Hebrews 6.4-6
·
"Because it is impossible for those who have once been enlightened,
and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy
Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God, and the virtues of the future,
and relapsed, they are again to repentance; therefore, they again crucify the
Son of God, and the expose to reproach." (Hebrews 6.4-6).
A
lot of confusion there is about this passage of the Bible. After all, many
believe that the forgiveness of Jesus is always available for any type of
individual.
This,
to some extent, it ceases to be true. However, for which there is salvation is
necessary, first of all, there is repentance:
·
"And Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye
shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost;" (Acts 2.38)
·
"Repenttherefore and be converted, that your sins may be
blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of
the Lord" (Acts 3.19)
And
true repentance comes through the mercy (one of the faces of love).
·
"Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you
to repentance?" (Romans 2.4).
And
the love, in turn, constrain based on a sacrifice made.
·
"Because the love of Christ compels us, judging us as well: that if
one died for all, then all died." (2Co 5:14).
Anyone who is able to
repent of having lived for himself and turn to Jesus can be saved. Comes the
question: is there a possibility of someone not to repent?
·
"But they would not listen, and gave me his shoulder rebel, and
become deaf ears, not to hear. Yes, they
made their hearts like stone of diamond, so you don't hear the law, and the
words which the LORD of hosts had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets; then came the
great wrath from the LORD of Hosts." (Zechariah 7.11,12).
·
"And it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites and he brought the gods of the sons
of Seir, took them to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and
burned incense unto them. Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Amaziah, and he sent him a prophet who said unto him, Why hast thou sought
after the gods of this people, which could not deliver their own people out of
thine hand? And it came to pass, when he to the king, he said: Put yourself for
the king's counselor? Shut up! Why would he be smitten? Then stopped the
prophet, and said: Well
I see that already God decided to destroy thee; because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to
my council." (2Cor 25.14-16).
·
"Similarly, when the righteous doth turn from his righteousness,
and commit iniquity, and I
lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou not avisaste, he shall die in his sin; and his
righteousness, who have practiced, will not be remembered; but his blood
will I require at thy hand." (Ez 3.20).
·
"Therefore, I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven
unto men: but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven
unto men." (Mt 12.31).
·
"And lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who
for one meal sold his birthright. Because you know that, wanting him
even then inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he
found no place of repentance, even with tears the sought." (Heb 12.16.17)
·
"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope; because Faithful is
he that promised. And let us consider one another to provoke to love and good
works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner
of some, before admonishing us to each other; and so much more, as ye see the
day approaching. For if we sin willfully after we have received the
knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but
a certain fearful looking for judgment and fiery indignation, which shall
devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy
under two or three witnesses. Of how much sorer punishment you will be judged worthy who has trodden
under foot the Son of God, and you have to use profane the blood of the
covenant by which he was sanctified, and you insult the Spirit of grace?" (Heb 10.24-29).
·
"If someone come to sin his brother, sin which is not unto death,
pray, and God will give life to those who do not sin unto death. There is a sin
unto death: I do not say that Bro. All Iniquity is sin, and there is
a sin which is not unto death." (1 John 5.16,17)
As you can see, there are
sins that are to death, i.e., because there is more chance of repentance.
But what these individuals
did to have their hardened hearts as diamond in a way that was
impossible to find any place of repentance within them?
In the case of amaziah, see what is said about him:
·
"It came to pass, as you the kingdom already confirmed,
slew his servants who killed the king his father;" (2 Cor 25.3).
·
"And it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites and he brought the gods of the sons
of Seir, took them to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them,
and burned incense unto them." (2 Cor 63.79).
Note how he had the
habit of, once again confirmed the victory over the problem, give
vent to his thoughts and feelings. i.e., what he served was to occupy the
place of Jesus before the people of Israel, as the Pharisees (The
husbandmen of the parable below):
·
"But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves: This is
the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance." (Matthew 22.2)
Amaziah did not want the
goodness of Jesus who had experience, but the absolute control of the
nation of Israel in order to receive glory for himself and dominate everything
and everyone.
