The Impossibility of Repentance: An Examination of Hebrews 6:4-6

Lowel Domocmat

doi:10.35974/isc.v11i7.3558

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Lowel Domocmat Adventist University of the Philippines

https://doi.org/10.35974/isc.v11i7.3558

Keywords:

repentance, impossibility, enlightened, Holy Spirit, Son of God, crucify, apostasy

Abstract

One warning passage in the NT is Heb 6:4-6, which declares the impossibility of repentance for those who apostatized. This study evaluates the passage by employing biblical exegesis and proposes an understanding consistent with its context. This study employed documentary library research, making use of Greek language tools and other literature that are related to this study. Its purpose is to propose an understanding of the passage consistent with the concept that genuine believers can fall from grace. This study concludes that the referents of 6:4-6 are genuine believers who apostatized. Their genuine faith is attested by the participles in the passage. Their impossibility of genuine repentance is due to their deliberate, continual rejection of Jesus Christ.

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