Willful Sin

    For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin.

    Hebrews 10:26

    These words have been wrongly made use of to preach that persons who willfully sin after they confess Christ are lost. This is not true, and this type of theology has brought great distress to many honest believers who realize that all of our sins have a degree of willingness! The true sense of the whole chapter is this: after we have embraced the gospel of Christ; that he is the only High Priest, his blood the only atonement, his sacrifice the end and fulfillment of all Old Testament types, ceremonies and days; we sin willfully by denying the sufficiency of our Lord Jesus Christ and turn (as the Galatians) to the Law of Moses; then we have no sacrifice for sin and can expect certain judgment. Moses certainly cannot save; and if, after hearing the gospel of Christ, we turn away from Christ, what hope could one have? If his blood is not sufficient to save his people, there is no hope of salvation.