Precious Grace

God struck me with this scripture the other day.

Hebrews 10:28-31

28. Anyone who has rejected Moses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29. 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?

30. For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The LORD will judge His people."

31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Which reminded me of another passage of scripture.

Romans 6:1-2,4,15
1. What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

2. Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

4. Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

15. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but grace? Certainly not!

1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought at a price; there fore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

Grace is not free. Yes it is free for us to receive, when we chose through faith to accept that we are separated from God in our sins seeking repentance and the forgiveness Christ shed His blood to give us. Yet grace was not uncostly for God or Christ in the slightest.


John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

Could you imagine sacrificing your one and only son, or your one and only family member for the greater good of many?

Romans 5:6-8
6. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

7. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

8. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Matthew 20:28
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.

I have yet to see a small priced ransom. Most ransoms are set to reflect the value of what is being held hostage. God saw us as so precious He was willing to pay in full the cost of His only Son to redeem us from our sins and the wages of those sins which is DEATH-(Romans 6:23). I'd say we were in pretty deep considering the circumstances. If we were up a creek with no paddle when judged by the law and God has a "worse punishment" for those who have "insulted the spirit of grace," I would say it is a fearful thing to fall into the hand of the living God. I guess what I'm saying is if it has been your practice to sin and say, "it's okay, God will forgive me, there's grace," think twice because you just might be counting "the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing" and verse 30 isn't far behind.