Hebrews 10:31 "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
I will start out with a stark statement concerning the society in which we
live: We have lost our fear of God. How did it come to this? Who
is at fault? We can begin in so many different places. We could say our
government has tried to become our God. We could say the ungodly is at fault.
We could even say the men in the pulpit are at fault for trying to present God
as our "best buddy". But it seems to me it won't be corrected until
I, personally, take responsibility. "It is a fearful thing to fall into
the hands of the living God."
We can look at so many individuals in the Bible and see how they wandered away
from the Lord. We can see Adam in the Garden of Eden. We could say he was
living in paradise on earth until he forgot God. He was cast out of the Garden.
"It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
Moses was doing such a wonderful job until he disobeyed a direct command from
God. He did not get to go into the land that was promised to Israel. "It
is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." David was a
man after God's own heart. He was blessed to write a large number of the
Psalms. He killed Goliath. He was very successful until the day he failed to be
on the battlefield where he was supposed to be as king. He ultimately had one
of his own warriors killed. The sword never departed from his household. The
list goes on and on. "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands
of the living God."
We are told exactly how God views our sins just prior to today's verse.
Read this verse very carefully "Of 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?" (Hebrews
10:29) This verse tells me God takes my sin very personally. On two
different occasions, God, the Father, spoke from heaven, "This is my
beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased." There is no doubt that Jesus
always was in the will of the Father. God looks at my sin as trampling on
the Son of God and the blood of the covenant. He sees my sin as despising
the Spirit of grace. "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the
living God."
I admit my writing this morning is not the most fun thing I have ever thought
about. It has hit me between the eyes concerning my life and my
actions. I want to be a better child of God. Yes, it is a fearful
thing to fall into the hands of the living God, but I want to do better because
I don't want to trample the Son of God under my foot. I don't want to count the
blood of the covenant as an unholy thing. I don't want to despise the Spirit of
grace. I want to honor my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. He is my
everything. Without Him, I am nothing. I don't want to lose my fear of
God. May the Lord have mercy on us all.