Hebrews 10:30-31 For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people." It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
There is a lot of misconception surrounding this verse. The major consensus among those that do not take God’s Word in the context it should be viewed, says this verse is talking about judging others and that is God’s job, not ours. We can see how that could be misconstrued if this verse were a standalone thesis, but in context with the rest of the chapter, as well as the rest of the book of Hebrews, in conjunction with the New Testament itself, and its relationship with the Old Testament, the idea here becomes very crystal clear.
If we look back to verses 26-30 we will see that, 26-“ If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,” and verse 29 speaks of “trampling the Son of God underfoot.”
The legalist or Judaizers of Paul’s day wanted to hang on to the Law of Moses and make Christianity a sect of Judaism. This was done because they wanted to be able to say I did this and I did that, depending on their works instead of the Grace of God, through Faith in the Work of Christ Jesus on the Cross. These 1st-century people had received the truth from God through Paul, Peter, James, and John as well as other faithful servants of Christ, however, they wanted to continue their animal sacrificial system of justification. In verse 26 we see that if the truth, that the sacrifice of Jesus was the last (It is finished) sacrifice needed is rejected, there is no sacrifice for sins left.
Given this information, as well as the other teachings in the New Testament about false teaching and legalism there can be no question this is where the message of this verse is centered. There are still legalist out there today that want to use this verse, out of context, to say that if a person continues in sin, they will lose their salvation. Let us not be taken in by Satan’s lies and those that are led by Satan to spread this misinformation. There is only one unforgivable sin that will send one to Hell, and that is the rejection of Christ Jesus as the true Messiah, the Savior of the world. If you have accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior, God stands ready to forgive all our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. Which will place you under the protection of the only sacrifice needed, the sacrifice of Christ Jesus on the Cross of Calvary, when He shed His perfect sinless blood to atone for our sins.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
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