Losing Salvation, is that possible? No, it is impossible.

Create Date: 1-Jan-2015
Five Misunderstood Scriptural References: Hebrews 6:4-8;

Last updated: 17-Dec-2022
 Matthew 12:31; Deuteronomy 29:18-21; Revelation 3:4-5, Exodus 32:30-34  
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Sections

1 Introduction 2 Do We Owe Satan Gratitude?
3 The Gift of the Holy Spirit 4 Scientific View God Knows Beginning from the End
5 Five Misunderstood Scriptural References 6 Four Scripture Cases to Consider
7 A. Regarding Hebrews 6:4-8 8 B. Regarding Matthew 12:31-32
9 C. Regarding Deut 29:1 & D. Rev 3:4-5 10 E. Golden Calf Incident & Blot Out of Book
11 Prodigal Son 12 A Loved One or Friend We Know
13 Summary    

Introduction

Three Key Scriptures to remember, of many, as you read this topic is Romans 3:23-24, John 6:36-38, and John 10:28-30.  If you haven't read the topic on Salvation first then do so now before reading further.

It is impossible to lose Salvation

Romans 3:23-24 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." 
John 6:36-38 36 But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not. 37 All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 10:28-30 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one."
 

Do We Owe Satan Gratitude?

There are some people who say that you can lose your Salvation if you are not diligent to protect it.  These people believe that Satan (Lucifer) will steal your Salvation if you are not careful. 

This author remembering hearing this analogy from R B Thieme perhaps 15 to 20 years ago on a radio program while driving to work.  Below is a paraphrasing of his analogy from memory the best that I can recall.  Consider these three points regarding Satan stealing your Salvation, which are very humorous:

  1. If Satan could steal your Salvation, then the question is why wouldn t Satan just go ahead and steal your Salvation?
  2. The Believer who doesn't know God's promises would be wrongfully thinking that Satan just hasn t got an opportunity to steal their Salvation. 
  3. If it were possible to lose your Salvation, but you make it to Heaven, then it could be said that it was by Satan s good graces that he didn t steal your Salvation and you owe Satan gratitude for not stealing it.

These three points are ludicrous as Satan cannot steal our eternal security!

The Gift of the Holy Spirit

As we know from the scriptures, we do not get Salvation by any actions of our own.  When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior:

  1. Then Salvation is a Gift from God which gives God all of the Glory.  Nowhere in the scriptures does it state we earned or did any labor to obtain Salvation, as we cannot earn a gift.  
  2. In previous Dispensation of the Old Testament period, Israel, and even gentiles (non-Jewish) people, received Salvation by acknowledging God as their personal God where the Holy Spirit could/would come and go into a person as He did with Judge Sampson and King Saul.  Salvation was never removed. 
    a) The Prophets had the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. 
    b) The Holy Spirit left King Saul in 1 Samuel 16:1 because of consequences of actions in King Saul's life.  This didn't mean that King Saul lost his Salvation, but the significance was King Saul lost the Holy Spirit's protection, guidance and having a clear mind to conduct his own life and rule over Israel.  Part of the many consequences, notice in the last part of 1 Samuel 16:1 the evil spirit tormented (oppressed) Saul, but did not possess Saul.
    c) Sampson was a Nazirite and Judge of Israel before the times of the Kings of Israel.  Sampson had great strength beyond human abilities which was from the Holy Spirit, that enabled Sampson to not be beaten in any type of combat. 
    * Sampson forsook and didn't hold his Nazirite vow by allowing Delilah to know of the requirement not to cut his hair off, and then allowing it to be shaved off because of drunken sleep at the end of a debaucherous sexual escapade. 
    * Sampson's hair was not the source of his strength but part of the vow unto God, that Sampson was breaking. 
    * When his hair was shaven, the Holy Spirit left Sampson but returned later when Sampson asked for the Holy Spirit to give him the strength back to destroy the rulers and lords of the Philistines in a structure where they made fun of Sampson, who was blinded by the Philistines. 
    * Sampson's hair had not grown back, so the hair was never the source of his strength.   Sampson never lost his Salvation.
    (d) King David prayed that God would not take His Spirit from Him because of the sins King David committed which were murder and adultery.  King David never lost his Salvation.  King David did suffer horrible consequences that are detailed in the scriptures with the temporary loss of ruling over Israel, the rebellion of son Absalom that caused a civil war, the raping of his daughter Tamar by his son Amnon and resulting murder of his son Amnon.
    1 Samuel 16:1 The LORD's spirit left Saul, and an evil spirit sent by the LORD tormented him.
    Judges 16:19 19 And she made him (Sampson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
    Judges 16:28 And Samson called unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
    Psalms 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
  3. In the current Dispensation of the Church age and the next dispensations, the Holy Spirit indwells the Believer and will not leave us.  We are "sealed" which is being marked as having Salvation, which cannot be removed taken out of God's "hand" (protection) John 10:28-30.  Some people, can go as far as blaspheming the Holy Spirit, discussed later in this topic, where this still does NOT remove a person's Salvation. 

