“But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.”
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned — the land that receives the same rain but produces only thorns and thistles is worthless and faces cursing and burning. The parable suggests that the same gospel that produces fruit in obedient believers produces judgment in those who receive it and reject it.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 6:8
Let us hear the oracles of God with fear, with fear and much trembling. For (it is said) “Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice unto Him with trembling.” Psalm 2:11 But if even our joy and our exultation ought to be “with trembling,” of what punishment are we not worthy, if we listen not with terror to what is said, when the things spoken, as now, are themselves fearful? For having said that “it is impossible for those who have fallen away” to be baptized a second time, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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