Despite unto the Spirit of grace

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?


Under Moses' law- Moses' law entailed blood sacrifices of animals to obtain mercy and forgiveness.
The law after Moses' law entails ONE blood sacrifice and that of the Son of God to obtain mercy and forgiveness.


Despising the form of forgiveness offered before Christ's ultimate sacrifice, warranted death.
Despising the form of forgiveness offered to us after Christ's ultimate sacrifice, warrants death.


Which form of forgiveness is better? Which covenant is better? The one that looks towards the ultimate sacrifice or the ultimate sacrifice itself?


The realization of the true ultimate sacrifice is better without a doubt.


Rejecting the lesser covenant was bad enough, but rejecting the better covenant is worse- much worse.


When we reject our Savior we deserve death. We can reject our Savior right now. You can despise the better covenant in Christ. You can abuse the Spirit of grace. These are facts. There is no such thing as forced salvation.


There is eternal life and eternal death, we will all choose one or the other. Our lives are a living testament to the choice we make. When we die- we can NO longer make the choice. While we live we make the choice. Our witness is the Spirit of grace, our witness sees everything, our witness knows our hearts- only by choosing to accept our Savior do we have any hope because only the Savior's heart is pure and deserving.


The facts are- we have NO hope without Christ. If we neglect so great a salvation we are guilty, guilty, guilty and deserving of any and all punishment reserved for us.


Remember this verse--


Heb 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him


We won't escape.
We will be punished and deservedly.


1Ti 5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
1Ti 5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.


Our sins are not hid from God.


Psa 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.


Eternal death is the result of denying our Savior. This is something we can't let ourselves forget. We have to daily accept our Savior as our advocate, daily accept His sacrifice, daily accept that He pleads our cause before God, daily accept Him as our High Priest- worthy of all honor, all praise, all glory, all of our love, all of our worship!


We cannot not trod under our feet the Son of God and have hope in salvation. To some of us the very idea of stepping on the Son of God as if He were nothing more than dirt is unthinkable! Yet every day many, many, many people do just that as they reject His salvation, as they despise His blood shed for them. To many people Christ isn't a real living, breathing being, but rather a being of fantasy, something fictional. Many people don't know Him personally, and many treat Him despitefully by living their lives as if He's not real, and His commands are not real, and life in Him is not real. Is it any wonder Christ will say to many people that think they know Him, that He doesn't know them at all?


By His grace and His mercy, only and always in HIM!


Amen!