If we make the decision to sin after we receive the knowledge of the truth, there isn’t a sacrifice for sins left any longer. There’s only a scary expectation of judgment and of a burning fire that’s going to devour God’s opponents. When someone rejected the Law from Moses, they were put to death without mercy on the basis of the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment do you think is deserved by the person who walks all over God’s Son, who acts as if the blood of the covenant that made us holy is just ordinary blood, and who insults the Spirit of grace? We know the one who said, Judgment is mine; I will pay people back. And he also said, The Lord will judge his people. It’s scary to fall into the hands of the living God! (Hebrews 10:26-31, CEB)
Who has sinned after they knew they were a part of the body of Christ? Haven’t all of us? So, according to this reading, we will all be damned for all time. We walk all over the Son of God when we sin after we know we are accepted.
We can not not sin. We are sinful by nature, and try as we will we will fail. But God is a god of Love and mercy, and that is what we need to focus on. The love and acceptance, not the fear of damnation. Fear is a motivator that works only so long.
Love. Mercy. These are what help us focus on God and follow Their ways.
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