[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] Amazing facts devotion: WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT IF WE SIN WILLFULLY, THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR US?

[Shelly Duffy]

WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT IF WE SIN WILLFULLY, THERE NO LONGER REMAINS A SACRIFICE FOR US?
August 14, 2021 

Average reading time is about 5 minutes


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The word “sin” in this verse refers to something ongoing as opposed to one event. If a person continues to sin after receiving knowledge of the truth, there’s nothing more God can do. We’ve been created with free choice, and God doesn’t force His will on anyone. If we persist and cling to a life of sinning, over time our hearts will harden to God’s voice. 

Matthew 12:31 says, “Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.” This is talking about a continual rejection of God’s Spirit, leading to the unpardonable sin. This is a gradual process; it doesn’t happen overnight. If the Holy Spirit convicts a person, and that person continually rejects that conviction, eventually he will reach the point where he can’t hear the promptings of the Spirit any longer. 

Obviously, sometimes we fall; it’s not premeditated and we don’t want to disappoint the Lord. But there is intentional sin when a person says, “I want to do what the world does, and I’m just going to hope God saves me.” If we expect God to save us even though we follow our fleshly desires, we’re only fooling ourselves. Paul says, “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption” (Galatians 6:7, 8). 

There’s no person on earth who hasn’t sinned willfully at least once. If everyone who willfully sins one time is doomed, then we’re all doomed. But we know it’s not just one sin that separates us from the sacrifice of Christ. It’s a continual rebellion. And what more can God do to save us if we reject His grace and power to have a victorious life? 



KEY BIBLE TEXTS 
"For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,"
"But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries."
Hebrews 10:26-27



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Shelley Duffy