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He loves you, but he
    doesn’t. It’s unconditional love, with conditions. And if you listen to the second you’ll either
    end up a religious fraud or a nervous wreck. You may even wish that you had never heard the
    gospel because ignorance is bliss.
    The tricky part with these false messages is that they are composed of true statements. Our
    God is a consuming fire. But any message that tells you that God is double-minded or that the
    good news is bad news ought to be rejected. You know that, right? Good. So how do we read
    Hebrews 10:26?

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    Trampling the Son of God under foot

    A key to unpacking this scripture is to recall the audience. Hebrews was written for Hebrews. It
    was written for those who had grown up with the “elementary teachings” of the old covenant.
    In other words, it’s an informed audience. They know about the law, sacrifices, and high priests.
    But what they may not appreciate is that the law was only “a shadow of the good things to
    come.” The law points to the true high priest Jesus and his eternally perfect sacrifice.
    Hebrews was written to reveal Christ and his work so that we may “enter through the new
    and living way,” “go on to maturity,” and “draw near to God” (Hebrews 6:1, 10:20,22). That last
    one is key. How do I know the two sermonettes above are nonsense? Because neither will
    inspire you to draw near to God. Indeed, they will have the opposite effect.
    Hebrews 10:26 describes those who have received the knowledge of the truth (i.e., they have
    heard the gospel) but they have rejected it. The author compares those who reject grace with
    those who reject law:

    Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three
    witnesses. 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? (Hebrews 10:28–29)

    This passage isn’t describing someone who has embraced Jesus but someone who has spurned
    him. Think of Judas who spent time in the company of the Lord. He saw grace and truth in the
    flesh. Yet Judas never saw Jesus as anything other than a teacher. Calling Jesus “Rabbi,” as
    Judas does in Matthew 26:25, is a bit like calling the President “Mister,” only more so. It’s not
    just insulting, it’s unbelief.
    Jesus gave his life for Judas but Judas wasn’t interested. He preferred his own sinful life of
    greed and betrayal. I am sure Judas had many opportunities to repent and put his faith in Jesus,
    but he never did. He rejected the grace of God that could empower him to say no to sin.
    Jesus died for Judas, what more could he do? There is nothing. There is no more sacrifice for
    sins other than the one Jesus provided. To reject Jesus as Lord is to trample the Son of God
    underfoot and treat the blood of the covenant as unholy.

    How do you insult the Spirit of grace?

    If you gave me a brand-new car out of the generosity of your heart, but I insisted on paying for
    it, you would be insulted. Similarly, we insult the Spirit of grace by trying to pay for what God
    has freely given us. We may call it “proving our salvation” or “appropriating what God has
    given” but it’s all unbelief. It is like saying, “I need to finish what Christ began.”

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    The wrong way to read Hebrews is to think that God is judging us on our performance.
    Over and over again Hebrews tells us that it is Jesus and his performance that matters. It is his sacrifice that made us holy and perfect forever (Hebrews 10:10,14).
    How can we interpret Hebrews 10:26 as a warning against sin when Hebrews 9:26 says
    Christ appeared once for all “to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself”? Is it a finished
    work or isn’t it?
    If God chooses to remember our sins no more (see Hebrews 8:12, 10:17), what