    2 Corinthians 1:21-22 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, 22 who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.
  4. After the Church Age, there will be the 70th Week of Daniel (with the Tribulation Period), followed by the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ and then Eternity.  Receiving Salvation in the these two future periods of time is exactly the same as us living now, which a person through Faith in accepting Jesus Christ as their Savior then automatically gives the person the Gift of Salvation.

If you have any fear that you have lost your Salvation then consider the well-known principles:

If you haven't asked Jesus Christ to be your Savior, do so now by asking Him in prayer.

Note that there is also the principles of the Age of Accountability for understanding how God handles Salvation for children and many others, so that no glory can be obtained by Lucifer and Lucifer's emissaries.

Scientific View Confirming God Knows Beginning from the End

As read in the

we know that God exists outside of time and God exists outside of God's created universes (plural intended).  Furthermore, God is not restricted or constrained by time, as God exists outside of all time domains where God's knows the future in all Time Domains. 

Theoretical sciences such as Quantum Physics, and many others, are theorizing that we all live in at least 10 dimensions.  There are higher dimensions where theoretical possibilities are proposing that it is possible to see all points of time in a lower dimension.

From our Faith in God, we know that God exists outside of all of His Creations (all Creations have time domains) where science has started to recognize and grasp partial understanding of the indescribable facets of God's Creation.  Scientist are theorizing that in the Sixth Dimension that Time Travel is possible along with higher Dimensions having the ability for the observer to see all points in time in a simultaneous procession. 

We as Christians know that God, in the purpose of all history, is proving His Great Love that will be experienced in ages of eternity future.  

Five Misunderstood Scriptural References

There are primarily five scriptural references that cause confusion on the incorrect belief that someone can lose Salvation, when the scriptures point out that we can only lose desires to serve God which has consequences in our early lives and losses in rewards in Heaven.  Consider four introductory questions and points, before listing the five scriptural passages:

  1. When reading these Scriptural Verses below, and this section of this topic, the important context to consider is the scriptures speaking about:
    (a) entering Heaven, or
    (b) about consequences in our earthly lives and a loss of eternal rewards in Heaven? 
  2. Are the scriptures discussing an action that a Believer is doing that can be reversed or changed? 
  3. Haven't we all, at times in our lives:
    (a) Not completely lived our lives as God would have us to be living?
    (b) We rejected Spiritual Values and Principles knowing the Holy Spirit was guiding us not to do something?
    (c) Knew there was something better to be achieved but rejected it for temporary and immediate satisfaction?   (This is often called being backslidden.)
  4. If it were possible to lose our Salvation then every one of us would lose our Salvation because there is not one person born, except Jesus Christ, that is perfect enough to do everything correctly, and never grieve the Holy Spirit in our sins that we do in our entire lives. 

The five Scriptures that have confused some Christians are:

(A)
Hebrews 6:4-8		 4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age 6 and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. 7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. 8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
(B)
Matthew 12:31-32		 Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
(C)
Deuteronomy 29:18-21		 18 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. 20 Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
(D)
Revelation 3:4-5		 4 But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 
(E)
Exodus 32:30-34		 30 The next day Moses told the people, You committed a great sin, and now I ll go up to the Lord, and perhaps I can make atonement for your sin. 31 Moses returned to the Lord and said, Please, Lord, this people committed a great sin by making a god of gold for themselves. 32 Now, if you will, forgive their sin but if not, blot me out of your book which you have written. 33 The Lord told Moses, Whoever sins against me, I ll blot him out of my book. 34 Now, go, and lead the people where I told you, and now my angel will go before you, but on the day when I do punish, I ll punish them for their sin. 35 Then the Lord sent a plague on the people because they made the calf (the one Aaron made).

Four Scripture Cases to Consider

Before examining these five scriptures just listed, we should also consider four cases in the Old Testament and a New Testament Scripture:
 

Case 1.  In the Books of Exodus and Numbers, the scriptures are concerning the nation of Israel at the time when they were coming out of captivity in Egypt.  The generation who left the captivity failed to enter the Promise Land because of lack of Faith and condemning the character of God.  During the exodus from Egypt, Israel witnessed amazing miracles on a daily basis, and collectively as a group murmured and spoke despairingly against God. 

When God led them to the border area of the Promise Land, there were ten men called spies sent into the promise land, where eight of the ten came back with an evil report that negatively liable God which reflected lack of Faith, Trust and Reliance that God would be with them to conquer it.  The people listening then wanted to kill, by stoning, two of the spies who said the land can be taken with God.  This so angered God, because of all the repeated murmuring against God throughout the exodus from Egypt and then this event, that God swore an oath that they would not inherit/enter the Promise Land, with the exception of two of the spies that said they could conquer the land with God, Joshua and Caleb and the descendants under the age of accountability. 

Some Biblical Scholars estimate there were a million people in the Exodus from Egypt.  Of this group, all that were older than the age of accountability, with the exception of Joshua and Caleb, were not allowed to enter the Promise Land.  Note that even Moses was not permitted to enter the Promised Land because of disobeying what God told him to do with staff and rock in Numbers 20:11, but Moses' salvation was as well as most of the exodus generation was not in question.  Proof on Moses inheriting Salvation is evidenced by the New Testament's Mount of Transfiguration appearance in Matthew 17:3. 

