Are those who "walked away" unsavable?
Some want to know if those who walk away have no hope. The answer depends.
God is the one who saves people. All those whom Jesus paid for at the cross will be saved. Their names were in The Lambs Book of Life before the world was even created.
We dont know who those people are. But you are probably asking because of these verses and a concerned over a loved one.
"For in the case of those once having been enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and having become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and having tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and having fallen away [turn away from God], it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame" Hebrews 6:4-6
"For if we sin deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins. There is only the terrible expectation of God's judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies." Hebrews 10:26-27
For those who actually had a full knowledge then yes if they walk away there is nothing else for them because "only Jesus can save" us. He is "the only way God has made for our salvation". Thus there is no hope for the apostate both because it is the only way and because he rejected it [and rejected it knowingly].
However the vast majority of people do not have what is the "full knowledge"... in fact they have "very little knowledge" of the truth in Scripture and also of the Gospel (in full truth). So that gives us a glimpse of hope for those around us.
This includes those who deconstructed or who left church for various reasons, because they never understood it in the first place. So pray God opens their eyes and that they recieve the full knowledge so they can actually get saved 🙏
Let's do our best to properly share the Gospel with people, so they dont walk away disillusioned (and so we can reach those who have). We can only have hope that the ones we know are not actual apostates - for those can never be saved.
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