As for the fair (Ez 3.20), he strayed from the justice of the eternal. Note
that we are not dealing with a religious, but someone whose name was written in
the book of life (as will be seen below), a fair. Now, if he strayed from what the Eternal had done in it, then it is
because he basically loved the award of injustice.
With regard to blasphemy
against the Holy Spirit, it is good to remember that Jesus said this to
the pharisees after he had used to
kindness to a demoniac blind and dumb:
·
"They brought to him, then, a demoniac blind and dumb; and so he
healed him, that the blind and dumb spoke and track. And all the people were
amazed and said, Is not this the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard
this, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the
prince of devils." (Mt 12.22-24).
And who were the Pharisees? A little that really knew, without any
shadow of doubt, that Jesus is the Christ:
·
"There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the
Jews. This was replaced by night with Jesus, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come tous; for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be
with him." (John 3.1,2).
·
"In spite of everything, even many
of the major believed on him; but they did not confess him because of the Pharisees, lest they
should be put out of the synagogue. Because they loved the praise of men more
than the glory of God." (John 12.42,43).
·
"Saying, Lord, we remember that that deceiver living yet,
said After three days I will rise again. Manda, therefore, that the
sepulchre be made sure until the third day, not give the case that his
disciples go to night, and the escape it, and say to the people: he is risen
from the dead; and the last error will be worse than the first. And Pilate said
unto them: Ye have the watch: go, keep it as entenderdes. And they went, and
held the tomb with the guard, sealing the stone." (Matthew 27.63-66).
·
"Now, the chief priests and the elders and all the council, sought
false witness against Jesusto put him to death; and not the thought; though
many false witnesses, not the thought..." (Matthew 26.59,60).
·
"So they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that
they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled and recognized
that they had been with Jesus." (Acts 4.13).
Note that the Pharisees knew and believed that Jesus
was a teacher come from the Eternal. They both believed in that, in trying
to put an end to Jesus, nor lost time trying to find a true testimony, because
they knew that He was blameless. Not to mention that, while the apostles
themselves do not create the word of Jesus concerning his resurrection, they
believed very strongly, to the point of keeping with all zeal and strength the
tomb. Not to mention that, when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, they
had no doubts that they had been with Jesus, confirming that they knew and believed
that Jesus was not dead, but risen.
In other words, the Pharisees knew exactly who Jesus was, and still did
everything to change the opinion of the people against him by virtue of not
having pleasure in his goodness. After all, it will steal the control over the
population. They chose the legal regime of the Old Testament
that gave them field.
As Esau, Behold his problems: do not trust in the
love of the father, nor in the love of the Eternal, much less knew valuing what
it was right:
·
"And Jacob cozera a stew; and Esau came from the field, and he was
tired; and Esau said to Jacob: Let me go, I pray thee, eat this stew
red, because I am tired. That is why if called Edom. Then Jacob said: Sell
me today to thy birthright. And Esau said: Behold, I am at the point of death;
for that will serve me the birthright? Then Jacob said: Swear to me today. And
he sware unto him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. And Jacob gave bread to
Esau and the stew of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went
out. So Esau despised his birthright." (Gn 25.29-34).
For more tired that Esau was, he could have expected that the
Eternal touched the heart of his father and this immediately, it would provide
the food necessary. But Esau tried, at all costs,
obtain and wanted by their own ability, even if it meant playing true blessings
outside.
Who despises the best
of the eternal for you shall have no pleasure in his goodness. After all, the
right of primogeniture was not mere custom of men, but something imposed by
Eternal.
You see, the problem is
not simply reject the birthright, but what this really means: he
rejected what the Eternal you gave and who had already placed in the heart of
his father to give him (see Genesis 27).
