For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. (Hebrews 6:4-6)

I may have written briefly about this before. But I will repeat it since it is important. When I was in the Reformed church, I attended the ladies’ Bible study session. One day we talked about the unforgivable sin. A lady insisted that leaving the church was the unforgivable sin. I said that was not true. The unforgivable sin is blaspheming against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:28–29; Matthew 12:31–32; Luke 12:10). She looked puzzled. Later she asked one of the elders if her understanding was right. I happened to be there, so I said it again that it was not true. It appeared that she had been taught that leaving the church or a church was the unforgivable sin. I do not know how people are taught from youth in the Reformed denominations. A visible church is where people learn about God. A church cannot save a person or make him/her maintain salvation. A church is a group of people who believe in God. If anyone wants to know about God, he/she is welcomed. But a church cannot save one. The key of David is given to Christ. And the invisible church united with Christ uses the key according to God’s will. She uses the key because Christ has received the authority.

What Hebrews 6:4-6 tells us is how the reprobates receive the second death. The reason why the reprobates in churches are punished eternally is written here. This is not applied to the saints because they repent when God rebukes them. From verse 9 to 20, the writer encourages the saints in contrary to those who will not be forgiven. Just as our Lord says, good trees bear good fruit. The irresistible grace is applied to the saints.

A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. (Matthew 7:18)

I assume that many people in churches, especially in the Reformed denominations, are taught that they will lose salvation if they stop belonging to their church or a church. I think their understanding of the “true church” is crooked. The true church mentioned in the Belgic Confessions is a functioning church contrary to the Roman Catholic church. There is only one true church, that is the invisible church. She is the bride of Christ.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, full of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very valuable stone, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. (Revelation 21:9-11)

The reprobates include the false believers and the unbelievers. The false believers will be condemned because their repentance was false, and they keep on sinning against God. Because of their deeds, even the unbelievers laugh at God. When they sin and the church authorities find out, they pretend to have repented before the elders but keep on sinning. They never leave their church. Not only that, but they also promote false teachings. What the devil wants is to take us back to slavery. So, these evil people try very hard to promote immoralities within churches and support heresies. To misguide others, they pretend to live a morally good life. They also speak ill of the elects.

Those who follow the CT and the AOC think that people will pursue immoralities without the doctrines. Because they believe that God is morally just, all God wants from us is to obey all His commands perfectly. Even though some live a moral life and receives much praise from fellow Christians, they will not enter the kingdom if their understandings of God and the gospel are wrong. They can argue that they have done good works for God. But God will call them evildoers. The reprobates deny 100% grace. When the Holy Spirit comes, it is inevitable to recognize how worthless I am. There is nothing good in me. Some of the reprobates may look like they have understood God’s grace. But they pursue immoralities and mock God by telling lies.

Theologians and ministers say, “We are born totally depraved.” And yet, the most of them speak highly of Anselm or Aquinas. Both Anselm and Aquinas relied on human reasoning to develop their theories. They did not believe that grace is total grace. They mixed what is right with wrong. I seriously doubt that the theologian is a reborn Christian. A true Christian is one who delights in reading God’s words. If you think you have lost that first joy of knowing God, think of Christ’s warning to the church of Ephesus. The warning is for both the elects and the reprobates. But the elects always listen and do what God wants them to do. The reprobates don’t and the warning remains so that they will be punished eternally.

But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Therefore, remember from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and I will remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent. (Revelation 2:4-5)