AG STUDY GUIDE FINAL - The Forerunner

the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered
away.” Mark 4:5,6
9. It’s not that they were saved and then became ________________: it’s that they
were never truly saved at all. And this is why Jesus will say to them “I never
knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!” Jesus is not saying I
knew you but then, because of your lawlessness, I have become forgetful. He
said I __________ knew you!
“For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation,
not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces
death.” 2 Corinthians 7:10
• 10. Individuals can react to the gospel with “_________________
________________” which is in fact the only type of repentance the
unregenerate heart can muster. And this sorrow, while it may look authentic
and life-giving, only produces death.
“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
• 11. People can experience a dimension of __________________________ as
they hear “the good word of God”, taste of the “heavenly gift and the
powers of the world to come” and partake of the blessings wrought by the
Holy Spirit as they attend a church or live within a Christian family,
community or culture and still go to hell when they die.
Hebrews 6: 4-8 is a popular proof passage for Arminians who insist that the
perseverance of the saints is not true and that a Christian really can lose his or
her salvation. But the true focus of this controversial passage is on a person who
appears to be a Christian in their profession and in their participation in a
community of true believers. But inwardly they have never been converted.
If you would like to study this in more detail, a good place to start is with the
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