But, and here people of Hebrews
6.4-6). Let's see what this people had experienced:
·
Now were once enlightened - received the capacity to love (1 John
1.7; 2.8-11);
·
Have tasted of the heavenly gift - were seated in heavenly places
(Eph 1.3; 2.6) received the spiritual blessings, namely, everything that
pertain unto life and godliness (2Pe 1.3), things that nobody saw, heard or
even imagined exist (1 Corinthians 2.9).
·
Were made partakers of the Holy Ghost - were treated internally
with Jesus (Tt 3.4-6) and came to give the fruit of the Holy Spirit
(Gal 5.22).
·
Have tasted the good word of God - you have heard the voice of
Jesus and saw the fulfilment of the same;
·
Proved the virtues of the future - were used by Jesus to operate
signs, wonders and miracles, as well as saw their ministerial gifts and
spiritual values by acting in them, in their midst and through them.
The such have their names
written in the book of life (fully aware of his and everything
that He is and represents, but they still:
·
They have trodden the Son of God - after all, once the goodness
and mercy of the Eternal are following those who believe (Ps 23.6),
someone can only reject the grace of Jesus back to perdition if having over the
goodness and mercy of the Eternal, that is Jesus himself.
·
Had to profane the blood of the covenant with which have been sanctified
- considered the blood of Jesus as if he were the blood of a simple lamb and
purification performed by Jesus as something trivial.
·
Did wrong the Spirit of grace - outraged the Spirit of grace, as
if the righteousness which is of the law was more effective than the love of
Jesus.
Realize now the crime they
have committed?
·
"You are separated from Christ, you who have justified by the law;
the grace you have fallen." (Gal 5.4).
The fall mentioned
in Hb 6.6 is not a "sin any", much less the output of
the individual the religious institution which he joined.
The problem is that
they, like goats wanted to rule over the flock (Jer 51) and about the
circumstances. So, nothing more suitable to them, seeking to be righteous based
on laws in order to qualify for the world has to offer and, thus, they can use
the network of ill to get what they wanted (Pv 12.12).
These such, although they
had their names written in the book of life, will be scratched, because they
rejected everything that the grace represents:
·
Humility
(James 5.5-7);
·
Follow the example of Jesus (1 Peter 2.21-24);
·
Serve as an example for the brothers in Christ (1 Peter 5.1-3).
·
Forgiveness
(Lk 97.25.4).
Who abandons the grace is
agreeing with what the jews did with Jesus. This leads them to crucify him
Jesus and expose it to an open shame (since this gives scope for
others deem him and everything that he says as a utopia - see 2Tm
3.5).
The proposal of the entire
sowing is the harvest. Who apostata of Jesus and His grace, is despising the
mode by which the divine power working minds and hearts, preferring to
rely on the ministry of condemnation and death (2Co 3.7.9).
For you see this: we share
the food when to share with different individuals. We share the pleasure
when we rejoice together with the other. We share in the spoils of war
when we share with others. Thus, we share the Holy Spirit when we share all
that He is and does to those who are of Jesus.
Compassion is to suffer
together. Rather than criticize others for errors or absolving them, each
one must join the others for helping each other not in faith, but to encourage
one another to good works (Heb 3.13; 10.24).
Perhaps you are still with
doubt: but after all, there is even the slightest possibility of at least one
of these be renewed to repentance? Renewal is the work of the Holy Spirit,
and not of man (Tt 3.4-6). And repentance is a gift of the Eternal,
is not in the power of man (2Tim 2:2.25).
After having absolute
certainty of who Jesus was, they were crucifying him for themselves, as if they
were there on the cross aware of everything Jesus did and said, and still
wishing that everything that he is sumisse the world in order to be able to lay
hold of the legacy of Jesus (as the Pharisees of the parable):
·
"But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come
on, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours." (Mark 14).
·
"But, seeing him the husbandmen, they reasoned among themselves,
saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may
be ours." (Luke 20.14)
Renew to repentance reminds
us of baptism for repentance from John, which was a figure that
pointed to the true baptism, namely, the baptism with the Holy Spirit
(Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8; Lk 3:16), which would baptize the individual in
the teachings of Jesus.
