' salvation by skill of not being baptized into the Catholic Church. we will additionally 'un-earn' salvation (lose salvation) by skill of not retaining His Commandments. i did not make those rules up. God did. all of us % for ourselves how we can die and whether in a state of grace (no mortal sins) or not. we've been given a unfastened will. this is each and every guy for himself. desire this answer is what you're searching for.
2016-10-21 07:51:50
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answered by Anonymous
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Jesus himslef said in his Gospel of Matthew chapter 18 verse 21 +22:
21 Peter came closer and asked him: "Jesus, how many times will my brother sin against me and i to forgive him?Seven times?”. 22 Jesus said to him: “I am not telling you: up to seven times, but: up to seventy seven times.
Jesus and God forgive as long as you repent sincerly.
2007-10-07 01:54:13
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answered by Cristy 1
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No, you are warring against yourself in your own mind.
You have the wrong attitude in your heart to accept God's grace. You must quit condemning yourself and realize that salvation is a free gift available to all. God does forgive if you ask him to and then believe that he has. You must have faith and faith begets hope.
Made Alive in Christ
1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
2007-10-07 01:57:20
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answered by Soul Shaper 5
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Yup, your screwed.
You had better become an atheist, or a least an agnostic before you lose your mind.
You'll be glad you did.
2007-10-07 01:58:15
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answered by dougger 7
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