Hebrews 10:26-31

I.  Those who turn away from Christ face terrifying judgment.

    a.  They know the truth.

-knowledge = epignosis = full knowledge, recognition, understanding

    b.  They continue in willful sin rejecting the truth.

-willfully = hekousios = deliberately, willfully, deliberate intention

-go on sinning = harmartano = to sin; present act participle

-Numbers 15:30-31

 

  II.  Those who turn away from Christ deserve more severe punishment.

    a.  Those under the Old Covenant were judged for rejecting the Law.

-set aside = atheteo = place aside, reject, annul

    b.  Those who turn away from Christ have rejected the Son of God.

      i.  They trample Christ under their feet.

-trample = katapateo = to trample, stomp upon

     ii.  They consider the blood of Christ as unclean.

-unclean = koinos = impure, common, defiled

    iii.  They insult the Holy Spirit by their rejection.

-insult = enhubrizo = treat with contempt, arrogantly insult

 

  III.  God brings His vengeance upon those turn away from Christ. 

-Deut. 32:39

-Leon Morris "David chose to fall into God's hands. But David was a man of faith; he committed himself in trust to God, not man. It is different with one who has rejected God's way. He must reckon with the fact that he will one day fall into the hands of a living, all powerful deity. Such a fate is a daunting prospect, not to be regarded with equa