While Israel did not get the rewards of the Promise Land, they were not sent back to captivity in Egypt, along with not being abandoned by God.  So, the Exodus generation were still saved from Egypt, followed God during their wonderings of the 38.1 years, described as 40 years.  The question is if Israel as a nation and people, lose their ability to enter into Eternity in Heaven?  Everyone is accountable singularly to God, where the actions of the nation did not cause an individual to lose Salvation.  Notice the evidence that God:

  • Did not tell them that they have lost their Salvation.
  • Did not have the earth swallow them, like it did for Korah with those who rejected, despised God in Numbers 16:26-33 (discussed more later in this topic).  Korah, and the men with him, were swallowed up by the earth to descend straight into bad compartment of Sheol with their possessions.
  • God still took care of Israel while they wonder in the wilderness, waiting for the last of the adults, over the age of accountability to perish.
  • Everyone that was there saw God leading them by a pillar of a cloud by day, and by a pillar of fire by night, where this lets us know, they were believers by their actions.
  • Everyone who was part of that Generation, had to rely on daily food, water and so much more form God.  Their shoes and clothes did not wear out during that entire wondering of 40 years.  This also shows that God loved them and took care of them.
    Deuteronomy 29:5 I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet.

Case 2: Consider the scriptural case where Esau sold his birth right for one morsel of meat, thus showing he had no regard for it, which rejects the knowledge of blessing given to the first born.  Esau permanently lost the blessing, which he tried to get after.  We do not know from the scriptures if Esau will be in Heaven based on Hebrews 12:16-17, but taking the whole Word of God into consideration, the answer is hopefully "yes". Consider the possible evidence that the descendants of Esau, the Edomites, served Israel.  Recall from the beginning of this topic that the indication would be that as long as there is a desire then the ability to accept means the desire for God. 

Hebrew 12:16-17 16 that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

Case 3: Consider the Scriptural case of Cain who killed Abel.  Cain was forgiven but experienced consequences that followed him for the rest of his life.  The mark that Cain was given suggest that it was something for Cain to believe in for his safety from anyone else killing him.  This means Cain had to have Faith in God that the mark given by God would protect him.  We learn that Cain's descendants had parts of the Name of God in their names, so this is further evidence that Cain wanted God in his life and did not lose his Salvation, so we should see Cain in Heaven.  Cain's consequences were loss of the ground yielding its abundance, fear of being killed and having a stigma that others knew he was a murderer.  This lets us know that Cain has a loss of rewards in his earthly life and most likely rewards in eternity.

Case 4: Consider the Scripture of Revelation 21:4 "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."  The question is why would God have to wipe away tears?  The answer is most likely for many reasons, but one of the possibilities that has to be considered, is all of us will be sorrowful for the things we did wrong and the loss of rewards that God had in store for us.

Now let us examine the Scriptures A through E

A. Regarding Hebrews 6:4-8

Verses 4 through 6 are one sentence.  In the original Greek, the analysis grammatically indicates the person can no longer be brought back into repentance while they are acting as someone who once had observed or experienced the Gifts and Powers of the Holy Spirit but is acting and denying them.  The key word is "repentance", which means changing course and returning to God.  As an analogy on repentance, consider a car moving down the street, where it is impossible for the car to be suddenly going in reverse without stopping first.  

The consequences for the Christian when not repenting, and especially in the case of Hebrews 6:4-8, are:

  1. Loses in rewards, protection, friendships and a clear mind that is Godly in this life,
  2. Loses in inheritance in Eternity,
  3. Loses in privileges to inherit in Eternity,
  4. Lose in status and rank in Eternity, and
  5. Lose in quality and ability in the body given in Eternity

which is all part of rewards in Eternity at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

The important context of the passage was a warning to the Jewish Believers who were considering going back to Judaism to escape persecution.  The writer of Hebrews is telling these Believers in Jesus Christ that there is no other sacrifice to take away sins because the old system was done away with even though temple sacrificing was still operational.   (Temple was destroyed in 70AD/CE, which is one proof of many that Hebrews was from the time period after the crucifixion and before the destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD.)

Hebrews 6:4-8 4 It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age 6 and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. 7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. 8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

After careful examination of this scriptural passage, that once a person stops (like the car example above) in the action of denying Jesus Christ as their Savior, then they will become eligible again to experience the gifts that they were experiencing.  The 3rd Commandment, of the Ten Commandments, is we are to be Ambassadors of God, and we are to act in service for our King, where we all often do not.  

