Last week, I admonished us to stay alive in Christ Jesus by not departing from Him. The two examples I gave of the ladies who walked away from the Lord confirm the Scriptures that there is a sin that leads to spiritual death (1 John 5:16). We also saw that if one was once enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, partook of the Holy Spirit, and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, that person cannot be restored to salvation if they fall away (Hebrews 6:4-6). Their destiny is the lake of fire.
“There is a sin leading to (spiritual) death” (1 John 5:16). That is the sin of turning away from the Lord. If a young believer commits this sin, it is possible for them to come back to salvation. However, if one had attained a certain level of spiritual maturity prior to the sin, it is impossible for them to be restored. They will spend all their days in the lake of fire. “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance” (Hebrews 6:4-6).