Don't Walk Away

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Cascades Park

"For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened - those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come - and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing Him to the cross once again and holding Him up to public shame." (Hebrews 6:4-6 NLT)

This week, I was asked to pray for a young man to believe in Jesus again. Is the Hebrews passage above hopelessly teaching that someone who walks away from Jesus can't come back? Theological scholars' interpretations disagree, but this I know for certain, "What is impossible with man is possible with God" (Luke 18:27). Jesus said, "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from Me, for My Father has given them to Me, and He is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father's hand (John 10:28-29). If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost...won't he leave the ninety-nine others...and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it" (Luke 15:4)?

Beloved, don't ever walk away from the One who died for you, and earnestly pray for people far away from Jesus.