Keeping Our Faith in Christ During Increasingly Hostile Times

Hebrews 10:26-39

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• Living against Jesus Christ on Purpose is not Forgivable.
• Trampling On the Son of God Deserves Punishment.
• Endure with Confidence the Suffering that Comes.
• Jesus is Coming Soon so Keep the Faith.

Living against Jesus Christ on Purpose is not Forgivable.

 “if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins“

America is a nation that is founded on a Godly heritage, embedded in the US Constitution, and to embrace the “global democracy” requires turning away from Bible teachings. Unfortunately, people come against God and Jesus Christ on purpose and with their eyes wide open. That is seen every day in the policies passed in the US Congress as well as what the masses are protesting for and against. It’s not just the powerful push to usher in the “global democracy” but also includes people we meet from day to day. People willfully come against the Gospel of Jesus within our own family, coworkers, those in the school system, in public places, the churches, and everywhere else. They serve the mark of the beast in the name of humanism, and the thing that has power over physiology puts their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors on the same “sheet of music.” It’s tragic for a follower of Jesus Christ to turn away from the Holy Scriptures to purposefully come against the Deity of Jesus Christ. Shutting out Christ means there is no longer anyone for them to return to for the forgiveness of sin, to set them apart from the ways of this world, and to grant them eternal life. The global warming that peoples around the world warn against is God’s judgment against them and will be instrumental in destroying the system governed by the mark of the beast. After this world, there is the judgment beyond the grave, as written below,

“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth,
there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment,
and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.”
Hebrews 10:26-27

Trampling On the Son of God Deserves Punishment.

“how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot“

When popular opinion turns against a person it has devastating consequences and amounts to social death which makes life very difficult to live. It’s like driving southbound on a northbound lane, which happens frequently nowadays with deadly consequences. Cities around the world are dominated by those who live for the mark of the beast, and all it takes is for their opinion to turn against a person. Their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are synchronized by the thing that has power over physiology. It’s like the days before Jesus Christ as written, “Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

Those who follow popular opinion and willfully come against the Deity of Jesus Christ and blaspheme God will suffer far worse punishment than the suffering in this world, “Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?” The suffering that we experience in this world for uplifting the testimony of Jesus Christ is nothing compared to the inheritance we have in the Paradise in God. God has this word for us, against those who trample on the Salvation that is in Jesus Christ, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

“Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 
Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has
trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, 
and insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
Hebrews 10:28-31

Endure with Confidence the Suffering that Comes.

“recall the former days in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings“

Nowadays, it is very difficult for a person to find Salvation through the Gospel of Jesus Christ because there is an enormous amount of opposition to the teachings of Jesus. In fact, the Bible is practically banned from public places due to its “hate speech” against killing unborn children, against LGBQT+ lifestyles, its stance against the thing that has power over physiology, its insight into the Christless nature of the “global democracy,” its “hate speech” against unbelieving Jews etc. When a person does come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ to live for the Holy Scriptures, there is immediate opposition. Affliction begins immediately among peers, by coworkers, by classmates, at community places, in the churches etc. “But recall the former days in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated.”

Those who govern by the mark of the beast, in the name of humanism, uses money and possessions as rewards for following its beliefs and removes resources as punishment for living for Jesus Christ. Followers of Jesus, “ joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions.” The reward for those of us who hold to the testimony of Jesus Christ is in Heaven, “knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven. Therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.”

“But recall the former days in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 
partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations,
and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated; for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions,
knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven. 
Therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.”
Hebrews 10:32-35

Jesus is Coming Soon so Keep the Faith.

“For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise“

Endurance is needed to keep on glorifying the name of Jesus while sharing His Gospel. The best I’m able to do at this time is witness to telemarketers, wear clothing and pins that mention the name of Jesus, and to write these posts. Just today, a telemarketer called to sell me car insurance, I don’t have a car, so I said, “I ride with Jesus Christ.” They said thank-you and promptly hung up. In public places, every time that I start to open my mouth to talk about Jesus, someone starts talking ahead of me. It serves to prevent the spreading of the Gospel from person to person. Today, there is a coordinated effort to silence the Word of God by those who govern by the mark of the beast, and they do it in the name of humanism. There are a lot of afflictions nowadays to those who live by Bible teachings, and it will continue to intensify, bringing tribulation to the world. It is coming and is already here, it isn’t delaying, but those of us who endure to the end will inherit eternal life, “For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not tarry.”

It is our faith in the promises of God that keep us on the narrow road of Salvation, but God is not happy about those who jump onto the broad road that leads to destruction and eternal torment, “Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” We who hold to Jesus Christ till the end will have Salvation on the Day of the Lord when this world is destroyed. The evidence of that Salvation is the Holy Spirit who is in our soul today, “But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.”

“For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
“For yet a little while, and that which is coming will come and will not tarry.
Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.”
Hebrews 10:36-39

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11