Note that the scriptures have been translated from the Greek, and over the multitudes of centuries, eventually into English along with hundreds of others.  Some of the words lose the initial meaning and the original intent.  Thoughts on the verses:

  1. In Verse 4, the key point of the verse is these are Christians who had the Holy Spirit active in their lives but are not acknowledging Him.  Someone, who is not a Believer, would not have the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit works in the world but does not indwell someone who is not a Believer.
  2. In Verse 5, the "coming age" is the Messianic Age.  The Jewish Believers, at that time, were about to be excluded from this period of time where Israel's Messiah had come to fulfill the purpose of Law with the liberties and rewards of being a Christian.
  3. Verses 4 through 8 are similar to Israel (Case 1 above) when they were about to go into the Promise Land, in Numbers 13 and 14, but refused after the negative report of the eight spies, instead of listening to the good report of the two spies Joshua and Caleb.  Israel had tasted and seen the goodness and power of God with all of the Miracles that were done for them.  God said that they had tempted Him 10 times!  Those over the Age of Accountability lost the chance to go into the Promise Land, which is the same type of warning given in this passage.  Those who died in the wilderness, not entering into the Promise Land, were still taken care of and loved by God.
  4. There are a few Biblical Scholars, which this author agrees, that have stated that the intent of implying the predicament of the Jewish person trying to return Judaism, because of persecution before the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD, has a similar application to modern-day.  The Jews, who had accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior still had Salvation, but lost out on eternal rewards, guidance of the Holy Spirit and some lost their lives in the Roman siege of 70 AD.  Today, there are many people who have Salvation, through acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Savior, but have decided to pursue lusts of earthly riches, power and vanities that led to nothing where in doing so, they put Jesus Christ up for public shame for the person's sinful actions.  The part of the passage, "who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance", is because these people desire for their earthly lusts.  There is the potential of Romans 1:24 occurring in these Christian's lives.  Regardless, God is always there for all of us like the amazing and beautiful teaching of the Prodigal Son.  All of us, have quite often, heard death-bed last words by famous people and murderers in prison who regret their lives, but state they are trusting on Jesus Christ as their Savior.
    Romans
    1:24-25    		 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise!  Amen.
  5. The Grammar of the words in the Greek imply that once the person stops in the action (if they are able/want to) of public ridiculing the Lord then the eligibility to return into a status of being able to continue with God's protection, favor and to earn rewards in Heaven is restored.  Recall that in 1 Corinthians, the scriptures are discussing the loss of rewards with the analogy of "wood, hay and stubble".  The Book of Hebrews is a book about the Christian striving to finish the race and obtain rewards.  The author of Hebrews is using "present tense verbs" to let the reader know there is still hope if there is a change. 
    1 Corinthians 3:12-13 12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
  6. In the Greek, many Biblical Scholars point out that the verb tense implies the possibility of restoration is restored once the person comes back to following Jesus Christ.

    Greek word Meaning and notes
    adunaton impossible
    parapesontas fallen away - In the Aorist tense as a completed action
    anastaurountas crucifying - In the Present action as a continuing action
    Paradeigmatizontas Publicly ridiculing - In the Present action
    anakainizein eis metanoian being restored by an act of repenting
  7. In Verse 8, we are told the land is in danger of being cursed and being burned.  The Farmer is not in danger.  The Farmer's property is in danger of being lost, which is the farmer's rewards for labor.  This is pointing to many possibilities of loss which includes eternal rewards in Heaven.
  8. We should also consider the case of Peter the Disciple who becomes an Apostle, who temporarily lost his Discipleship after denying Christ three times.  Peter's action is exactly like the action described in Hebrews 6:4-8.  We know that Peter was restored by Jesus Christ, in John 21:15-19 after Jesus Christ admonished him with the questions three times "do you love me" and "feed my sheep".  If Peter had died in the "backslidden state", would he have gone to Heaven?  Yes, Peter would have gone to Heaven for the following example reasoning amongst many others:
    (a) Jesus warned Peter that he would deny knowing Christ three times.
    (b) Jesus at that time did NOT say, "Peter when you deny knowing me three times, you will be publicly ridiculing me and putting me to open shame, so I will reject you with no chance of coming back to Faith in me."
    (c) In John 17:12, we know that the only Disciple lost was Judas Iscariot as the scriptures point out that Judas Iscariot had never accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.

In the Scriptures, we are given great Hope and assurance of our Faith; but we are also given the same warning and knowledge of consequences for acting against the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 1:24-29 24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand, 25 since you disregard all my advice and do not accept my rebuke, 26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you 27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. 28 Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me, 29 since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord. 30 Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit fruit that will last and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
1 Corinthians 1:10 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

A Potential Consequence

Is there the possibility that the scripture passage is warning that mature Christians, whom have "tasted the heavenly gift", that when blaspheming the Holy Spirit by both (a) denial, and (b) returning to a debaucherous life against God, where people see the debauchery knowing that person is a Christian, will have these two consequences?   (The visibility by others is the "crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace")

  1. The person blaspheming will not desire to repent in their life, until the very end of their life like Sampson (discussed earlier in this topic and below), because the Holy Spirit will no longer be active in the person's life to cause them to repent.
  2. The person blaspheming will not lose their Salvation, but will lose some or all of their rewards in Heaven.