As, however, do this with
someone who deliberately does not take pleasure in everything that Jesus is?
How repentance is the first step that a sinner must take in order to
return to the Eternal, and as the sorrow for sin is useless when there is a
sacrificial offering adequate, then there is no possibility of repentance
when the only sacrifice valid is rejected.
From the moment that someone who knows well the Jesus and
everything it stands for, ONLY THE rejects who takes pleasure
in evil (John 3.19-21). As Jesus came to liberate
those who were slaves of evil (i.e. they were doing it, not because they
were happy, but because they were driven to this), how to save them? What they want is that everyone be ashamed
to preach things like virginity, pity, kindness, etc.
You can believe: those who do not believe that only Jesus is worthy of
all power, will be happy to anything that makes you have the feeling that you
are in control of all things.
Who has the power of evil in his hands, does not want anyone to love our neighbor as Jesus loved (Jn 13.34.35),
because this makes it easier to control the crowd. For both, they sow
strife among the people (Pv 6.19) and lead individuals to believe that they can make use of the wickedness to
safarem.
What they don't realize is that only a little of the wickedness of the
religio-political is placed at
their disposal (and this to impair
the next). To fall from grace, are caught in this trap
and can no longer get out of hands and political and religious leaders, being
sentenced to be used by the wicked as well seems to them (see Col
2.18-23).
All because, instead of crucify him the
world through the cross of Christ, they prefer to crucify Jesus for themselves.
See the difference:
·
One is the
group that sacrifice Jesus to get rid of him.
·
Another is the
group of receiving the sacrifice of Jesus and accept crucify him the flesh with
its passions and desires in order that Jesus continue living through them.
Many believe an absurd what the jews did
with Jesus. However, the bump, what Jesus proved is that even His death can
separate him from us. Nothing and no one can separate us from the love of
the Eternal which is in Christ Jesus (Romans 8.39). Just ourselves with
our sins and root of bitterness (Is 59.1.2; Heb 14).
To be more accurate (Rm 4.25):
·
From the point
of view of the malefactors, Jesus gave himself as a lamb to be crucified by
evil men in favor of their sins, i.e., so that they could continue to sin;
·
From the point
of view of the fair, Jesus rose again to justify them.
Instead of repairing the sinners out, Jesus mends the righteous inside,
namely, those who see in Jesus the privilege to live a life of full love of
neighbor.
Someone may object:
"But there are many promises in Scripture where Jesus promises to save
their":
·
"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not: but what of God
is generated is kept to himself, and the evil one not touched ." (1 John 5.18).
·
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling,
and to present you faultless, with joy, before his glory, the only wise God our
Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, now and for ever and
ever. Amen." Jd ( 24.25).
·
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father,
who gave them me , is greater than all; and no man is able to
pluck them out of my Father's hand." (John 10.28,29).
It is clear that, as far
as it depends upon the Eternal, nobody can separate us from Christ. However,
when designing the world, the Eternal created some who, although they were
responding well to the call of Jesus, at the end they would depart from Grace.
The Eternal, knowing this, put them in a special position in your plan. This is
the case, for example, of Judas and of goats of Matthew 25.40-46):
·
"I was with them in the world, kept them in thy name. I have kept
those whom thou hast given me, and none of them is lost, but the son of
perdition, so that the scripture might be fulfilled." (Jn 17.12).
But after all, what was
contributing to the Jewish brothers returned to Judaism?
Many, because they are going
through hard times (Heb 10.34), were going to prefer to see the
enemies suffering all the rigor of the law (even having their freedom curtailed
and suffering the consequences of their sins and their limitations) to stay
looking in the errors of the people the opportunity to connect with
them in truth in Christ Jesus.
Others were
preferring to return to the legal regime and not be persecuted by the cross of
Christ (Phil 5:5).
