Hebrews 10:26 can be a stumbling block if we don't take the context in which this passage was written.
Some times well intentioned people take Hebrews 10:26-29 out of context with the book of Hebrews.
Anyone can take an isolated scripture out of it's context and say anything they want. Here is an example in the scripture below - Ex 32:33. Anyone who has ever sinned is blotted out of God's book.
Exodus 32:33 (NASB)
[SUP]33 [/SUP] The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
This is truly stated in the OT but it is not the ultimate statement of truth. The work of Jesus's finished work on the cross trumps what is said in Ex. 32:33.
Obviously we need to view all scripture through the finished work of Christ. We don't take obscure verses and discount the abundance of clear scriptures on what our Lord has done for us.
Hebrews 10 is talking about Jewish people after hearing about Christ for the only sacrifice for sins and rejecting it to go back to the temple sacrifices for their sins.
Hebrews was written a few years before the temple system came crashing down in 70AD when it was trampled by the Roman army.
The "willful sinning" is after hearing the "knowledge" of the truth of Christ's sacrifice - those that go back to the temple sacrifices and do not receive Christ's work by faith - this is the wilful sinning being talked about - the rejection of Christ's sacrifice and blood for the forgiveness of all sins.
This is insulting the Spirit of grace. The Holy Spirit's work is to convict/convince/expose the world of their sin - which is unbelief in Christ's work. John 16:8-9
There is a vast difference between receiving the "knowledge" of the truth and "receiving the truth" which is Christ Himself.
Some times well intentioned people take Hebrews 10:26-29 out of context with the book of Hebrews.
Anyone can take an isolated scripture out of it's context and say anything they want. Here is an example in the scripture below - Ex 32:33. Anyone who has ever sinned is blotted out of God's book.
Exodus 32:33 (NASB)
[SUP]33 [/SUP] The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.
This is truly stated in the OT but it is not the ultimate statement of truth. The work of Jesus's finished work on the cross trumps what is said in Ex. 32:33.
Obviously we need to view all scripture through the finished work of Christ. We don't take obscure verses and discount the abundance of clear scriptures on what our Lord has done for us.
Hebrews 10 is talking about Jewish people after hearing about Christ for the only sacrifice for sins and rejecting it to go back to the temple sacrifices for their sins.
Hebrews was written a few years before the temple system came crashing down in 70AD when it was trampled by the Roman army.
The "willful sinning" is after hearing the "knowledge" of the truth of Christ's sacrifice - those that go back to the temple sacrifices and do not receive Christ's work by faith - this is the wilful sinning being talked about - the rejection of Christ's sacrifice and blood for the forgiveness of all sins.
This is insulting the Spirit of grace. The Holy Spirit's work is to convict/convince/expose the world of their sin - which is unbelief in Christ's work. John 16:8-9
There is a vast difference between receiving the "knowledge" of the truth and "receiving the truth" which is Christ Himself.
I'm only going to address the Exodus scripture here, because I think you missed the point of what really is being said.
Here in Exodus the people had just made the golden calf and Moses has just come down from the mountain. Moses questions Aaron how he could do such a thing to make an idol for the people to worship.
Aaron makes his excuses and blames his actions on the people. Afterwards Moses says to the people, "All those who are for the Lord, come to me." And here's what happened.
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He said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Every man of you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.’”
So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day. Then Moses said, “Dedicate yourselves today to the Lord—for every man has been against his son and against his brother—in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today.
On the next day Moses said to the people, “You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the Lord, perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” Then Moses returned to the Lord, and said, “Alas, this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for themselves. But now, if You will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!”
The Lord said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book. But go now, lead the people where I told you.
We see God's forgiveness here among the context where you tried to say that this scripture doesn't mean what it says. It is still an ultimate truth because Jesus forgave them of their sin here except the 3000 people. Those 3000 that were judged that day were blotted out of God's book.
Here we have Moses, the great intercessor talking to those who repented of their sin. Moses tells them this great sin they committed needed to be atoned for. Moses pleads their case before God to forgive those who sinned and then tells God that if He will not forgive their sins then Moses says to blot out his name from God's book as well.
And then God says that the one who sins He will blot out from His book.
The point was that Moses was innocent of this great sin. The one who sins will bear his own sin. That's the point of the message. There was atonement for sin in the OT. So we know that God wasn't saying for one sin man is blotted out from His book. God forgave sins constantly.
It was those who continued in sin showing their lack of faith that would be the ones who would have their name removed from God's book. Not the faithful. God is the same today, yesterday and forever.
Btw, having your name blotted out is not an obscure passage of scripture.
Grace, I'm thinking that you are feeding at the wrong trough from wherever you received this teaching. I don't think that you really read this whole passage in Exodus, because if you did, I don't think you would come to the conclusion that Jesus trumps this when, in fact, this understanding is weaved throughout the whole bible.
The one who sins will have his name blotted out. The one who sins will die. Also, Jesus doesn't trump anything, He fulfills......Jesus can't rank Himself above Himself, He's the ultimate.