A JUDGMENT YOU CAN’T ESCAPE

HEBREWS 10:26-39

The warning is rooted in Jesus’ work as a greater

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A God of holy love must be a God of

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NO SACRIFICE FOR SIN:

For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire about to consume the adversaries.

28 Anyone who disregarded the law of Moses died without mercy, based on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29 How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know the one who has said, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge his people.

30 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Living God.
—Hebrews 10:26–30 (CSB)

God’s love becomes vengeance when no

for sin remains.

Through

alone atonement is accomplished.

Through

alone that atonement is applied.

,

Reveal Answer

- unbelief invites a judgment without mercy.

God’s judgment is on the basis of…

Witnesses that give a greater

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A covenant that gives greater

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An experience that gives greater

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NO SHRINKING BACK:

Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.

33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.

34 For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.

35 So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

36 For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.

37 For yet in a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.

38 But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved. —Hebrews 10:32–39 (CSB)

The just shall live by

so remember and

Reveal Answer

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Don’t shrink back from…

drawing near in

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gathering together in

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The

of our faith unlocks the

Reveal Answer

of God!

DISCUSS:

1. What does drawing near to God practically look like for you? What habits or attitudes might prevent you from doing this?

2. God’s anger as “love in motion.” How does this impact your view of sin and personal repentance?

3. Hebrews 10:25 emphasizes gathering together. How has your participation (or lack thereof) in Christian community impacted your faith journey?

4. Reflect on times when your confidence in God waned. What circumstances caused this, and what would have helped you regain your confidence?

5. What is the difference between struggling with doubt versus willful rejection of Christ? How can you tell in your own heart?

6. How should the reality of God’s judgment shape your approach to sharing the Gospel?

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