This author believes the scriptures give us this conclusion that these two consequences will happen.  While this author has not seen these consequences written in any Biblical Commentaries, I believe this is a strong possibility.  As proof:

  • King Saul and Judge Sampson, had God in their life where they both had great victories, but then forsook the responsibilities and honor to give to God so that their lives ended up not accomplishing their potential.  At the end of their lives, both of them committed suicide, as discussed earlier in this topic and read in the scriptural accounts.  Both Saul and Sampson did not lose their Salvation, but most certainly lost rewards in Heaven.
  • Kind David committed murder and adultery where his life had horrible consequences, but King David never lost his Salvation.  King David loved God during his whole life, but did put God up to public shame, where the good news is David was restored by God, so there is this hope for everyone who may act as King David did.
  • King Solomon, son of King David, had a great start in his role as King where he prayed to God for wisdom, 1 Kings 3:10-15, so that Solomon could rule to God's Glory.  Initially Solomon did rule to God's Glory but that did not last.  In one of many prideful and selfish acts of Solomon, he invited foreign wives, with their foreign Gods, into Israel where Solomon allowed the worship of the false gods, which is Idolatry as read in 1 Kings 11.  When Israel came into the promised land, God had Israel remove the false gods, and Solomon was bringing the false gods back into the land which was an offense against God.  Jesus Christ even spoke despairingly of him by comparing Solomon to the lilies of the field in Luke 12:27, but Solomon did not lose his Salvation.
  • We see and read about famous people who professed Jesus Christ as their Savior, where they had great talents and abilities that were often learned in Church.  God gave them gifts in acting, singing and building businesses.  At some point, the person gains riches and fame where it used in debaucherous activities that are publicly seen.  At the end of their lives, we read that the person's closest family and friends state the person still loved Jesus Christ, and made a death bed confession of a wasted life.
  • Unlike Peter's denial of Jesus Christ, which was done in fear, the context of the Hebrew's passage is about the Jews who had time to consider the warning given to not return to Judaism.  The old ways were done away with because of Jesus Christ's death on the Cross.
  • As being pointed out in all the scriptural proofs of this topic, it is impossible to lose Salvation because we did not do anything to earn it other than accepting the gift with Faith, so there is a consequence of losses in Eternity for the blaspheming.   When we receive Salvation, we are marked just like 144,000 Witnesses, Cain and the Two Witnesses.  (Note: In some Biblical Scholars opinions including this author, Cain had Salvation.)
  • Those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit will not be included in the Wedding Supper of Lamb and will feel bitter anguish as the scripture remarks about the "gnashing of teeth".

B. Regarding Matthew 12:31-32

Some Biblical Commentaries have stated the action of blaspheming the Holy Spirit, in regards to Matthew 12:31-32 and the chapter, is:

When examining the context of the entire exchange of the conversation between Jesus Christ and the Pharisees, then both of these previous points are not correct.

Verse 30 and the first part of verse 31 is dealing with forgiveness of blasphemy against Him, as Jesus Christ is God; and the second part is against the Holy Spirit, who is God.   Note that in different translations the word blasphemy is used and others the term "speaks a word against" is used instead of blasphemy.

Matthew 12:22-32 22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, Could this be the Son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons. 25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house. 30 Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

The context of Mathew 12:22-32, was the Pharisees verbally assaulting Jesus Christ and ignoring the scriptural prophecies which showed what Jesus Christ was doing meant Jesus Christ was the prophesized Messiah who healed the blind and sick, Isaiah 35:5-6.  Additionally, they were stating Jesus Christ was doing the healing by Lucifer (Beelzebub). 

Isaiah 35:5-6
Messianic 		5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; 6 then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;
Matthew 12:22-24 22 Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see. 23 The crowds were astounded and asked, Could this be the Son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, Only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.

These particular Pharisees were being told by Jesus Christ that they would be forgiven for blaspheming Him but would be held accountable for blaspheming the Holy Spirit.  As previously stated, the Pharisees blaspheme was because they were stating the work of Jesus Christ, which was through the Holy Spirit, was from Lucifer (Beelzebub).  The question for us to consider is whether or not these Pharisees had Salvation, where the logical answer was "no" at that time.  God, through the Holy Spirit, always initiates the process for all of us to recognize and accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, so these Pharisees were possibly stopping the future possibility of the Holy Spirit working in their lives.

As discussed earlier in this topic, when the Israelites were leaving in the Exodus, they saw many miracles of God.  Yet, the Exodus Generation experienced negative consequences for murmuring, rejecting and testing God which was blasphemy.  There were the very negative consequences, for those over the Age of Accountability, where they would not inherit the Promise Land.  God still gave and showed His Love by taking care of them.  Rhetorically, did all of these people lose their Salvation, where the answer was "no".  Rhetorically did Sampson, King David and Solomon lose their Salvation for publically blaspheming God through the debaucherous acts, where the answer was "no".

Jesus Christ did not state the consequences were loss of Salvation in Matthew 12:31.  Being not forgiven of something means having consequences just like the Exodus generation that did not inherit the Promised Land.  Sampson, King David and Solomon also had consequences.   


