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希伯来书：10：26-31：26因为我们得知真道以后，若故意犯罪，赎罪的祭就再没有了，27惟有战惧等候审判和那烧灭众敌人的烈火。28人干犯摩西的律法，凭两三个见证人尚且不得怜恤而死；29何况人践踏 神的儿子，将那使他成圣之约的血当作平常，又亵慢施恩的圣灵，你们想，他要受的刑罚该怎样加重呢？30因为我们知道谁说：“伸冤在我，我必报应。”又说：“主要审判他的百姓。”31落在永生神的手里，真是可怕的。
这些话可怕吗？当然可怕。它们警告我们不能干犯圣灵，耶稣在马可福音3章2节发出了这个警告。希伯来书的作者在这里警告的不是犯罪的严重程度，这不仅仅是因软弱犯罪，也不仅仅是你要与之争战的罪恶习惯。这是有意或故意的犯罪，你知道这是不对的，但却仍然自由快乐的选择这样去做。你拒绝了耶稣为拯救我们所做的事情，把他的恩典当作是不圣洁的东西。这对圣灵在我们心里所做的工简直就是亵渎。如果你心里对自己说：“我犯了这个罪吗？”那你并没有犯。因为如果你真的犯了这罪，你根本不会关心自己犯没犯。如果你向上帝祈求赦免，求他帮助你胜过生活里的某一种罪，那你也没有犯这个干犯圣灵的罪，因为你渴望得到赦免和恩典。与此同时，我们的罪性需要听到这些话，以免我们让任何罪在我们的生命中徘徊，成为我们的偶像。
在我的服事经历里，我清楚记得曾经向两个人读过并解释过这些话。两个人都是基督徒，都了解这些话，但都犯了罪并且拒绝悔改。他们甚至利用上帝的赦免作为继续犯罪的借口。所以我向他们解释践踏圣约之血和亵慢施恩的圣灵意味着什么。一个人很快就悔罪了，另一个后来也悔罪了。有时候这样的警告的确奏效。
只是我们该知道，这些警告不仅适合别人，也适合我们自己。不要让罪成为我们的主宰，就像该隐让愤怒成了他的主宰。也不要让拜偶像的行为盛行，就像以色列的子孙做的那样。投靠在你所相信的上帝的恩惠怜悯的怀中，否则你就落在你所拒绝的永生神的手里。
祷告：亲爱的圣灵，请将你的光照进我的心里，将每一件暗昧的事，每一个罪的冲动都揭露出来。求你赐我安慰，因我知道在耶稣的里面有属于我的赦免。求你引导我每天悔改，以免任何罪会成为我的主宰。我这样祈求是奉耶稣的名。阿们。
Hebrews 10: 26-30 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 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? 30 For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Are these frightening words? Absolutely. They warn us against the sin against the Holy Spirit, which Jesus warned of in Mark 3:29. It’s not the severity of the sin that the writer to the Hebrews is warning against. It’s more than a sin of weakness, or a sinful habit that you struggle against. This is an intentional, deliberate sin which you know is wrong and choose to do anyway. It rejects what Christ did to save us and treats his grace as an unholy thing. It insults the work of the Holy Spirit that is working in us. If you are thinking to yourself, “Have I committed this sin?”, you have not, because you wouldn’t be concerned about it at all. If you are praying that God would forgive you and help you overcome a sin in your life, you have not committed this sin because you yearn for forgiveness and grace. At the same time, our sinful nature needs to hear these words lest we let any sin linger in our lives and become an idol for us.
I remember specifically in my ministry reading these words and explaining them to two different people. Both were Christians who knew better, but were committing a sin and refusing to repent of it. They even used God’s forgiveness as an excuse to keep on sinning. So I explained to them what it meant to trample under foot the blood of the covenant and insult the Spirit of grace. One repented quickly. The other repented at a later date. There are times when such a warning is in place.
Only, it is not just for others, but for us as well. Let no sin become our master, like Cain’s anger mastered him. Let no idolatry persist, as it did with the children of Israel. Fall into the arms of God’s grace and mercy in whom you believe lest you do fall into the hands of the living God whom you have rejected!
Prayer: Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into my heart and expose every deed of darkness, every inclination of sin. Bring me comfort in the knowledge of the forgiveness which is mine in Jesus. Lead me in a life of daily repentance, lest any sin become my master! I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.