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Since the Apostle Paul (a Christian) wrote the epistle now called “To The Hebrews”, he warned CHRISTIANS about the dangers of sinning wilfully!
“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)
Outline
I. Jesus Is Superior to Angelic Beings (1:1–2:18)
A. The supremacy of God’s Son (1:1–14)
1. Introduction: summary of the Son’s person and work (1:1–4) 2.
Evidence of his status as Son (1:5–14)
B. Warning against neglecting salvation (2:1–4) C. The founder of
salvation (2:5–18)
II. Jesus Is Superior to the Mosaic Law (3:1–10:18)
A. Jesus is greater than Moses (3:1–6)
B. Warning: a rest for the people of God (3:7–4:13)
1. The failure of the exodus generation (3:7–19) 2. Entering God’s rest
(4:1–13)
C. The high priesthood of Jesus (4:14–10:18)
1. Jesus the great high priest (4:14–5:10)
2. Pause in the argument: warning against apostasy (5:11–6:12) 3. The
certainty of God’s promise (6:13–20) 4. Return to main argument:
the priestly order of Melchizedek (7:1–10) 5. Jesus compared to
Melchizedek (7:11–28)
6. Jesus, high priest of a better covenant (8:1–13) 7. The earthly holy
place (9:1–10)
8. Redemption through the blood of Christ (9:11–28) 9. Christ’s
sacrifice once for all (10:1–18) III. Call to Faith and Endurance
(10:19–12:29)
A. The full assurance of faith (10:19–39)
1. Exhortation to draw near (10:19–25)
2. Warnings against shrinking back (10:26–39) B. By faith (11:1–40)
C. Endurance until the kingdom fully comes (12:1–29)
1. Jesus, founder and perfecter of faith (12:1–2) 2. Do not grow weary
(12:3–17)
3. A kingdom that cannot be shaken (12:18–29) IV. Concluding
Exhortations and Remarks (13:1–25)
A. Sacrifices pleasing to God (13:1–19)
B. Benediction (13:20–21)
C. Final greetings (13:22–25)
HEBREWS—NOTE ON 10:26–27 sinning deliberately. Willfully sinning and
refusing to repent. after receiving. The author refers especially to people
within the Christian community, who have thus heard the truth.
The fact that
they “go on sinning deliberately even after receiving knowledge of the truth”
indicates that the people in view are not (and never were) genuine believers;
that is, these are people who have never genuinely embraced the gospel in a
way that has resulted in a life of faith, obedience, and the bearing of fruit. no
longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
This could refer to the inability of willful,
unrepentant sinners to be restored (see 6:4–6), or more likely to the fact that
there is no place for them to turn for forgiveness outside of Christ’s sacrifice—
which they have rejected.
Judgment. All people face judgment (see 9:27–28),
and apart from Christ’s sacrifice his adversaries receive eternal damnation.
These verses, then, function as a means used by God to call genuine Christians
to faith, obedience, and perseverance; and, if there is no evidence of fruit in
one’s life, to challenge such people to give fearful consideration as to whether
they are in fact genuine believers.
J.