RESULTS OF REJECTION. Hebrews 10:26-27 Willfully sinning habitually is not a trait of someone who is a child of God. Christians may sin from time to time, and their conscience condemns them as the Holy Spirit speaks to their soul. Sins that are confessed and forsaken are forgiven by God. Willful sin is a continuous pattern that does not align with the new nature God gives to His children. To know what the truth is and to deliberately turn away from it is apostasy. True believers in Christ are not apostates.
Rejecting the fact that Christ's sacrifice on the cross is the only acceptable payment for sin means someone has chosen to reject what God declares as true. “Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” Forgiveness of sins is only possible by accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as one's Savior. A stubborn, persistent, and deliberate rejection of the Gospel indicates that nothing can deliver the Christ-rejector from the consequences of their sins. That person will be lost in hell and the lake of fire.
God’s most precious gift to humanity is His offer of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ on the easiest possible terms. Repenting of our sins and guilt before God, and placing personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, makes it possible for God to give a lost sinner eternal life as a gift. When a person receives Christ, God gives them the right “to become sons of God, even to them who believe in His name.”
Anyone who ignores the conviction of sin that the Holy Spirit uses to awaken our consciences will find no other place of repentance and no way to escape the consequences of their choice. “A certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation” is unavoidable. That rejection is unpardonable.
The point of these verses is to make plain that there is no other acceptable sacrifice for sins than the death of Christ on the cross as our substitute. People may profess to be Christians by claiming they have received the “knowledge of the truth,” but forsaking the privileges and rejecting the truth taught by God closes the door to salvation for them. They will experience the fearful judgment and fierceness of the fires of hell.
When a person willfully forsakes assembling and associating with God’s people and Christian fellowship, that is a sign of unbelief, neglect of God’s word, disobedience to God, and a deliberate rejection of God’s salvation. Enlightenment of the mind and accepting the fact that God’s truth is taught in the Bible do not constitute salvation. A true child of God believes in Him with their heart and confesses Him and His salvation with their mouth. The reality of faith in Christ is demonstrated by an attitude of grateful appreciation for what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. The significance of that confession will be reflected in the life and conduct of a believing person.