HEBREWS 10:26-27, C. H. Cayce “For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.”
If we consider the next two verses in connection with these they may throw some light on these. Heb. 10:28-29 reads, “He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?”
To our mind, this language teaches that the child of God may sin against light and knowledge. If one knows the truth, and has been given to see where the true church is, and yet remains out of the church, and out of duty, he is sinning willfully; he is sinning against light and knowledge. He has no excuse for his sins or rebellion. “There remaineth no more sacrifice for sins.” There is” a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation.” He has a guilty conscience. Worry and trouble will be his lot. He will have an almost continual dread. He will probably spend many sleepless nights. There will be a continual dread on his mind all the time.
It was a fact that under the law dispensation, the transgressor was killed under the testimony of two or three witnesses. There was no excuse or mercy under the law. That being true, “Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?”
To sin against light and knowledge now; to refuse to walk in the commandments of the Lord under the gospel; to refuse to obey what little the Lord requires of His children, is to tread the Son of God under foot; it is to count the blood of the covenant an unholy thing, and is to do despite unto the Spirit of grace. One who does this is worthy of punishment worse than death. We say “what little the Lord requires of His children.” We do not mean that there is only a little for them to do, but that it is a little in comparison with what He has done for them. There is plenty to do— enough to keep us busy. If we would all put in our time doing what the Lord requires of us, and not put in so much time trying to do what He has not commanded, we would be kept busy enough. We would have less time to bite and devour each other. We would have less time to be finding fault with our brethren, and making them “an offender for a word.” There are some things worse than death; and the Lord sometimes visits His children with punishment that is worse than death for their disobedience. We have an idea that Brother Carnell has been enduring some of that punishment. We would kindly advise and admonish all such characters to deny themselves, take up their cross, and walk in humble obedience to the Master, and thereby find sweet rest that they are so much longing for. The Primitive Baptist, June 29, 1915.