Not to mention those who were
preferring to live by the promises given physical who obeyed the law
(Lev 19.35; Ez 20.11,13.21; Rm 10.5) to live being
persecuted by grace in favor of rewards especially spiritual (forgetting that
nobody can be saved by works of the law, since nobody is able to fulfill it -
Gl 2.16; At 15.10).
What is the message? Hebrews
5.14-16 and Hebrews 6 constitute a parenthesis. The author of Hebrews was
showing the excellence of the sacrifice of Christ when, in the middle of the
explanation, felt the need to stop to treat the immaturity of the Hebrews.
·
"What we have to say, difficult to interpret; because ye
did slack to listen. Because, should already be masters at time, still need
to make you the teaching which are the first principles of the oracles
of God; and ye have done such that ye have need of milk, and not of solid
food. Because any who still feeds on milk is not experienced in the word of
righteousness: for he is a boy. But strong meat belongeth to them that
are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil.
The main message of the
passage (Heb 6.4-6) is: FETCH tidy place to the grace of Jesus in our
lives.
·
"Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let
us go on unto perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance
from dead works and of faith toward God, and the doctrine of
baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead, and of
eternal judgment. And this will do, if God permit." (Heb 6:1-3)
·
"Because the earth which drinketh in the rain that often falls upon
it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth
blessing from God; but that produces thorns and briers is condemned,
and close is cursing; whose end is to be burned. But you, O beloved, we expect
better things, and things that accompany salvation, even if that talk.
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love that
to with your name you have shown, while have ministered to the saints; and
still serve." (Heb 6.7-10).
Note the expression used
by the writer of Hebrews: "This will do if God permits it." As
the Hebrews had been negligent in listening to the Bible (if deepen in the knowledge
of the same and practice it), he feared that the Eternal does not let him teach
the Hebrews more deeply.
After all, the individual
who receives the part of the Eternal His presence and blessings, but still
refuses to forgive those who trespass against him and seek the grace the
provision needed to restore the next in truth by him, is increasingly
hardening your heart. The follower of Jesus who remains leaning on
laws to condemn his brother (Sl 94.20), to conquer what is not to be
yours, to put yourself above the other, nearby is the curse and the
definitive fall
Instead of waiting to
receive rewards in this world and become resentful when they don't come, what
each one should expect in grace is the transformation of character of the
sinner.
Someone might ask:
·
"Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, that it
is difficult for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And, again, I say
that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich
man to enter the kingdom of God. The disciples heard this, they marveled,
saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus beheld them, and said unto
them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." (Mt 19.23-26).
It is obvious that only
the eternal can grant us His salvation. By obedience to the law,
anyone can receive the benefit, whether physical or spiritual:
·
"Because, which is easier? Say: thy sins be forgiven thee; or
to say, Rise up and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man has in the
land authority to forgive sins ( then said to the paralytic ): Arise, take
up thy bed, and go to your house." (Mt 9.5,6).
Paul was very clear in
that regard:
·
"Because it was impossible for the lawwas weak through
the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin, for sin
condemned sin in the flesh;" (Rm 8.3,4).
However, Jesus is
not mocked (Gal 6.7).
Consider the case of
Ha-Satan. He is someone who meets all the requirements of Hebrews 6.4-6. In
that he decided to take the place of the eternal life of angels, he never
managed to repent and convert. Even knowing that he is already defeated and
the fate that is reserved, even seeing along the centuries, the effectiveness
of the work of the Eternal, he still cannot take pleasure in the goodness of
the Eternal.
Similarly, the eternal will
not save the individual who insists on being guided by law in order to keep
everything under your control. He will not save those who wish to rely on
their ability to put everyone (including Jesus himself) under his command.
Lastly, what Hebrews 6.4-6
is saying is that we should never abandon the grace of Jesus when things
do not seem to be working. One should always remember that our reward is
not here and that the law serves only to show the condemnation that hangs over
those who surround us if you refuse to let Jesus use us to save them. And if we
fail to give herbs meet to Jesus that we sowed before produce thorns and
thistles, we condemned to eternal fire.
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