Hebrews 10:28

Hebrews 10:28

Rejecting God's law has consequences

This verse carries a very serious warning rooted in the Old Testament Scriptures. “If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns the Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God in violation of his covenant, and contrary to my command has worshiped other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or the moon or the stars in the sky, and this has been brought to your attention, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death. On the testimony of two or three witnesses a person is to be put to death, but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. The hands of the witnesses must be the first in putting that person to death, and then the hands of all the people. You must purge the evil from among you.” Deuteronomy 17:2-7.

The same laws applied to murderers (see Numbers 35:30) who must face a death sentence on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 

Jesus also condemned those who caused little children who believed in Him to stumble. It would be better for them to drown in the sea than face the judgement of Almighty God! (Matthew 18:6) 

We forget that sin has consequences, that defying and rejecting the Lord God as His created ones, will cause His justice to be aroused against us. As we read in Hebrews 2:3 “How shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?” This thought still troubles the mind of the author of this epistle, we cannot play games with God, we cannot embrace His salvation and then walk away from it and from Him, without there being serious consequences, God is not mocked! Those consequences will be discussed further in the next verse.

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