“IT IS A FEARFUL THING” TEXT: (Hebrews 10:28-31) INTRO: We don’t know who the author of the Book of Hebrews is; however, it is my opinion that the Apostle Paul is the author. It really doesn’t matter who the author is; however, I am convinced that the Book of Hebrews is divinely inspired. I have been “prayer walking” for the last (24) years. I have prayer walked in Jerusalem Israel, Washington D.C., and several other states. I usually walk (6) days a week, as long as it is not below 20 degrees and in the rain as long as it is not pouring down rain. The point I am making is God the Holy Spirit reveals to me Biblical truths while I am walking, reading my New Testament, and praying. I am not saying that this is the only way God reveals Biblical truths to His Children; however, it works for me. There are times while I am walking on the track that the Holy Spirit will reveal to me that I need to call someone and have prayer with them while I am walking, and I do this as often as the Holy Spirit impresses me. I never will forget what Bro. Dempsey Sullins said to me when I was his Pastor at Pine Branch Baptist Church, Spruce Pine N.C., “Pastor as much as you walk your brain must be in your heel.” Maybe it is! By prayer walking, I am enjoying a greater relationship with the Lord now then I have in the last several years. I was walking this beautiful Thursday morning Oct. 31, 2013, and the Holy Spirit impressed me to study (Hebrews 10:28-31), and I would like to share it with you. I=IT IS A FEARFUL THING: A=To Fall Into the Hands of The Living God (Hebrews 10:31) “The Living God” The word “living’ is an adjective that describes God as having life, not dead, or nonexistent. The living, breathing, active, and surviving God. He is not a God, but He is the God, the one and only true living God who rules supremely from Heaven. “Living God” Vs. “False god” . “It is not a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a false god, for the simple reason he is a fake, an imposter, not real, and he doesn’t have any power to harm you. God Jehovah is the only true living God, and He will never be defeated nor will He ever die. Hallelujah, the living God is my Heavenly Father, and if you are saved then He is your Heavenly Father also. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, but it is a peaceful thing to be in the hands of the living God (John 10:28-29) Let me encourage you to make sure that you have confessed Christ as your Lord and Savior, and believe that God the Father raised Him from the dead in order to become a true born-again Child of God (Rom. 10:9). America, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. =To Fall Into The Hands of a Vengeful God. (Hebrews 10:30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. “Vengeance” (punishment that is inflicted in return for a wrong). A true Believer in Christ is the one who knows Him, and they know Him because of the relationship they have with Him through the new birth. We also know that God said in (Deut. 32:35) that vengeance belongs to Him, and ladies & gentlemen you can rest assured that one day He will repay. God has been very tolerant with America over the years, but we know, according to the Word of God, that His tolerance is going to run out very soon, because of the rejection of His Word by the leaders and many people of this generation. Not only have our leaders and many Americans turned their backs on God’s Word, but we have these liberal preachers and churches that don’t even believe and accept God’s Word as the Truth. The pulpits in America are full of stand-up comedians and entertainers and false prophets, but thank God for the real called born-again men of God who faithfully stand Sunday after Sunday and preach God’s infallible Word. You don’t have to be a Bible scholar to read and study the Old Testament, and see how God punished His own people when they disobey and rejected the preaching and teaching of His Word. America, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a Vengeful God. C=To Fall Into the Hands of a Judgmental God. “Judgmental” (characterized by a tendency to judge harshly) (Hebrews 10:26-29) (26) For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (28) He that despised Moses law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? The believer who begins to drift from the Word (Heb. 2:1-4) will soon start to doubt the Word (Heb. 3:7-4:13). Soon, he will become dull toward the Word (Heb. 5:11-6:20) and become lazy in his spiritual life. This will result in despising the Word, which is the theme of this exhortation. The evidence of this despising is willful sin. The tense of the verb indicates that (Heb. 10:26) should read, For if we willfully go on sinning. This exhortation is not dealing with one particular act of sin, but with an attitude that leads to repeated disobedience. Under the Old Covenant, there were no sacrifices for deliberate and willful sins (Ex. 21:12-14; Num. 15:27-31). Presumptuous sinners who despised Moses Law and broke it were executed (Deut. 17:1-7). What can this kind of a Christian expect from God? He can expect severe discipline. Chastening is the theme of (Heb. 12.) There is no need to water down words such as judgment and fiery indignation (Heb. 10:27), or sorer punishment (Heb. 10:29). We have already seen from the history of Israel that hardly anybody who was saved out of Egypt by the blood of the lamb entered into the promised inheritance. Nearly all of them died in the wilderness. There is a sin unto death (1 John 5:16). Some of the Corinthian believers were disciplined and their lives taken because of their presumptuous sins (1 Cor. 11:30, where sleep means died). America, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a Judgmental God. “IT IS A FEARFUL THING” TEXT: (Hebrews 10:28-31) INTRO: