Those who tasted of the heavenly gift but fell away were the Judas's of the world, pretenders who knew of the goodness of Christ but never trusted in Him.
Matthew 7:21-23
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 will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"
Those who are born again do not turn away, they have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise as a Guarantee of their inheritance.
When we became born again we were changed by Christ. We did not earn our way to heaven or change ourselves, He changed us, we are completely different, we think differently, opposite in fact than the way we thought before.
Those who turn back were only saying and playing the game of "religion" but were never changed into a new creation by Christ. These people thought they were going to get into heaven by joining an earthly club that made them feel safe.
Ephesians 2:10
"10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
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