In another incident, Jesus Christ let the Pharisees know that their father was Lucifer as read in John 8:44 which is the scriptural proof that these Pharisees did not have Salvation at that time, so they were not losing Salvation.  There is the possibly that they were losing the future opportunity for the Holy Spirit to initiate the process of receiving Salvation.

John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
 

The Apostle Paul, before becoming an Apostle, admits to being a blasphemer in 1st Timothy 1:13.  In the same chapter of 1st Timothy, the Apostle Paul states the two Believers Hymenaeus and Alexander were handed over to Satan (Lucifer) to be taught not to blaspheme as they claimed the resurrection already occurred.  Paul did not say the two people were losing their Salvation.  The two were have consequences to correct their Faith.

1 Timothy 1:12-13 12 I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service; 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
1 Timothy 1:20 of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I delivered unto Satan, that they might be taught not to blaspheme.

In Hebrews 12:18, Jesus Christ while speaking to a crowd, cited Isaiah so that the crowd to understand who the Holy Spirit was and the role of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrews 12:18 Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

The scriptures always interpret the scriptures.  There are many theories that suggest that someone can have Salvation and then lose it, but this is impossible according to scriptures like John 10:28-30, John 17:12 and 1 Corinthians 1:8. 

John 10:28-30 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
John 17:12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
1 Corinthians 1:8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

C. Regarding Deuteronomy 29:20, and
D. Revelation 3:5

There are people in the Bible who have had their names blotted out, where the scriptural passages indicate that they did not have salvation to be lost as understood by their worshiping idols instead of the True God.  There are three kings of Israel that had their names blotted out:
  1. Ahaziah
  2. Joash
  3. Amaziah

These three kings of Israel are part of the lineage of Jesus Christ but are omitted (blotted out) from the Gospel of Matthew's list as read in Chapter 1.   Read the topic on the Tenth Man, Blotted Out and the Blood Curse of Jeconiah topic as these three kings worshipped Idols which is why their names were blotted out from the later written account from Matthew.

The key part of both of the Deuteronomy 29:20 and Revelation 3:5 sections of scriptural verses is the question of someone who

The scriptures uses many figures of speech or rhetorical ways of speaking, such as Allegories, Analogies, Associations, Humor, Metaphors, Puns, Threats, Warnings, ... Zeugma to name just nine of the over 200 types of speech used in the Scriptures. 

Quick side-note: There is an incorrect belief that the Lamb's Book Of Life has everyone's name written in it from the foundation of the world and over time, people's names are taken out of it.  This is a held belief by a few well-respected Theologians, but this theory does not have a single scriptural reference for showing one person having their name taken out of the Lamb's Book of Life.

In the two passages of Deuteronomy 29:20 and Revelation 3:5, there is a reference to "blot out his name from under heaven" and "blot his name out of the book of life".  The two points to notice:

so, this makes the reader possibly have confusion. 

Deuteronomy 29:18-21 18 lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. 20 Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
Revelation 3:4-5 4 But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise (never) blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels

Regarding the "blot out his name from Heaven" scriptural part, it is a figures of speech that is a threat to impart the seriousness of the sinful actions being done.  This is similar to when God told Moses he would wipe out (kill the nation of Israel) during the Exodus as read in Exodus 32:9-14, shown below, but God never was going to wipe out Israel where it reflects the seriousness of not offending God's Character.

Some other points:

  1. In Deuteronomy 29:19, "I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart" indicates the person is:
    (a) not receiving the opportunity to accept God, and
    (b) did not take the opportunity to serve God. 
    The warning "blot out his name from under Heaven." means the person will not be given a chance to receive Salvation because the person will not be seeking it.  Remember that the Salvation Process is initiated by God and many do not accept according to Mathew 22:14 and Matthew 7:13-14.  The eternal consequences are God can turn away from the process and the unsaved person would have no desire to follow and accept in Faith God without God initiating or reinitiating the process.   The "blot out" is a warning and the analogy would be having a contract to buy property prepared for someone, but they never signed the papers, so the contract was torn up, and the opportunity is gone.
    Mathew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
    Matthew 7:13-14 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
  2. In Revelation 3:4-5, which is written to the Church of Sardis, many of the same points in all of this topic apply.  In Revelation 3:1, shown below, the keys are:
    *    "thou art dead",
    *    "I have found no works of thine perfected before my God"
    which means there are specific people in the Church of Sardis who do not have Salvation. 
    Revelation 3:1-5 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead. 2 Be thou watchful, and establish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine perfected before my God. 3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 But thou hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. 5 He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
    In our churches today, there are people going for a variety of reasons that has more to do with business networking and making friends.  At some point, there is a call by the Pastor for everyone to come up who is not Saved to receive Salvation, where people we saw in the church for long periods of time will go up to give their life to Jesus Christ. 
    * The "I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead", means these people have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior because they have no proof in their works.
    James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

    (Read James Chapter 2 that shows that good works will be evidence of Faith in Jesus Christ.)
    * The "no wise blot his name out of the book of life" in verse 5, is following verse 4, which indicates "hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments" are those who are true and have Salvation, which is what verse 5 is directing Jesus Christ's comments towards.

