Hebrew Chapter 6:4-12
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit.
And have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come.
If they fall away, “to renew them again to repentance” since they crucify again for themselves the son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
For the earth which drinks in the rain often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God.
But if it bears thorns and briers, if is rejected and near to being cursed. Whose end is to be burned?
But beloved, we are confident of better things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.
For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name; in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end.
That you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Don’t be lazy in worshipping God, by perseverance and patience; we would be setting a good example. Just like those people who suffered for God, they gave their whole trust to Him. And as a return, they will receive God’s promises.
Remember that worship is the atmosphere of God’s presence. If a man doesn’t know how to worship, then he is considered as lazy. Lazy in the spiritual sense, he could be very industrious and functional to the worldly life. But still, he was considered as lazy in the spiritual life.
Everything that was happening into our life is not an accident; God planned those trials and persecutions in our life in order for us to be strong. And God also wants us to give our whole trust in facing those obstacles. If God gave you that kind of problem, then He believes that you can solve it. He believes that you can outrun any obstacles in your life IF you will hold your faith unto Him.
When we praise and worship God in our church, we could feel a sudden bust of happiness to the point that we would cry, shout and laugh. The presence of God was there in that place, giving out His blessings to each and everyone of us.
Once you had fulfilled God’s plans, as a servant, He will lift you high and remember this: we are so blessed because God always finds a way to get close to you. He wants you to feel his unconditional love and blessings.
In worship, anointing was also occurring. Anointing is the process was the Holy Spirit was manifesting in us. The Holy Spirit guides every people in every decision they make.
The biggest mistake a man could do is to turn his back unto the Lord.
In Hebrew 6:4-6 it is said there that, “But what about people who turn away after they have already seen the light and have received the gift from heaven and have shared in the Holy Spirit? What about those who turned away after they have received the good message of God and the powers of the future world? There is no way to bring them back. What they are doing is the same as nailing the son of God to a cross and insulting Him in public!”
Back sliding is when you know what is the truth and still you ignored it. It is when you already accepted God as your savior and experienced his wonders and still decided to come back to sinning.
Every one of us is a back slider, when we commit sin, we back slide. If you wouldn’t engaged in repentance, you will never obtain salvation. Every one of us is a sinner so we couldn’t judge everyone back. How could we throw the stone if we are also deserves to be stoned?
The Lord said, “I will not punish you, go and have a new life.” having a new life mean forgetting and leaving the past. When you threw something away, it was already considered as useless… trash could be the perfect term. Our old life was only a trash left by our mistakes; we need to throw them away. We need to move on to our new life with God and start to become new again.
Repentance is the key for God’s forgiveness; let us remember that God is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent. He knows what the center of our heart is; he also knows when we are telling the truth.
The Lord said, until there is enough time; don’t ever let yourself forget your relationship with God. It would be ironic when God was the one who will turn His back from you.
It is said in Hebrews 3:12, “My friends watch out! Don’t let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God.
It is more punishable if you are the one that has caused the backsliding of others. There are a lot of servants of God who were the one that causes back sliding.
The Lord casts out everyone who back slides but the Lord forgives everyone who come back to Him. He will accept every sincere forgiveness and he will bring you back to God’s family.
Trials and sufferings could trigger apostasy; we could easily forget to turn to God because our patience was drained. We could outrun everything by having a strong foundation of faith with God.
God will shower his blessing to those who faithfully serves Him. The bible says in 1 Corinthians
By obtaining a relationship with God, you could have the benefits of almost everything. He will give you authority to cast out demons, he will shower you with his blessings... you could almost do everything because you bear the fruit of the Holy Spirit. You are given wisdom from God, so use it, and enjoy its benefits. But we would be only be ale to cherish the gift once we received it, so receive the gift from God and accept him as your savior.
We only had once chance to live here in this world, so make it productive. Learn to be progressive and meaningful, and by serving God. You are already fulfilling God’s purpose. And it will please God, and you will be entitled to have an everlasting life.
Everyone would leave us except God, each and every one of us could be abandoned and be forgotten but God will never forget us. God is the only one who could love you at your best and worst part. He will lovingly forgive you and accept you as who you are. No matter how you do or how you looked like, he will be the one who will cherish your heart.
Jesus is our savior, it is said in the bible that the worst part of being disqualified in a service is to be disqualified in the service of God.
In Matthew 7:21, “Not everyone who calls me Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in.”
Rise up people of God, if you are listening to the word of God and acting upon it, your life will change dramatically. New creation of you will be taken placed because you’ve already left your old, worn out self.
It is in God’s will that every time you receive a blessing, you should be able to share it. In Malachi
Those who will enter the
Committing a sin is cutting the connection between man and God; God wouldn’t be able to hear the man’s prayers because the sins acts like a wall that separates the relationship of the two.
In 2 Corinthians 5:10, “After all, Christ will judge each of us for the good or the bad that we do while living in these bodies.”
After this life, there are two things that are waiting for us; reward or punishment. So it is better to work for your salvation and suffer here at earth rather than have a worldly life and be punished for Eternity. For God will never leave us, He has promised something better for us in Heaven.
It is better to be called poor if you are living in the presence of God rather than to be called rich and have a relationship far away from Him.
There is still time.
Now is the time to change.
And change comes within your heart.
Offer your heart to the Lord and he will change you and grant the desires of your heart.
