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INTRODUCTION A Warning Against Willful Sin Hebrews 10:26-39 Mark A. Copeland 1. Immediately following a gracious exhortation to draw near to God and hold fast the confession of our hope, we find an ominous warning... a. It is a warning against “willful sin” - He 10:26-39 b. It speaks of reaching a terrible state in which: 1) “there longer remains a sacrifice for sins” 2) There is “a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation” 2. Is this a warning for Christians? Some would say no... a. They believe in the doctrine “once saved, always saved” b. Who hold that true Christians: 1) Cannot so sin to point of being eternally lost 2) If they begin to sin to the point where they might be lost, God will intervene and take their life to prevent it from happening 3. Does the Bible teach “once saved, always saved”? a. It teaches the security of the believer (i.e., those who remain faithful are secure) b. But it also teaches that a believer can become an unbeliever, at which point a person has every reason to fear for his or her salvation! - cf. He 3:12-14 4. The possibility of apostasy is taught in the Bible, especially in The Epistle To Hebrews... a. We have already seen several warnings that imply this possibility: 1) A warning against drifting - He 2:1-4 2) A warning against departing - He 3:12-14 3) A warning against disobedience - He 4:11 4) A warning against dullness, leading to apostasy - He 5:11-6:6 b. But perhaps now, with “A Warning Against Willful Sin”, we learn the real danger of losing our salvation if we despise what we have received! - He 10:26-39 [To see if that is really what the Bible teaches, let’s begin by considering...] I. WHAT IT MEANS TO “SIN WILLFULLY” (26) A. COMPARE OTHER TRANSLATIONS... 1. “If we deliberately keep on sinning...” (NIV) 2. “For if we willfully persist in sin...” (NRSV) 3. “For if we go on sinning willfully...” (NASB) B. THE SENSE OF THE GREEK IS ONE OF REPEATED ACTION... 1. Implying not an “act” of sin, but a “state” of sin a. All Christians have moments of weakness, or ignorantly sin - 1 Jn 1:8-10 b. It is not “inadvertent” sin, but “deliberate” sin that is under consideration 2. A “state” in which one... Sermons From Hebrews 80
a. Knows the truth - cf. He 10:26b b. Yet chooses to deliberately and continuously persist in sin! C. CAN A TRUE CHRISTIAN EVER REACH THIS POINT? YES... 1. Note the pronoun “we” (the author includes himself in the warning) - He 10:26a 2. He later describes one who was sanctified by “the blood of the covenant” - He 10:29 -- This warning is directed to those who have been sanctified by the blood of Jesus! Mark A. Copeland [When one persists in sin with “a high hand” (i.e., presumptuously, cf. Num 15:30-31), they are in grave danger. This is especially true when one is a Christian! What sort of danger? Consider...] II. THE CONSEQUENCES OF “WILLFUL SIN” (26-27) A. THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR SIN... 1. What sacrifice is under consideration here? Christ’s sacrifice! 2. What sacrifice no longer remains? Christ’s sacrifice! -- The blood of Christ is no longer available for one who persists in “willful sin”! B. THAT WHICH DOES REMAIN... 1. “a certain fearful expectation of judgment” - He 10:27a a. One can expect a judgment that is certain! - cf. He 9:27; Ac 17:30-31 b. One can expect a judgment that is fearful 1) For we must answer to Christ Himself - cf. 2 Co 5:10-11 2) And we will be in the hands of the living God! - He 10:30-31 2. A “fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries” - He 10:27b a. A judgment involving fire (figurative, but torment just the same) - cf. Re 21:8 b. A judgment involving indignation (the wrath of God) - cf. Ro 2:5-11 c. Such a judgment will devour (not annihilate, but destroy) - Mt 10:28 [Such are the consequences of “willful sin”, and the warning is directed to Christians! Is God just to bring such a punishment upon His children who have been redeemed by the blood of His Son? Evidently so...] III. THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PUNISHING “WILLFUL SIN” (28-31) A. WHAT WAS REQUIRED UNDER THE OLD COVENANT... 1. Death without mercy! - He 10:28 2. Such was the punishment for a particular kind of sin: a. Sin that was deliberate 1) In which one “rejected Moses’ law” (NKJV) 2) In which one “despised Moses’ law” (KJV) b. Sin that was open 1) It had to be seen by two or more 2) For death was not rendered unless there were “two or three witnesses” -- Again, it is sin with “a high hand” that is under discussion 3. While there was mercy for sins of weakness or ignorance, there was none for open and deliberate sin under the Old Covenant! B. WHAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE NEW COVENANT... Sermons From Hebrews 81
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