The Grands Letter (Heb/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on September 21, 2019 8:37 pm (CST)Dear Grands,
Hebrews 10:28-31, âAnyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29 How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.â
How often have you hear someone say, âOh, sheâs the nicest, sweetest person Iâve ever known,â when you knew she wasnât that kind of person at all? Weâre pretty clever, we are. We know when to turn on the charm and when to show
our fangs in sheer hatred! All that is to say, we donât really know a person until we experienced all sides of their personality.
We think of God as being fair and all-loving âand He is! But He visits vengeful punishment on those who fail to adhere to His Law. Parents are often like that. They love and treat their children with all kinds of kindness âuntil the kids misbehave and go against what they have been taught. Meeting out punishment doesnât make the punisher an evil person. Punishmentâs intention is to make the evil person good.
Letâs be as honest as we are clear: there are some children and some adults that give no evidence of ever becoming what human society demands of them. They can be fined and jailed over and over again; but when they are released, they fall right back into the acts that put them away in the first place. No fair-minded judge would, who cares for the people in his city, will release such persons to prey on honest citizenry. The LORD is fair-minded, and He openly declares vengeance upon those who intentionally trample on the principles of His teachings in His Word.
It might do each of us (certainly, myself included) to examine our lives âthe lives we live in the presence of Almighty God every day. If we are true believers, who have repented of our sins and trusted Him as LORD of our lives, we cannot be said to have âtrampled under foot the Son of Godâ; but, we have ignored many of His teachings. Parents canât easily be compared with God, especially in the area of punishment. But, we can be sure that His punishment for our wrong-doings will be greater that of parents.
Engage in a good check-up of your life. Be sure youâre right with the LORD. âCause if you are, you have nothing to fear when you meet Him. And if youâre not — you will not escape the sting of His wrath. Bye the way, He IS COMING!!!
Heartily in Christ Jesus,
(Dado III)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America
“We never know that God is all we need
until He becomes all that we have.â