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Apostasy Assurance Hebrews 6:13-20 Robert C. Newman Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org - Apostasy Assurance Can believers in Jesus lose their salvation? Calvinist Christians say no. Arminian Christians say yes. Both agree that people who think they are saved can fall away, and many do. We are not going to answer the whole question, but look at one important passage, which many think teaches believers can lose their salvation. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org - Hebrews Chapter 6 Our passage (verses 13-20) is an important part of this chapter, as it puts the first part of the chapter in perspective. We can sketch the first part like this: The fearful nature of apostasy (vv 4-6) An illustration: two types of ground (vv 7-8) The things that accompany salvation (vv 9-12) Let’s look at these verses first. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org - The Fearful Nature of Apostasy Hebrews 6:4 (NIV) It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age, 6 if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org - The Fearful Nature of Apostasy These verses form a major area of dispute between those who believe saved people can never be lost (Calvinists) and those who believe saved people can be lost (Arminians). The verses picture people who show characteristics we usually associate with the saved, yet they finally fall away. For such people, this passage says there is no possibility of return. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org - An Illustration Hebrews 6:7 (NIV) Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God