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The Point Of No Return. Bible Warnings Of A Point Of No Return - Heb. 6:1-6; 10:26-29; 1 Jn. 5:16; Mk. 3:28-30. If desirous of returning and you do, then you never reached that Point But God says, "Be careful, you may go too far.". When Reached?.
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Bible Warnings Of A Point Of No Return - Heb. 6:1-6; 10:26-29; 1 Jn. 5:16; Mk. 3:28-30 • If desirous of returning and you do, then you never reached that Point • But God says, "Be careful, you may go too far."
When Reached? • What is used by God to renew one to repentance? - 2 Cor. 7:10 • What is touched in man by these that leads one to repent? - Heb. 4:12 • When the heart is no longer responsive to the pricks of the sword of the Spirit (God's word - Eph 6:17), the point of no return has been reached. • Reached by many in Jesus' day - Jn. 12:37-40 • Both Christians and non-Christians can be so affected.
How Reached? • Heart hardened by sin - Heb. 3:12-15; Rom. 1:21-28 • Heart hardened by error and resistance of God's law - Acts 7:51-54 • By neglect - Heb. 2:1-3; 4:1-2, 6-7, 11; Prov. 1:20-33 • By delay - Prov. 29:1
A Grave Warning - Heb. 12:14-17 • Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: 15looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 16lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. 17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.