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NASB | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 10:26 ¶ For if we go on willfully and deliberately sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice [to atone] for our sins [that is, no further offering to anticipate], |
Bible Question:
Please someone help me. I am having marriage problems. When I spoke to my Pastor he directed me to Hebrews 10:26. Was he telling me that I am deliberately sinning. Why would the Pastor point me to this scripture because I feel like my husband is having an affair? He also pointed me to Psalms 139. It was like he was telling me I wasn't being open and honest. If you go to someone and they point you to that scripture, what are they telling you? |
Bible Answer: Greetings Noveta, I affirm BradK's value of the forum in your situation. Here are some offerings from some learned men on Hebrews and Psalms you listed. Heb 10:26 "Which is not to be understood of a single act of sin, but rather of a course of sinning; nor of sins of infirmity through temptation, or even of grosser acts of sin, but of voluntary ones; and not of all voluntary ones, or in which the will is engaged and concerned, but of such which are done on set purpose, resolutely and obstinately; and not of immoral practices, but of corrupt principles, and acting according to them; it intends a total apostasy from the truth, against light and evidence, joined with obstinacy."(John Gill's Expostion on the Entire Bible) Heb 10:26 "This is the meaning of the apostle, and the case is that of a deliberate apostate - one who has utterly rejected Jesus Christ and his atonement, and renounced the whole Gospel system." (Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible) Paul gives as an example in Heb 10:28 "He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:" which references to Num 15:30 "But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people." (presumptuously is the key word) Apostasy - the dilberate action of willfully turning away from something once believed. Psa 139: "The psalm relates to the omnipresence of God, and contains such reflections as would occur to one meditating on that attribute of the Deity. It is the most distinct and full statement of that doctrine which is to be found in the Hebrew Scriptures, and the doctrine is presented in language which has never been surpassed for sublimity and beauty. The leading idea in the psalm seems to be that of comfort from the fact that God is everywhere; that he knows all that pertains to us; that we can never be hidden from his view; that he has known us from the beginning; that as he fashioned and formed us - making us what we are - he knows all our necessities, and can supply them." (Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible) eklektos |