Gods Last Word. There is no other passage of the Bible [Hebrews 10:26-31] that I know that contains so many solemn warnings as this. And they are the most severe warnings that I’m familiar with anywhere in the Bible. But I do believe it’s very important we continue to remind ourselves of the order of the things against which we’re warned. Number one is neglect. See, most people don’t see neglect as a serious danger. But it’s the beginning of the downward path. Then secondly, unbelief. Again, our churches are just full of unbelief. But people don’t see that as a sin. The writer says “an unbelieving heart is a sinful heart.” Then we get to apostasy, falling away. You say, “How could such a person apostasize? Why, they’ve been coming to church regularly for years.” Probably the steps were neglect, unbelief, then apostasy. But you see, we don’t see the danger signs in our own lives or sometimes in the lives of others. We see neglect and think they’re really not on fire for the Lord. Unbelief, well that’s a polite religious sin. In fact, in some churches humility is a polite name for unbelief really. What they call humility is not taking God at His word. Then we come to apostasy. Now we come to this terrible, willful, continuing to sin. And the writer here says certain things about this which are terribly serious. I don’t think I’m going to try to amplify them too much, I’m just going to present them to you. Hebrews 10:26–31, I’ll translate from the Greek. For if we willingly continue sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth . . . See, God deals with people differently according to whether they know the truth or not. I got away with a lot of things I did before I came to know the truth. I wouldn’t dare to think that God would let me get away with them now
Posted on: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:37:23 +0000