Some scriptures to remember, in addition to Romans 3:23-24 and John 10:28-30:

Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Romans 3:23-24 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." 
John 3:16-18 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 
Matthew 17:21-23 21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name? 23 And then will I declare to them, I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.    

(Notice that Jesus is saying that He NEVER knew the person.  It doesn't say Jesus knew the person when they accepted Jesus as their Savior and now Jesus doesn't remember that event!  Therefore, the person may have thought they were a Believer but they never even tried to have a relationship with Jesus Christ.  It is also made clearer that the person worked lawlessness without trying to do anything showing the person had a relationship with Jesus. )
Exodus 32:9-14 9 The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people. 10 "Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation." 11 Then Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 "Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth '? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people. 13 "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'" 14 So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people. 

(Note Moses didn't change God's mind as if it was a possibility then God would have already done it or will do it.  God was threatening to impart the seriousness of the situation for Moses to tell the nation of Israel.  God had made a covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Israel where God does not break His covenants!)

E. The Golden Calf Incident and Blot out of Book

As discussed in the last section of this topic, there are people in the Bible who have had their names blotted out.  The scriptural passages indicate that they did not have salvation to be lost as understood by their worshiping idols instead of the True God.  These three kings of Israel were blotted out:
  1. Ahaziah
  2. Joash
  3. Amaziah

These three kings of Israel are part of the lineage of Jesus Christ but are omitted (blotted out) from the Gospel of Matthew's list as read in Chapter 1.   Read the topic on the Tenth Man, Blotted Out and the Blood Curse of Jeconiah topic as these three kings worshipped Idols which is why their names were blotted out from the later written account from Matthew.

This is an excerpt from information that is also contained in the Lamb's Book of Life topic.

Some Theologians wrongly quote scriptures such as Exodus 32:30-34, to state that God can remove names from the Book of Life.  The context of the passage is dealing with a discussion between Moses and God.  Moses is frightened and lovingly worried for Israel that they will lose their Salvation so Moses is asking God to take out the punishment of loss of Salvation against himself (Moses).  God is responding with the comment that He will "Whoever sins against me, I'll blot him out of my book" which is God's choice and prerogative.  It doesn't state God would do it to a person who has Salvation and the proof is the Exodus people that were not killed after the golden calf incident, only the evil men who rejected the true God.

Exodus 32:2-6 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Exodus 32:30-34 30 The next day Moses told the people, You committed a great sin, and now I ll go up to the Lord, and perhaps I can make atonement for your sin. 31 Moses returned to the Lord and said, Please, Lord, this people committed a great sin by making a god of gold for themselves. 32 Now, if you will, forgive their sin but if not, blot me out of your book which you have written. 33 The Lord told Moses, Whoever sins against me, I ll blot him out of my book. 34 Now, go, and lead the people where I told you, and now my angel will go before you, but on the day when I do punish, I ll punish them for their sin. 35 Then the Lord sent a plague on the people because they made the calf (the one Aaron made).

It is important to look also at how God handles those who do not have Salvation in the time of the Exodus.  In Numbers 16:26-33, which was also dealing with the Golden Calf incident, there were evil men under Korah, who were swallowed up by the Earth to go directly to the bad compartment of Sheol and the scriptures in Exodus and Numbers inform us that these men where never accepting of God, thus never had Salvation.    

Numbers 16:26-33 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Jehovah hath not sent me. 30 But if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah.

31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them; 32 and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.

The evil group was led by Korah, Dathan and Abiram.  Those who separated themselves from them, were choosing God so they lived.  The group of Korah, Dathan and Abiram's with those who stayed with them (250 men), showed that they never had chosen God and rejected knowing God again, so they never were in the Lamb's Book of Life.

God exists outside of our Time Domain and God knows the end from the beginning.  This means that God already had everyone in the entire history of the Earth, who would have Salvation, already written in the Lamb's Book of Life.  Exodus 32:33 was information for Moses to understand that God would have known if a person would have Salvation before they were born and the "sin against God" is also a sin of not accepting God, would mean their name would never be in the Lamb's Book of Life.  This is what the group of evil people did.

Note that there are other Books in the Scriptures:

If it is not the Lamb's Book of Life, the scriptures have other book references such as:
  1. The Books were opened in Revelation 20:12, where one of them is the Book of Life.   (Notice that Books is plural, more than one.)
  2. The Book of Jashar in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18.
  3. The Book of Wars of the Lord in Numbers 21:14 - 15.
  4. The books on cities in Joshua 18:9.

Because of the Idolatry event, God did punish and have many died from a plague, but God did not require the lives of all the people of Israel.  We can never state that just because someone was part of the Exodus Group that they chose to have Faith that Saves for God.  The evil group is proof.  The positive aspect is the people who remained chose God, which is just like what we do when we ask Jesus Christ to be our Savior, even though some of these people still suffered consequences.

