It is
impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the
heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have
tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who
have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss
they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public
disgrace. Land that drinks in the rain often falling on
it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the
blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is
worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
Hebrews 6:4-8
The writer of Hebrews addressed this issue by saying it
is hard, calling it impossible, for those who once “believed” and now “fallen
away” to return to God because they’ve tasted the goodness and power of God,
received it, saw it with their own eyes, then so convinced themselves that God
wasn’t enough to sustain them or maybe even that God didn’t exist at all.
They climbed the top of the mountain then denied there
ever was a mountain. How could anyone
ever get that low in their walk with God?
They’ve allowed “thorns and thistles” to overrun their life to the point
that there’s no way anyone can produce fruit from the land. It all needs to be burned up. Sad.