We don’t know who the author of the Book of Hebrews is; however, it is my opinion that the Apostle Paul is the author. It really doesn’t matter who the author is; however, I am convinced that the Book of Hebrews is divinely inspired. I have been “prayer walking” for the last (24) years. I have prayer walked in Jerusalem Israel, Washington D.C., and several other states. I usually walk (6) days a week, as long as it is not below 20 degrees and in the rain as long as it is not pouring down rain. The point I am making is God the Holy Spirit reveals to me Biblical truths while I am walking, reading my New Testament, and praying. I am not saying that this is the only way God reveals Biblical truths to His Children; however, it works for me. There are times while I am walking on the track that the Holy Spirit will reveal to me that I need to call someone and have prayer with them while I am walking, and I do this as often as the Holy Spirit impresses me. I never will forget what Bro. Dempsey Sullins said to me when I was his Pastor at Pine Branch Baptist Church, Spruce Pine N.C., “Pastor as much as you walk your brain must be in your heel.” Maybe it is! By prayer walking, I am enjoying a greater relationship with the Lord now then I have in the last several years. I was walking this beautiful Thursday morning Oct. 31, 2013, and the Holy Spirit impressed me to study (Hebrews 10:28-31), and I would like to share it with you. I=IT IS A FEARFUL THING: A=To Fall Into the Hands of The Living God (Hebrews 10:31) “The Living God” The word “living’ is an adjective that describes God as having life, not dead, or nonexistent. The living, breathing, active, and surviving God. He is not a God, but He is the God, the one and only true living God who rules supremely from Heaven. “Living God” Vs. “False god” . “It is not a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a false god, for the simple reason he is a fake, an imposter, not real, and he doesn’t have any power to harm you. God Jehovah is the only true living God, and He will never be defeated nor will He ever die. Hallelujah, the living God is my Heavenly Father, and if you are saved then He is your Heavenly Father also. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, but it is a peaceful thing to be in the hands of the living God (John 10:28-29) Let me encourage you to make sure that you have confessed Christ as your Lord and Savior, and believe that God the Father raised Him from the dead in order to become a true born-again Child of God (Rom. 10:9). America, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. =To Fall Into The Hands of a Vengeful God. (Hebrews 10:30) For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. “Vengeance” (punishment that is inflicted in return for a wrong). A true Believer in Christ is the one who knows Him, and they know Him because of the relationship they have with Him through the new birth. We also know that God said in (Deut. 32:35) that vengeance belongs to Him, and ladies & gentlemen you can rest assured that one day He will repay. God has been very tolerant with America over the years, but we know, according to the Word of God, that His tolerance is going to run out very soon, because of the rejection of His Word by the leaders and many people of this generation. Not only have our leaders and many Americans turned their backs on God’s Word, but we have these liberal preachers and churches that don’t even believe and accept God’s Word as the Truth. The pulpits in America are full of stand-up comedians and entertainers and false prophets, but thank God for the real called born-again men of God who faithfully stand Sunday after Sunday and preach God’s infallible Word. You don’t have to be a Bible scholar to read and study the Old Testament, and see how God punished His own people when they disobey and rejected the preaching and teaching of His Word. America, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a Vengeful God. C=To Fall Into the Hands of a Judgmental God. “Judgmental” (characterized by a tendency to judge harshly) (Hebrews 10:26-29) (26) For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (27) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (28) He that despised Moses law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? The believer who begins to drift from the Word (Heb. 2:1-4) will soon start to doubt the Word (Heb. 3:7-4:13). Soon, he will become dull toward the Word (Heb. 5:11-6:20) and become lazy in his spiritual life. This will result in despising the Word, which is the theme of this exhortation. The evidence of this despising is willful sin. The tense of the verb indicates that (Heb. 10:26) should read, For if we willfully go on sinning. This exhortation is not dealing with one particular act of sin, but with an attitude that leads to repeated disobedience. Under the Old Covenant, there were no sacrifices for deliberate and willful sins (Ex. 21:12-14; Num. 15:27-31). Presumptuous sinners who despised Moses Law and broke it were executed (Deut. 17:1-7). What can this kind of a Christian expect from God? He can expect severe discipline. Chastening is the theme of (Heb. 12.) There is no need to water down words such as judgment and fiery indignation (Heb. 10:27), or sorer punishment (Heb. 10:29). We have already seen from the history of Israel that hardly anybody who was saved out of Egypt by the blood of the lamb entered into the promised inheritance. Nearly all of them died in the wilderness. There is a sin unto death (1 John 5:16). Some of the Corinthian believers were disciplined and their lives taken because of their presumptuous sins (1 Cor. 11:30, where sleep means died). America, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a Judgmental God.
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