I see you like to yank things out of context like your application of Hebrews 10 which is directed a Jews who were forsaking the assembling of themselves together as the manner of some......as found in we are warned in the bible....
Again you are predictable. You blow off what the Bible plainly states because it does not agree with your theology.
The passage in question states in context...
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb 10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
Heb 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Heb 10:21 And having an high priest over the house of God;
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised
Heb 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Heb 10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Heb 10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
That passage is directed at everyone for it explains the means of reconciliation. We approach God with a true heart via the blood of Jesus Christ and are set apart and washed clean. In doing this we are not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together for encouragement because if we return to the mire and rebel against God again then we are treating the blood of Jesus with contempt as if it could not really cleanse us once and for all. Willful rebellion from a state of full knowledge is a very serious thing and that is what that passage is warning us about.
To blow that warning off and claim it is only for the Jews and therefore you can ignore it is the epitome of foolishness. Anyone who takes such an approach simply does not really believe the Bible.
Verse 29 above speaks of those who sin willfully who were sanctified by the blood of Jesus. It is not speaking of unbelievers or Jews who were forsaking assembly as you claim. You just don't believe the Bible.
Lets see....oh yeah also as found in your legal transaction statement...seems you do not understand justification as a legal term as applied unto genuine believers.....
Justification is simply when God does not reckon our former sins against us due to the means He has provided. Instead God reckons genuine faith as righteousness. This is not a difficult thing to understand for the Bible clearly states that God reckons faith itself as righteousness and furthermore it states that faith establishes the law. When we compare that to statements like "faith works by love" and "love fulfills the law" it is clearly evident that God justifies on the basis of the condition of the heart as opposed to that of outward deeds, ie. observing rules and regulations. That God would overlook our past sins due to the sin offering of Jesus Christ is an incredible gift of which we cannot boast.
There is not a single passage in scripture which states that the "righteousness of Jesus is credited to a believer." The Bible says it is FAITH ITSELF which is reckoned as righteousness. There is no transfer of virtue. Neither vice nor virtue are transferable properties.
Take note that in your responses to me you don't use scripture to support your contentions. You just vacuously make claims which defy both scripture and reason. Simply saying something is true does not make it so. You are just like one of the Pharisees 2000 years ago who ignored the plain truth when it was right in front of their noses. They were blinded by a dishonest heart and you are too.
and of course lest we forget you also twist and apply most of your Hebrews verses to situations that do not apply unto Gentile believers which in reality applies unto Jewish believers who were trying to blend the law with faith
You just make these baseless claims with no evidence. The Book of Hebrews is written for all us to give us a clearer understanding of how the death of Christ fulfills the Old Testament sacrificial system. It has nothing to do with being some "application to Jews only who were blending law and faith."
and lets see what else are you ignorant of....
OH yeah you fail to understand GRACE and how where sin did abound...grace did much more abound as it outruns our sins and deals with our sins before we sin and you must be ignorant of aorist tense verbs like those found in John and how belief and eternal salvation is a present continuing result from a past COMPLETED action.....
Again you just abide the Bible. Grace abounding when sin abounds simply means that the grace of God is ever present influencing sinners to deny wickedness.
Here is what the Bible says grace is...
Tit 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Tit 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Here is where Paul teaches that grace abounds...
Rom 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But
where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Rom 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
It is right after that Paul writes this...
Rom 6:1 What shall we say then?
Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Rom 6:4 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.
Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Rom 6:6 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.
Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Shall we continue in sin that grace abound even more? That is what Paul asks.
Paul's answer is an emphatic NO! How can we who are dead to sin possibly live any longer in it? Paul then reiterates the rebirth process of dying with Christ to sin and being raised up with Christ unto righteousness. The service of sin stops.
Why is that hard to understand? The truth is that it is not hard to understand, you just reject what the Bible teaches and want grace to be a cloak for ongoing wickedness.
So you do a shuffle alluding to aorist tense verbs and try to imply that grace cloaks sin all you want, all you are doing is reinforcing your own deception to your own mind. Peter wrote...
1Pe 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
1Pe 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
John wrote...
1Jn 3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
1Jn 3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1Jn 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
1Jn 3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
If you don't believe what the Bible plainly states then there is no way you are going to believe me. Call me a Pharisee all you want, I am in total agreement with the words of Jesus Christ and all the other authors of the New Testament in regards to these matters. It is you who blow it all off with rhetoric and the occasional out of context proof text.
I guess at the end of the day the word Pharisee fits you well....keep on trusting into yourself, your works, your laws and religious observances and see where it gets you......Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Pharisee brothers that you have....you will in NO WISE enter into the kingdom of God........!
When Jesus said...
Mat 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
What was the context?
Have you ever examined it honestly?
The context is heart purity. Jesus made a comparison between a mere form of outward righteousness versus true inward righteousness.
Mat 5:21
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mat 5:22
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Your strawman of accusing me of "trusting into yourself, your works, your laws and religious observances" when I actually trust in Jesus Christ and abiding in the Spirit of His life whereby true righteousness if fulfilled IN me is foolish.
Why don't you address the issue of heart purity instead of creating stupid strawmen? Jesus taught heart purity and people like you just ignore it.
Jesus said...
Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
... where the word perfect means moral perfection. In other words God wants us to be PURE IN HEART. God wants our ROOT to be clean. If the root is clean then everything that proceeds from that root will be clean. Our root is made clean simply by abiding in the Spirit of life IN Jesus Christ, we simply submit wholeheartedly to God.
I will trust Jesus and his word
No you don't. You evidently are a liar.
You don't trust Jesus and His word because you proclaim the opposite of what it teaches. Jesus commanded that we "go and sin no more" and you refute that with the notion that you cannot do that because you are in a sinful body and therefore must sin every day.
Believe and have eternal life that cannot be lost....yeah I may be judged and loose inheritance by riotous living, but my son-ship is secure in Christ!
Satan said as much...
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman,
Ye shall not surely die:
The Bible teaches...
Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Eze 18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Eze 18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Eze 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Eze 18:24 But
when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
You believe Satan instead of God. You can change your mind though. Please do so.