26-31If
we give up and turn our backs on all we've learned, all we've been
given, all the truth we now know, we repudiate Christ's sacrifice and
are left on our own to face the Judgment—and a mighty fierce judgment it
will be! If the penalty for breaking the law of Moses is physical
death, what do you think will happen if you turn on God's Son, spit on
the sacrifice that made you whole, and insult this most gracious Spirit?
This is no light matter. God has warned us that he'll hold us to
account and make us pay. He was quite explicit: "Vengeance is mine, and I
won't overlook a thing" and "God will judge his people." Nobody's
getting by with anything, believe me. 32-39Remember
those early days after you first saw the light? Those were the hard
times! Kicked around in public, targets of every kind of abuse—some days
it was you, other days your friends. If some friends went to prison,
you stuck by them. If some enemies broke in and seized your goods, you
let them go with a smile, knowing they couldn't touch your real
treasure. Nothing they did bothered you, nothing set you back. So don't
throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It's still a
sure thing! But you need to stick it out, staying with God's plan so
you'll be there for the promised completion. |
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