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1 John 2:19 simply says that true Christians continue. If a person leaves the Christian faith - stops believing in Jesus or rejects Christ - he or she was never real but was one of the three bad soils. Can a Christian stray from the faith and still be a Christian? The answer according to Hebrews and the entire New Testament is no. Remember the perfect tense of “become partakers” in Hebrews 3:14? The perfect tense of “become” means that a true partaker is one who starts and continues to the end. A person who leaves the faith was never a Christian from the start. Conclusion. So why warn them? The book of Hebrews is written to people who must have thought they were Christians, but their lives did not match. That is why the Holy Spirit called them to consider Jesus! He called them to “pay attention!” He told them that Jesus had spoken in the last days! The Holy Spirit was calling them to evaluate themselves! There was reason to doubt they were real. We will see the marks of a true Christian in the chapters to follow. For now, we need to honestly ask ourselves, “How am I doing?” “Does my heart reveal that I love God?” “What is more important to me? Money and possessions? Movies, music, men, women, cars, or food? Acceptance from friends? Does my heart really want to know Him? Do I go to church regularly or just when I want to? Do I want to got to church? Am I faithful like Jesus was faithful?” Jesus is merciful and faithful. He is our great high priest. He is waiting for each of us! Hebrews is a warning! Jesus is merciful and faithful. Are we? If you are not sure you are real and you have been claiming to be a Christian, ask Him to help you know for sure.  |
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