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

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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