Hebrews 10:26

·         CAN ANYONE EXPOUND ON THIS VERSE OF SCRIPTURE?

Hebrews 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Here is another question I have received and I really believe that several people may be asking the same question. This verse really scares people because there are preachers out there who say you cannot sin again if you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior. This is a pure case of you need to read the verse in context. This is explained much better if you look at a verse just a little further down. Hebrews 10:29

 ²⁹Of 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?

At the time this was written Christianity had gotten so big in the Roman Empire that they had made a law that any Roman soldier who suspected that you were a Christian could pull you into a Roman temple and ask you to deny Christ and have you bow down to Roman gods. Most of the Christians would not do this and paid the penalty of death. However, a few did bow down to the idols and denied Christ. That is what these verses are really pointing to, the ones who denied Christ. 

If they had fully believed in Christ, then as the verse says, trodden it under foot and denied the blood convent, how can they reclaim it again the only way would be to re-crucify Christ. 

This verse has end time significances as well.   

Revelation 13:15-17

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹⁵And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

 ¹⁶And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

 ¹⁷And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

The Beast government in the end times has the same law, if you do not worship the beast or take his mark, the government will kill you. Now notice what God will do if you receive the mark of the beast in the next chapter. 

Revelation 14:8-10

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁸And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

 ⁹And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

 ¹⁰The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

You see these verses had a warning at the time they were written, but also a prophetic warning for the end times. 

Just to be sure, all your sins past, present and future are forgiven, you cannot lose your salvation. You just cannot deny Christ. 

Do you believe God will call a woman into ministry?

 I have had several good questions by different people come to me to be answered, and if one person is asking, that usually means there are a bunch more people out there asking the same question. Therefore, I am going to repost my answers to these questions with a little more thought and scripture so more people will know the biblical answer.

Do you believe God will call a woman into ministry? My answer is that I can quickly think of one instance where God did call a woman into ministry. This is Deborah in Judges 4:4. 

 ⁴And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

God was already using Deborah, but as you read the story; God uses her greatly in the salvation of Israel. Further, on in Judges, you see that God had called Barak to lead an army, but he was reluctant to go, so God sent a message to Deborah to remind Barak of God’s call.

⁶And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh Naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward Mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulon?

 ⁷And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon, Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.

However, Barak was chicken, as my wife likes to say, and would not go up unless Deborah went with him.
 ⁸And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.

Therefore, God said he would not get the victory, but a woman would.

 ⁹And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

To make a long story short, this is exactly what God does. God tells Barak exactly how to attack and from where, plus He gives a rainstorm that makes the chariots are mired in the mud, and they routed them. (Judges 4-5) However, Sisera, the commander, escapes and runs to another women …. 

¹⁸And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.

 ¹⁹And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

 ²⁰Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.

 ²¹Then Jael, Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took and hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.

There are many other places in the Bible were God called women into ministry; one of the big ones is where it says women minister to Jesus in His earthly ministry.

Matthew 27:55
And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

What people usually quote when talking about women in ministry is

 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
King James Version (KJV)

 ³⁴Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.

 ³⁵And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

You see, in the example of Deborah, God gave words to give to a man. Therefore, there seems to be a contradiction. Look a little closer at the story of Deborah. You see that in Judges, they were in very apostate times, men were not listening to God, so God used someone whose heart was right, and it happened to be a woman. I think in 1 Cor. Paul is talking about the ideal. God wants to use men to lead the church and minister, but in apostate times, God will use who ever will listen to him. So if you want to get down to it, if God is using women in ministry, (which we know He is, because we see it in the Bible and in modern day.) Then men have hardened their hearts to God. We need a revival of men in the church today. The answer is God does and has used women in ministry.