"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, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this will we do, if God permit. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
Today's is one of the most important lessons establishing the security of the believer that is to be found anywhere in the New Testament.
The entirety of the doctrine of Jesus Christ relates that everlasting life in heaven, for any individual, can ONLY be attained by God's amazing grace through absolute faith in the life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The whole gospel of Jesus Christ also confirms that once a lost soul has been redeemed by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ that soul CANNOT be charged with ANY sin because whatever he/she does is shielded from the Father and he/she is "justified" by the blood of Jesus Christ so that his/her soul is sealed until the day of redemption by the Holy Spirit of that same Jesus Christ. "Therefore being JUSTIFIED by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ", (Romans 5:1) "Whosoever is born of God DOTH NOT COMMIT SIN; for his seed remaineth in him: and he CANNOT SIN, because he is born of God." (1 John 3:9) "And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby YE ARE SEALED UNTO THE AY OF REDEMPTION." (Ephesians 4:30)
Sadly, there are many today who still contend that, by their own ungodly actions, a person can lose his/her salvation. If that were to be true, which it is clearly not, as Paul confirms herein, this lesson clearly establishes that there is NO re-redemption. We cannot re-crucify Jesus and, as is verified in today's quote, that would be the only means by which one could become re-redeemed.
The phrase, "one faith, one hope, and one baptism", refers to the baptism of everlasting faith in Jesus Christ as the only means by which sin can be eternally remitted and "justified".
In the first part of today's quote Paul established a hypothetical wherein one could lose his/her salvation. Through that we can easily see that, even if the hypothetical could be true, which it is not, there could be no redemption.~
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