Bible Questions Answered:
“Paul says that if we sin after
knowing the truth there is no pardon for sin, but what about the
grace of god?..”
Alvaro/ Granada, Spain
Bible
Answer:
Bible
Text:
Hebrews
10:26 KJV
For
if we sin willfully* after that we have
received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,
*Willfully-Greek:
Hekousios (Hek-oo-see-oce): Voluntarily: wilfully, willingly.
Hebrews
10:26 NLT
Dear
friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have
received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice
that will cover these sins.
Hebrews
10:26 ERV
If
we decide to continue sinning after we have learned the truth,
then there is no other sacrifice that will take away sins.
Hebrews
10:26 Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
For..gar if we..hēmeis deliberately..hekousiōs persist in sin..hamartanō after..meta receiving..lambanō
the..ho knowledge..epignōsis of the..ho truth..alētheia, there is..apoleipō no longer..ouketi any..apoleipō sacrifice..thusia for..peri sins..hamartia,
The answer to this
dilemma, of willful sin versus the grace of God, hinges upon the
following.
Are all sins the
same?
Yes, all have
the same result, judgment!
We are not saying
little sins versus large sins, such is nonsense, and not found in The
Word Of God!
Sins:
Inherited:
Born under, inherited by birth.
Willful:
Deliberate sin, that is by choice.
Ignorance:
Sin done in innocence, that is, lack of knowledge or understanding of
sin.
Omission: Things
that we are called to do, that we don't do.
Besetting:
Assailing temptations. Harassing, constantly attacking temptations.
(Romans 7:14-25 NLT)
Romans
7:14-25 NLT
14
So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The
trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin.
15
I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right,
but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate.
16
But if I know that what I am doing is wrong, this shows that I agree
that the law is good.
17
So I am not the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
18
And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful
nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t.
19
I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what
is wrong, but I do it anyway.
20
But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am not really the one doing
wrong; it is sin living in me that does it.
21
I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do
what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.
22
I love God’s law with all my heart.
23
But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind.
This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
24
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life
that is dominated by sin and death?
25
Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it
is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my
sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Sins:
Inherited, Willful,
Ignorance, Omission, Besetting.
Inherited Sin:
Deliberate but by Adam. Mankind is under Adam's curse of sin, and
yet, all of humanity fails as he did.
Willful Sin:
Deliberate.
Ignorance Sin:
Not Deliberate.
Omission Sin:
May Or May Not Be Deliberate.
Besetting Sin:
Not Deliberate. (Romans 7:14-25)
By
this list, we may plainly see some sins are purely by deliberate
choice, whereas others are not!
Willfully/
Willingly, same meaning:
I
Peter 2:5 NLT (Paul)
Care
for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it
willingly*, not grudgingly—not for what you will get out of
it, but because you are eager to serve God.
*Willingly-Willfully-Greek:
Hekousios (Hek-oo-see-oce): Voluntarily: willfully, willingly.
(Editor's note-The
opposite of grudgingly is gleefully)
Gleefully:
Full of exultant joy; merry; delighted.
(Dictionary.Com)
Hebrews
10:26 KJV
For
if we sin willfully*
after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
If we as Christian
people, sin “gleefully,” “ after that we
have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,”
And why is this, the
Apostle Paul stated....
Hebrews
6:4-6 NLT
4
For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once
enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven
and shared in The Holy Spirit,
5
who have tasted the goodness of The Word Of God and The Power of the
age to come—
6
and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such
people back to repentance; by rejecting The Son Of God, they
themselves are nailing Him to the cross once again and holding Him up
to public shame.
A person who sins
(Not just one sin, but their practice-way of life) willingly/
willfully,” (gleefully) deliberately, has no desire to come to The
Lord.
All those who go to
hell, have committed the unpardonable sin.
They have willfully
and deliberately decided to crucify Christ afresh.
In others words,
they are glad to see His crucifixion, they do not want Him.
A Christian person,
who has fallen victim to besetting sins, who asks The Lord for
forgiveness and strength to do better, is not lost, but in the
grace of God!
Anyone who has
committed the unpardonable sin, has no desire to ask God for
forgiveness, for
The Holy Spirit is
“not,” living in this person.
Now the Apostle sums
up all these thoughts by saying the following:
Romans
6:1-23 KJV
1
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may
abound?
2
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer
therein?
3
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ
were baptized into His death?
4
Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of The Father, even
so we also should walk in newness of life.
5
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we
shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection:
6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body
of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7
For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live
with Him:
9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death
hath no more dominion over him.
10
For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He
liveth unto God.
11
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but
alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey
it in the lusts thereof.
13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto
sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the
dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the
law, but under grace.
15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under
grace? God forbid.
16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?
17
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have
obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18
Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of
righteousness.
19
I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness
and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members
servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20
For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from
righteousness.
21
What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?
for the end of those things is death.
22
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have
your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23
For the wages of sin is death; but The Gift Of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
