There are significant warnings in the Book of Hebrews -- warnings that the true "sheep" hear and follow. So many well-meaning preachers and teachers apply these warnings in a manner that suggests that a born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ can be saved and apostatize. That is hardly the case. For we read the author's intent so clearly in Hebrews 6:9–12 (ESV),
9 Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. 10 For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do. 11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
"The Apostle then testifies that he thus warned the Jews, because he had a good hope of them, and was anxious to lead them to salvation. We hence conclude, that not only the reprobate ought to be reproved severely and with sharp earnestness, but also the elect themselves, even those whom we deem to be the children of God."- John Calvin
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