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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
For we know Him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 10:26-31
This ends this reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.
The truth in regard to everyone’s spiritual self (aka the soul) is that everyone is going to live forever. Death might be the end of the body but your soul, the spirit and essence of who you really are outside the physical machinations of your bodily organs, will go to one of two destinations when you die: Hell or Heaven.
There is no third option nor is there an option to opt out of one of the two destinations. The sure reality is that when your body ceases to function, your soul will either go into the eternal damnation and torment of Hell where you will abide with Satan forever or the everlasting glorious, magnificent beauty and blessing that is Heaven, dwelling with God the Father and Jesus, His Son and your Savior, for perpetuity. And the determinant as to which place you will go hinges solely on whether or not you placed your belief in Jesus. It’s that simple.
Refuse to believe in Him and reject God’s offer of salvation and you’ll be in Hell.
Believe in Jesus and gladly accept God’s offer and you will automatically become a co-heir to the Kingdom of Heaven (Romans 8:14-17).
Only a fool would choose the former over the latter but unfortunately there have been scores of foolish people across the history of mankind and it continues today as it will until that day when Jesus returns as He promised He would. These people have opted to live in a way described by the author of the letter to the Hebrews as we look again at our passage today from chapter 10. There, he writes:
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
For we know Him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Vv. 26-31
The “knowledge of the truth” here is simply knowing about the salvation that can be gained through Jesus, the Lamb of God who came and bore the sins of all mankind (John 1:29), those destined for God’s wrath and judgment. In order to receive pardon from Hell, all a sinner has to do is believe in Jesus and he or she will not perish but be saved and gain eternal life (John 3:16).
If they reject Him and “deliberately keep on sinning” then there is no other “sacrifice for sins...left” to deliver them. They only have “a fearful expectation of judgment” and of the “raging fire that will consume the enemies of God” (Revelation 20:15). They will receive the punishment they deserve for trampling “the Son of God underfoot” and treating “the blood of the covenant” shed to sanctify them as “an unholy thing”. Indeed, the day their soul is ushered into Hell forever will affirm that it truly is a “dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God”.
If you’re reading this today and are a Christian, rejoice and be glad that you are a co-heir to the Kingdom with Jesus and know your soul is destined for the glory of Heaven.
If you’re reading this today and you have rejected Jesus up to this point, the choice between where your soul goes, Hell or Heaven, is up to you. I would encourage you to choose Christ right now and ensure you have the guarantee of the best life ever when this life is over. To do otherwise would seal your fate in Hell for all eternity and that indeed is the most dreadful end anyone will ever experience, one that was totally avoidable.
Amen.
In Christ,
Mark
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