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Friday, July 22, 2011

There is nothing left...


"For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins."--Hebrews 10:26. The Hebrew writer by this point has made the emphasis that the old law is gone forever because Christ has made the sacrifice once for all (Hebrews 10:10).  So at this point, if we continue to sin, there is nothing left for us to cling to but what Hebrews 10:27 calls a "terrifying expectation of judgment."

There is nothing left.  This verse tells us that if we reject the knowledge of the truth that Christ is our one and only sacrifice that satisfies our debt of sin, we have nothing left.  We have nothing left but an expectation of five things that are lined out in Hebrews 10:27-31.

There is nothing left but a terrifying expectation of judgment. (v. 27)

There is nothing left but a fury of a fire that will consume the adversaries of God. (v. 27)

There is nothing left but a severe punishment because we have chosen to trample "under foot the Son of God." (v. 29).

There is nothing left but an expectation of God's vengeance.

Finally, there is nothing left but the fact that we will fall into the hands of the living God.  If we are disobedient, Hebrews 10:31 tells us it is a "terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God."

So I leave you with this question.  Why is it that if we have been saved do we still "willfully" indulge in sin? We need to remember that Christ made the sacrifice so we could be free from our sin, not to continue to be enslaved to our sin.  If we choose slavery to sin, we have nothing left, so what will we do?

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL! GOD BLESS!

 

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