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1 | Are these the "willfully sinning" v26? | Heb 10:39 | Mommapbs | 155507 | ||
Are those who shrink back to destruction referenced in v26? Can we say that those who have heard the Gospel and refuse to believe it (those who refuse to accept Christ as their propitiation for their sin) are those who "go on willfully sinning" ("those who shrink back to destruction")? | ||||||
2 | Are these the "willfully sinning" v26? | Heb 10:39 | Makarios | 155510 | ||
Greetings Mommapbs! It's been a long time since we studied Scripture together! Hebrews 10:26-27 "For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES." As for Hebrews 10:26, here is an interesting bit of commentary: "10:26 sinning willfully. The background is the defiant sin of Num. 15:30-31 for which there was no propitiatory offering. there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins. If a person rejects the truth of Christ's death for sin, there is no other sacrifice for sin available and no other way to come to God. Only judgment remains (v.27)." (1) Numbers 15:30 "'But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people." To reject Christ's sacrifice for sins is to reject the only sacrifice; there is no other. Those who hear and understand the gospel of Christ but then rebel and turn away, being on the verge of saving belief, are apostates. Blessings to you, Makarios (1) Ryrie Study Bible, Expanded Edition, 1995, The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, Charles C. Ryrie, pg. 236, 1958 |
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3 | Are these the "willfully sinning" v26? | Heb 10:39 | Mommapbs | 155554 | ||
Greetings to you Makarios - I trust that your "completion" is faring well with you and your bride! Thank for the commentary. Is unbelief is the root of all sin? From these verses could we gather that there is a point that God says "no more"? He gives the opportunity to accept or reject His sacrifice; His offer of grace. Therefore, those who have had it extended and reject it are willfully sinning. This is a different position from those who might try to use this passage as a case against the eternal security of the believer. Any other thoughts here? Blessings, mommapbs |
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4 | Are these the "willfully sinning" v26? | Heb 10:39 | DocTrinsograce | 155557 | ||
Dear Momma, How are you? I don't want to get in the way of Makarios and his excellent posts. So don't let me retract from what he says, but rather augment it. I believe it was John Piper that said that the root of all sin is desiring something other than God. You asked, "Is unbelief the root of all sin?" I would answer yes. Ultimately there is nothing more valuable than God. Consequently, whenever I sin, I am betraying a lack of belief in the true worthiness of God to be honored and obeyed. In Him, Doc |
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5 | Are these the "willfully sinning" v26? | Heb 10:39 | Mommapbs | 155566 | ||
Greetings Doc - I've just returned from a vacation cut short by some family illness. Actually it is an anwser to prayer for me - this dear one will be going home in a "better way" than previously expected - sad times ahead but rejoicing that she knows the Lord gives us confidence and assurance. He has provided wonderful caregivers and perhaps will use this as a means to bring unbelieving family members to a saving knowledge of Jesus. You crafted that answer well. Thanks! If we go back to the Garden, we see the birth of sin and God's merciful response! Though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God (Rom 1:21) So, when an individual is apostate, blaspheming God, my attitude is this: I am grieved, distressed and prayerful that the eyes of their hearts will be opened, but if they enter eternity apart from God, that grief turns to a kind of anger - how could they reject such a great salvation? How could they not love God who love(d) them so? Now, hang with me here. While still alive, we are to love those who hate God as He loves them. After they die and go into a Godless eternity, their iniquities follow them Ez 21:24; Hos 9:9 -does He remember the sinner? What is God's attitude toward the unredeemed in eternity? Does God continue to love them? What should our attitude be? Sorrow to be sure, but at this point, aren't those who reject God eternally evil? We are told to "hate evil" - therefore chould a righteous anger toward evil asuage our feelings of loss and grief? Thanks for exploring this with me! Blessings, mommapbs |
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