Thanks for tuning in to Ask Paul Tripp. Today we have two questions from parents of adult children.

The first is from a dad who emailed in,

I have a daughter who appeared to be a believer in her early adult years.

She fell away in her late 20s and has deconstructed. Her beliefs now tend towards Buddhism.

I read Hebrew 6, 4 to 6, and it sounds like it describes

her exactly. Is it impossible for her to ever be restored to faith? So Paul, let me read Hebrew

6 4 through 6 for us, and then you can answer. It is impossible for those who have once been

enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the

Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the coming age,

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.

So this is a place.

I think this is a heartbreaking experience for many parents

where there appeared to be sparks of faith in their children,

and their children have walked away from the gospel and from the church.

And so I think it's important when you're going through that

heartbreaking experience that you understand that it's scripture that

it's scripture that interpret scripture.

You need to have a careful understanding what the Bible says about people in that condition.

I think the first scripture that is helpful is found in 1 John 2 19.

Verse 19.

It says this, they went out from us, but they were not of us.

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