Hello everybody, it's minister Hall 23 back with another video. This is another video on commonly
misused, twisted, misunderstood, and misinterpreted verses in the Bible. Today
I'm going to be talking about Hebrews chapter 10 verse 26 to 31 which says,
For if we sin willfully, after that we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for
judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that
despised Moses' law without mercy, or died without mercy, under two or three
witnesses, of how much sore punishment suppose ye? Shall he be thought worthy,
who with trodden underfoot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the
Covenant, wherewith he was sanctified an unonly thing, and hath
done'st the spite unto the Spirit of grace. For we know him that hath said,
Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, the
Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of
the living God. So some people will use this passage to try to teach that you
can lose your salvation. However, the passage does not mention the subjects of
salvation, eternal life, hell, or anything like that whatsoever. Instead, it talks
about the judgment that will come upon the saved people, if they willfully
disobey God. That does not include losing your salvation. In verse 26 it says,
there remaineth no more sacrifice of sin. This is referring to the fact that under
the New Covenant, the animal sacrifices have no use. There no longer remains
animal sacrifices, so you're responsible for your own sin. Earlier in the chapter,
it talks about the subject in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 8 to 11. It says, above
when he said sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for
sin, thou wouldst not, neither has pleasure therein, which are offered by the law,
then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he
may establish the second, by the which will we are sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth
daily, ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins. So the sacrifices and burnt offerings are taken
away, as it says in verse 9. Why? Well, it says in verse 11, because the sacrifices
can never take away sin. So rather the offerings were instituted in the first
place as part of the covenant with Israel as a nation and to show us that we
cannot be justified through the law. The Bible says in Galatians chapter 3 verse
24, wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that
we might be justified by faith. Romans chapter 10 verse 4 says, for Christ is
the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. The sacrifices
therefore have been changed and there only remains a sacrifice of Christ, which
can take our way our sins and which can remit our sins. So going back to Hebrews
10, it teaches that because we can no longer just simply bring up an offering
to the temple and expect our sins to be covered, we are held responsible for our
actions otherwise. Then it says in verses 28 to 31 of Hebrews chapter 10, that God
will punish us for our disobedience. However, notice how in verse 30 it says,
the Lord shall judge his people. So it's not saying that you can lose your
salvation because it still recognizes that these people who willfully sin are
still God's people. Now later in the book of Hebrews we see further mention of how
God will chastise and judge us for our sins. It says in Hebrews chapter 12 verse
5 to 8, and ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as
unto children. My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of him, for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you
as with sons. For what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not? But if ye be
without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then ye are ye bastards, and
not sons. So the scourging of chastisement from the Lord is simply him
disciplining us as sons. The Bible says as many as received him to them gave you
power to become the sons of God in John chapter 1. So we are the children of God
by faith in Jesus Christ, and because we are the sons, because we are the
children of God, God will rightfully deliver us into judgment when we do
wrong, in an attempt to discipline us, but that doesn't mean that we are no
longer his sons. It doesn't mean that we lose our salvation. Rather, the Bible
teaches that salvation is eternal. It says in John chapter 11 verse 25 to 26,
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection of life. He that believeth in me though
he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in me
shall never die. Believest thou this? John chapter 10 verse 28 to 29 says, and I
give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand. My father which gave them me is greater than all,
and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's hand. Ephesians chapter 4
verse 30 says, and grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto
the day of redemption. John chapter 5 verse 24 says, verily verily I say unto
you, he that heareth my word and believeth on him that has sent me half everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. So it's
eternal. Once we get saved, we are always saved. We cannot lose your salvation. Once
we are born again, our spirit is passed from death unto life. There's no longer
any reason to fear hell. There's no longer any reason to fear spiritual
judgment or ending up in the lake of fire if you know that you are saved.
Rather the only thing that you're to fear is the earthly judgment of God. As it
says in Hebrews chapter 10 verse 31, it is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of a living God. So don't think that grace is a license to sin either. You
will be cursed, you will be judged, and your reward will be removed from you in
the kingdom of heaven. But you just won't face the punishment of the lake of
fire. You won't lose your salvation. You won't lose your eternal life if you
willfully sin. You'll just be punished and disciplined by God. That's what Hebrews
chapter 10 is teaching. So thank you everybody for watching and goodbye.