We know from the scriptures, that worshipping a false god is one of the four greatest sins that a person can commit but it does not take away a person's Salvation.  There was punishment, a plague and then God still directed the people to go the Promise Land, Exodus 33:1-3, but God informed Moses that He would not be traveling with them, only an Angel.  God not traveling with them, must have caused a profound remorsefulness as indicated in Exodus 33:4.  Thankfully, God did travel with them later as indicated in Exodus 33:14.

Note that Aaron was the designer and builder of the golden calf where we know that Aaron eventually becomes the first Chief Priest of Israel for God.  If anyone would have received one of the strongest and punitive punishments, then Aaron would have been one of them to receive a severe consequence, where Aaron did not.  Aaron, despite making the golden calf, in his heart still had Faith that Saves for God, as evidenced by Aaron not standing with the evil group and Aaron's future actions.

Prodigal Son

The Prodigal Son parable of Luke 15:11-32 is a beautiful illustration of how any of us can lose our way and go after carnal pleasures, yet we never lose the love of God and our status of being a son/daughter of God.  There are at least four major points where some aspects of the four points are overlooked and not always realized in the parable.

The father in the parable obviously represents God, and most people also understand that the father in the story still loves the son no matter what the son did:

Luke 15:28-32 28 But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him. 29 But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine. 32 But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

The four major points of the parable are:

  1. Notice in verse 31 that the other son, who always served the father in the story is upset, where the father is telling this son that all he has is now will eventually be owned solely by this son.  The prodigal son spent and squandered his portion of the inheritance so there was nothing remaining at the father's house.  What assets that were remaining in the father's house was to be solely inherited by the brother. 
  2. Because the father let the prodigal son back home proved his son relationship was never lost, which is just like our Salvation that cannot be lost.  Once we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior, we are part of God's Family and justified because of Jesus Christ.
  3. All of us at times have wandered and not lived as we should be living.  The story ends at the point of the prodigal son's return, and we do not know if the son spent the rest of his life working for the family which would then earn new inheritance. 
  4. By restarting his life with his family, the Prodigal Son should have been able to repair the relationship with his brother because of the example of the father's love, which is how God loves us.  This is also the point of verse 32 which the father is telling the other son.

Our Rewards in heaven are earned where we can always start, along with restarting, at any point in our lives to earn rewards like the Thief on the Cross and Enoch. 

Enoch, might be somewhat like the Prodigal Son.  Enoch is one of this author's favorite people in the scriptures, because he started his dedication at age 65, so it is never too late. 

A loved one or Friend we know

There will be people in our life that we know went to Church, read the Bible and proclaimed they accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, but they now openly profess they do not believe.  We can never judge a person's Salvation and only pray for them.  We can take solace and hope with confidence that if they are running away from God and truly accepted the Gift of Salvation, then God will finish the work begun in them according to Philippians 1:6.
 
Philippians 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Summary

Taking the five problem scriptural passages, the following conclusion on the interpretation is listed which shows Salvation cannot be lost:

A Hebrews 6:4-8 The Christian risks losing the desire to repent and not having a productive life gaining rewards in Eternity.  Salvation is not lost.
B Matthew 12:31 Pharisees refused to recognize Jesus Christ, when the Holy Spirit was there to witness to them, and the scriptures were well known by the Pharisees.  Pharisees were held accountable, as they should have known.  Blasphemy is refusing the Holy Spirit guidance to accept Jesus Christ as Savior.
C Deuteronomy 29:20 Blotting refers to someone without Salvation never being offered Salvation.
D Revelation 3:5 Indicates no matter what sins, God will not remove anyone from Book of Life
E Exodus 32:30-34 Blotting refers to someone without Salvation never being offered Salvation.

The Christian's blessed assurance is:

  1. Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son, who never lost his son relationship from the father, even though the inheritance that the father had for the son was lost.  The father in the parable represents God the Father who is waiting on all of us to accept Jesus Christ as Savior.  The son, finally repented and then was restored into blessings living his father's house.
  2. Jesus' parable of the Foolish Virgins, where five of the virgins had accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior by the representation of having oil for their lamp stands.  The oil is a representation of Salvation by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  The other five, who did not have oil ready for the groom, would have to go through the Tribulation Period and these five virgins would accept Jesus Christ as their Savior during that time period.  The evidence of future acceptance is the five remaining virgins had planned, while not ready, to accept the groom.  The groom is a representation of Jesus Christ.
  3. The Disciple Peter, who denied knowing Jesus Christ three times in Luke 22:54-62, never lost his Salvation and was restored as a Disciple by Jesus Christ in John 21:15-19.
  4. The scriptural passages of Romans 3:23-24 and John 10:28-30, firmly assures us of our Salvation being maintained by both Jesus Christ and God the Father.
Romans 3:23-24 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." 
John 10:28-30 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one."

What to read next?

What is Salvation?  We have eternal life.  Evolution is not real.  When a Christian suffers is there benefits from it.  Rewards in Heaven.  Do we Tithe?  What does the 3rd Commandment tell us?  What is Grace and Mercy?  Is there an Age of Accountability?  Is there a place of unending punishment and exile form God?