Thursday, February 21, 2019

You can't reject it

What is God's most precious gift to us? God's most precious gift to us is when Christ Jesus died on the cross for ALL of our sins. Now remember, this was a one time thing. Jesus wasn't killed over and over again. Christ Jesus died on the cross one time.

Because of his one sacrifice, he has made perfect those who are being made holy.

For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. (Hebrews 10:14)

What does that mean? We have been made perfect, yet we are "being made holy." Through his death and resurrection, Christ, once for all, made his believers perfect in God's sight. At the same time, he is making us holy. (progressively cleansed and set apart for his special use) We all need to grow. Let's face it. We can't ever be ashamed that we have areas that we must grow in. God is not finished with us. We can encourage their growth process by applying scripture to all areas of our lives, by accepting the disciple and guidance Christ provides, and by giving him control of our desires and goals.

We hear about the death and resurrection over and over again. We learn about it, talk about it, read about, etc. As Christians we believe it. There should never be any denial of our beliefs.

If we deliberately keep on sining after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. (Hebrews 10:26)

There was only one sacrifice. If we keep on sinning, over and over again then there is no other sacrifice for our sins. This was a one time deal. When people reject Christ's offer of salvation, they reject God's most precious gift. This happens when we ignore the leading of the Holy Spirit, the one who communicates to us God's saving love.

The point this verse is making is that there is no other acceptable sacrifice for sin than the death of Christ on the cross and that is something that we cannot reject or deny. If somebody deliberately rejects the sacrifice of Christ after clearly understanding the gospel teaching about it, then there is no way for that person to be saved, because God has not provided any other name under heaven by which we can be saved.

Remember this too, I am not saying that if we keep sinning that we won't go to heaven. We are humans and we sin. No matter how hard we try, over and over again we sin. God loves us so much that he sent his one and only son to die on the cross for us, so that if we believe in him we will have eternal life. Our God is a forgiving God. We are forgiven. But when we reject the sacrifice and keep deliberately sinning that is when we are to fear the day of judgment.

We can't reject it.

No comments:

Post a Comment

it's okay to not understand

I believe that one of the things that hold people back from having a relationship with Christ is the feeling that they for some reason think...