Hebrews 10:29 New International Version (NIV)
29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves
to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has
treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified
them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
We often look at the swift and dramatic discipline and
punishment God used with his people in the Old Testament and are struck by its
severity. The Holy Spirit reminds us that while this is true, to spurn grace
and ridicule the sacrificial death of Jesus are actions all the more worthy of
God's punishment. Grace is incredible. It is marvelous. But to reject it, to
reject Jesus and all that he did to bring it, is to court disaster and reject
any source of true grace.
Thought for today:
Do I prefer to be punished because I don’t know how to accept grace? In other
words do I court disaster and conflict because I cannot believe that someone
loves me enough to put up with my insecurities and frailties?
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