“We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all … By one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” Hebrews 10:10-14.
No believing Christian need worry about their status in the judgment. As long as we continue to walk with Jesus, He will finish what He has began in us (Philippians 1:6). As long as we are being made holy, we are perfect. As long as we are advancing toward the goal, we are considered as if we had already reached the goal, for the once-and-for-all sacrifice of Jesus paid the price for our sins forever.
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“If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment….” Hebrews 10:26, 27.
God gives this solemn warning to those who abuse His grace. This passage is not speaking of those who fall into occasional sin, but to those who cease trying to live holy lives and deliberately keep on sinning. God will judge even His own people .… and reject them if they turn away from following Him.
from Bible Readings, 2008 edition, p 204
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