Is the DOOR CLOSED for some believers to grow spiritually!?

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Our Listener asks, “About 40 years ago I joined a very legalistic

church. They taught salvation by grace, but

taught salvation was only a beginning. Now that

one was saved they must now endure, and the

‘inheritance’ was now the pursuit. They taught

that not all Christians would be Overcomers, and

that some, though saved, might have the door

closed on them to further Christian growth due

to disobedience. As God had told the Israelites that they could no

longer enter the land -- He had sworn in His

wrath that they could no longer enter ‘His rest’

-- that God could do the same to Christians who

rebel. They taught that the Israelites, though

shut out of the land, decided to enter their own

and were soundly defeated, for God ‘was not

with them.’

They taught that Hebrews 6, where it says ‘and

this we will do if God permit’ was teaching that

some Christians, though seeking to grow in

Christ, were prevented from doing so as God had

‘closed the door’ on them. Though they attempt

to grow in Christ, they cannot, for ‘God is not

with them’ to accomplish that. They are still

‘saved,’ but they cannot move forward any more.

I left that group years ago, but the fear still

comes back. I try to advance as a Christian, but

fear God has shut the door to growth because I

angered Him to the point where He swore in his

wrath that I can proceed no further. Again, this

based on Numbers 14 combined with Hebrews 6.

I realize this sounds strange and irrational, but

that fear has remained for years! Perhaps I am trying to ‘move forward’ as a

Christian, but God (as he said to the Israelites)

is saying ‘don’t attempt to enter the land, for I

have shut you out of it.’ I don’t walk daily with

this fear, but it comes and goes. I just wish I had

clarification regarding this.Was there any scriptural basis for what this

group taught, Pastor Jesse? Or is the enemy just

using that teaching to stall me in my Christian

walk, and cause my relationship with God to be

fractured? ... God bless you!”

- Joe

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