Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 07059 Can a true Christian commit apostasy? My answer is no, and the reason is not that believers are strong but that God is faithful. A person who genuinely, finally and contentedly repudiates Jesus is revealing what was always the case rather than losing something they once possessed. That answer needs working out carefully,…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 6063. Wilful sin is sin committed with open eyes. Not the sin that overtakes you, not the sin you regret before you have finished it, but the sin you knew was wrong and chose anyway. The phrase makes believers nervous because of one verse. If we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge…
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 6021. To harden your heart, in biblical language, is to make yourself progressively less responsive to God. It is not usually a decision anyone announces. It is the cumulative effect of small refusals, each one making the next refusal a little easier and a little quieter. The Bible treats it as one of the…