KJV For if we sin wilfully after that we have recieved the knowledge of the truth , there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.
2006-12-18 02:30:09 · 18 answers · asked by ? 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The immediate context refers to the willful neglect of meeting with fellow Christians in worship/exhortation. They were commanded to meet together regularly, but some were forsaking these assemblies out of fear of persecution. The writer then states in vs. 26 that if we know what the right thing to do is, but willfully turn our back on that thing, we have turned our back on the right path and therefore the sacrifice no longer covers us.
It is a thought first expressed in Numbers 15:30 regarding the Jewish sacrificial system and the ability of the animal sacrifices of that time to cover sin- the ability of a person to simply offer an animal on the alter did not grant them license to willfully sin with the thought "I can just kill another goat and everything is ok". The forgiveness offered through sacrifice was granted to the repentant- the one who was striving to walk 'in the light' (see 1 John 1).
Carried into the New Testamant, reading further from vs 26 tells us that those who recieve knowledge of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (whose blood was of such a higher price than that of any bull or goat), and still choose to spurn that sacrifice, have 1) trampled the Son of God underfoot, 2) counted the blood of the covenant a common thing, and 3) insulted the spirit of grace. Therefore, such persons are counted as a dog who returns to his vomit (2 Peter 2:20-22) because they have walked away from that great sacrifice.
This is NOT to suggest that everytime we sin we have lost our part in the sacrifice of Christ, but instead that when we know the right course of action and choose to live apart from that path, we have taken ourselves away from the light and the blood that clenses us from all unrighteousness. While we can, throught God's gift of freewill, choose to leave our salvation, it cannot be taken away from us so long as we are striving to do what is right (see Romans 8:31ff and 1 John 1:5-2:2).
2006-12-18 02:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by Adam R 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
When Paul says "we" In verse 26 he is speaking rhetorically. In verse 39 he excludes himself and genuine believers from this category. The Greek term for "sin willfully" in verse 26 carries the idea of deliberate intention that is habitual. The sin is rejecting Christ deliberately. These are not isolated acts. The Greek term for "knowledge" in verse 26 denotes specific knowledge, not general spiritual knowledge. Though the knowledge was not defective or incomplete, the application of the knowledge was certainly flawed. Judas Iscariot is a good example of a disciple who had no lack of knowledge, but lacked faith and became the arch apostate. The apostate is beyond salvation because he has rejected the only sacrifice that can cleanse him from sin and bring him into God's presence. To turn away from that sacrifice leaves one with no saving alternative.
2006-12-18 03:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by Hope 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Different versions will make more since. Personally I don't like the KJV.
Heb 10:26
26 Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received a full knowledge of the truth, there is no other sacrifice that will cover these sins.
NLT
2006-12-18 02:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word translated to sin in Greek is amartanonton (Amartano being the primary root). This word is to sin against the divinity - against God. Really, the only sin that is committed against God is idolatry. Particularly for the audience of Hebrews, persecuted Christians by Rome, this was significant. Those held by Rome for crimes against the Pax Romana (peace of Rome) and Atheism (the primary charge against most Christians, because they had faith in a God you could not see, which is very ironic), could avoid a death sentence by simply sacrificing to an idol of the Cesar.
The passage was written to maintain the faithful in the steadfastness against sacrificing to idols or denying their faith in any way.
2006-12-18 02:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by rogueknight17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-30 14:32:04 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a born again Christian and do not claim to be a scholar. Just a Christian who studies God's word daily.
Once a person turns to Jesus for forgivenss for a specific sin, for example the adulterer, Jesus told her that her sins were forgiven and for her to go an sin no more. She knew that committing adultery was a sin that she was once forgiven for. She cannot claim that she did not know it was a sin if she committed it again.
For someone to commit a sin that they knew it was a sin and had already repented of it, turns them into a reporbate by God.
When we repent of our sins, we are not to ask for a "blanket" of forgivness for all sins we commit. We are to name the individual sins we commit. Then look inside ourselves and start to change that part of our sleves that commit that sin. Be willing to change and not take the crucifixion of Jesus as a "sin all you want for free card".
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
To have a reprobate mind is to---From G1 (as a negative particle) and G1384; unapproved, that is, rejected; by implication worthless (literally or morally): - castaway, rejected, reprobate.
God will reject you if you cannot learn from your past sins. To repent must be done is total sincerity of your heart, and the Lord knows what is truly in your heart when you repent.
We cannot change our selves on our own. We must stay in God's word and when we least expect it, you will find yourself changing without knowing when it happened. That is God working on you from the inside through your reading of His word.
God's word works like a mirror that lets us look inside our selves so we can see what needs to be changed over to a righteous way of life of God. It's hard work and requires reading God's word daily. We cannot do it alone.
Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
2006-12-18 02:45:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That looks clear to me, what is there to expalin.
In 1 John 3:9 it says,
9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
In the verse above it we read.
8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Going back two more verses we read,
6 Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.
The word for sin here is 'hamartamo' which means to sin or trespass or offend. To wander from the path of uprightness. To wander from the law of God.
Have you been born of God?
2006-12-18 02:48:03 · answer #7 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Verse by Verse Commentary on Hebrews 10:
http://www.godshew.org/Hebrews11.htm
It's "allegory" in both "covenants": Galatians 4
http://www.godshew.org/Allegory.htm
The allegory clue for "sin" is "law": Romans 5:13
Not to mention only "law worketh wrath": Rom 4:15
God(Grace) hath not appointed us to wrath(law): 1Th 5:9
Which is to allegory say God hath not appointed us to law.
Law or Grace?
Ye are not under the law, but under grace.
If justified by the law: ye are fallen from grace.
The man healed of a l-o-n-g dis-ease is told:
sin(law) no more, lest a worse thing happen.
The adult woman(church) caught in adult-ery also told:
Niether do I condemn(law) you: go and sin(law) no more.
The end of the shew is already written (think from the end):
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2006-12-18 02:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Which is not to be understood of a single act of sin, but rather of a course of sinning; nor of sins of infirmity through temptation, or even of grosser acts of sin, but of voluntary ones; and not of all voluntary ones, or in which the will is engaged and concerned, but of such which are done on set purpose, resolutely and obstinately; and not of immoral practices, but of corrupt principles, and acting according to them; it intends a total apostasy from the truth, against light and evidence, joined with obstinacy.
2006-12-18 02:43:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps you could read the verse 27: Its basically saying
those who reject Christ, lose everlasting life. and if you knowingly choose to sin and lead a sinful life, then the love of Christ is not in you and you will be destroyed
2006-12-18 02:48:22 · answer #10 · answered by Joe 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