what does Hebrews 10:26-27 mean?
2007-01-05 08:40:09 · 14 answers · asked by Daniel C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
One of my past sins have been like this...I was trying to relax because I was stressed out and masturbation (lust=sexual immorality) came to mind. In my mind I said "I don't care" and then I did it. Now im afraid I might be going to hell...because he is not going to forgive me. Is that correct?
2007-01-05 08:54:37 · update #1
When the Holy Spirit bears witness to the truth to a person that Jesus is Christ, and a person freely and willfully denies that truth, God is said to have hardened that person’s heart.
Hardening of a person’s heart is actually the effect of denying God’s truths, due to that person free and willful act of denial.
The Pharisees that choose not to believe knew full well that Jesus was sent from God. But they denied the truth, which hardened their hearts towards God’s truth that Jesus Christ was Messiah. …even a blind man could see that.
Deliberately sinning is the rejection of Christ and a denial of God’s truth, which hardens one’s heart to a point were the truth is no longer recognized, and can no longer be responded to as truth.
RE: Now I'm afraid I might be going to hell...because he is not going to forgive me. Is that correct?
No.
A person goes to hell because they reject Jesus as Lord and Savior. All have sinned, and continue to sin as long as we are in this corrupted flesh.
2007-01-05 09:29:51 · answer #1 · answered by K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
This passage refers to those who were Christians and had received the knowledge of the truth some time later they chose to sin willfully against the truth.
This continued and deliberate violation of God's word leaves them without a means of forgiveness. They literally sin away their day of grace. They may even pretend to be Christians still, but they can never find the reality of Christ within.
When we were saved, we were saved from a selfish lifestyle. Sin is selfishness. Its putting interests before God's. Sin is not so much an act as it is an attitude.
2007-01-05 08:58:03 · answer #2 · answered by Lil bit 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That means after you have been saved and Baptised and made that commitment with God to cleans all your sins away, and after that you go and wilfully sin knowing very well your sinning, you will be destroyed in the lake of fire.
Now if you sin not knowing its a sin or accidental done something wrong, then you can repent. But if you wilfully sin, well...."it is a fearful things to fall into the hands of the living God,,Hebrews 10:31
Be careful and be a child of God, He will take good care of you, and be obedient to Him, He will reward you GREATLY !
God Bless and have a Blessed New Year!
2007-01-05 08:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by Bridget 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
" IF we delibertately keep on sinning after we recieved the knowledge of truth, no sacrifice for sins is left."
Hebrews 10:26 - This is pretty straight forward, that once we become a Christian, and recieve the knowledge of truth ( Understanding of God's word, and what it means in our daily lives) you are denying yourself the relationship you could have with Jesus Christ because you are through your actions saying that God is wrong and you are right. You are denying yourself the opportunity to have you sins forgiven through the salvation of Jesus Christ and what He did on the Cross for you. ( There is no greater sacrafice than what Jesus Christ did, by laying His life down for us, on the Cross.)
10:27 " But only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God"
This is what one has to look forward to at the judgment seat of God ( Revelation) Scripture talks about our works that are not done for Him ( God) will be burned up in a fire... This is God's divine judgment. If you continually and deliberately kept sinning up until this time, there is no longer any hope and your life is not worth any more than those already set apart from God, His enemies. There is no longer mercy and grace held for you.
This is different from sinning and genuinely repenting, in the scriptures above, there is no repentance...this is becoming a Christian and picking and choosing what we want in God's word, and making it fit into our lifestyle, instead of changing to make our lifestyle fit into God's word... This is very in depth scripture and not to be taken lightly.
2007-01-05 08:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it means just what it says. I don't think it is a reference to fleshly indulgences resulting in repeated failures because of weakness; I think it means a stubborn settled resolve that one is going to go on doing as they "damn well please" whether God hates it or not. I think it should be taken in context with Hebrews 6:4-8, where it is obvious that mature Christians are being referred to. The whole letter to the Hebrews is addressed to mature Christians - those who know better, (see chapter 5:11-6:3) and contains some of the strongest warnings in Scripture - New Testament or Old.
Jesus said "Let him who has ears to hear, hear!"
2007-01-05 08:52:13 · answer #5 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means...
If you know better then God is going to be a whole lot madder at you than if you didn't know better. I'd say about 3/4 of the people who respond to this don't know better about their sin. Their blind. But as Christians we know that there is a God and that we should obey Him and love Him with all our heart. And if you know that and still sin, you don't care. Then, whew. You're in trouble man. God still forgives, if you repent.
I have a different version but yours probably says that this sin is unforgivable right? Well I'm not sure but what I think that means is that God will not come to you if you sin against Him that way. Before we know "better" God has compassion on us and brings us to Him. But after we know "better" he expects us to grow up and love Him like we know we should.
2007-01-05 08:49:42 · answer #6 · answered by Alien51 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. It means that if you sin and you know your sinning then you are not saved and you must face God on judgment day and explain to him why you were willingly sinning against him. When we get saved we dont sin, we may fall but we dont live in it. So we sin un willingly. If you live in sin you are not saved. It's saying that if you know Gods laws and his truth and you still purposly sin you will face HELL
2007-01-05 08:46:23 · answer #7 · answered by thisgurliscrazey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
It seems pretty self explanatory.
2007-01-05 08:45:16 · answer #8 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it means that God forgives us for anything we ask forgiveness for. When we ask for forgiveness, we are truely meaning we don't want to keep up the same behavior. We want to change and are going to work on changing. If we KNOW something is a sin but keep doing it, God CAN'T forgive us. If we truely wanted forgivess we would truely want to try and stop. If we don't want to stop, then we don't want forgiven and God can't forgive. He sees our heart, and what we truely mean and truely want.
That's what I think it means.
2007-01-05 08:47:05 · answer #9 · answered by PennyPickles17 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it doesn't mean if you try to sin. it is if you abandon your beliefs altogether and say there is no God, becuase all but this sin is forgivable. if you still believe that God loves and and sent His son to die, you are going to heaven.
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2007-01-05 08:44:05 · answer #10 · answered by Bob B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