Can you sin weekly and be forgiven every Sunday?
I am going to start this Bible study in Hebrews 10:26-30 because it addresses a huge misconception about being saved and how your sins are forgiven. The main thing every person needs to remember is that Jesus will never fail us but we can fail Jesus. Not only can we fail Jesus we can actually sin to the point where there is no forgiveness. Don’t believe it? Read on dear Christian.
Scripture is in Red and comments are in Black.
Hebrews 10:
26 For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, In other words if we have accepted Christ as our savior and know what is a sin and we understand the truth about a sin and we willfully commit that same sin again there is no forgiveness of that sin anymore; ergo, no more sacrifice for sins.
27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. All that is left after willfully sinning is fearfully looking for judgment to come your way from a God that has fiery indignation who will destroy you. Jesus expects and demands a virgin bride.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Here is an example from the Old Testament punishment to underscore the results of willfully sinning and that punishment is death.
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Let’s read this verse again with comments for clarity:
29 Of how much sorer punishment (how much worse the punishment), suppose ye, shall he (the person that knowingly and willfully sins) be thought worthy (be thought as deserving), who hath trodden under foot the Son of God (walking all over Christ Jesus like a doormat), and hath counted (treated) the blood of the covenant (the sacrifice of Jesus), wherewith he (the sinner) was sanctified (was saved), an unholy thing (treated the blood of Christ as if it was from Satan), and hath done despite (treated with disrespect and contempt) unto the Spirit of grace? (This is also blaspheming the Holy Spirit and God’s grace).
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me (God), I will recompense (you will be paid what you are due…and it will not be pretty), saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. We are ALL His people, Christians included. God created us all.
God will never fail you but you can fail God and yourself.
For more insight to this teaching let’s look at:
1 Corinthians
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived (do not be fooled or fool yourself): neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
As we know God forgives all sins if you are saved and if so why will these people NOT inherit the kingdom of God? There is a huge difference between committing sin and living outside the will of God (willfully sinning with full knowledge it is a sin). The King James Version of the Holy Bible makes no distinction as to who these people are, in other words the Bible does not say if they are Christian or non Christian.
It just says these people will not inherit the Kingdom of God. Since Paul is talking to the church of Corinth we can safely assume he is directing this to Christians, think about that.
A drunkard is a person that gets drunk on a regular basis and it is usually not a mistake and the same is true for all sins. Knowing to get drunk is a sin and doing it anyway is what Hebrews 10 is talking about, you cannot expect forgiveness for your sins if you know better and still commit the sin willingly. You are stomping on the sacrifice Jesus made for us and have treated it as if it were a “get out of jail free card” or more to the point a “sin as you like and receive no retribution card”. That was never God’s intention. God’s intention was to make you a better person to become more like Christ Jesus and He expects you to love Him enough to surrender your sins.
Claiming to be saved and living outside the will of God is a contradiction. It is an insult to Jesus. If you are truly saved your only desire is to please God. You love God more than your temptations. Willfully sinning and knowing the truth of that sin is just like spitting in the face of Jesus no matter what the temptation because God always gives us a way to flee the temptation. You may not be able to resist temptation but God can and will give you the strength therefore God offers us no excuses and in fact tells us that we have no excuse because He always gives us an escape route and power over our enemies (Satan and temptation). It is up to us to take the escape or not.
If you cannot escape fleshly temptations you are not as close to God as you need to be because His grace and love destroys all evil.
