Bible Verse of the Day Sunday June 26th, 2022

 Hebrews 10:35-36 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised

The 10th chapter of Hebrews concerns the transition from the 5th dispensation to the 6th and the people's problems accepting that a new dispensation had come. First-century Jews wanted to hang on to the Law because they were under the misconception that the Law was for people to follow. God gave the Law to show our sinfulness. Some want to live by the Law instead of the Grace given by God through  Christ Jesus. The Law and the animal sacrifices were only a shadow of what was to come, our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus (Hebrews 10:1). When Jesus shed His perfect, sinless blood on the Cross, the final sacrifice for all times, He canceled the sin debt we owed and nailed it to the Cross (Colossians 2:14).

In this verse, the writer of Hebrews is telling his readers not to throw away their confidence for what looks like a better reward. They should continue on in their walk with Christ, no matter how glamorous the reward outside of Christ Jesus appeared. The reward that awaits us for continued faithful service, no matter how rocky the road becomes, is so far beyond any earthly gain that it cannot be measured with earthly degrees. There is no biblical evidence that would clearly indicate the non-existence of Heavenly rewards, but of course, the rewards are not why we serve Jesus, it is because we love Him with all our hearts, minds, body, and soul. 

The best way, and it could be said the only way, to assure that we do not get caught up in falling away from Christ or feeling a complete separation from Him and experiencing constant failure, is to continue to make progress in our Christian walk. Understand what point we are at and see the next step or point we need to get to and continue to work to that end. Always keep in our mind that where we are in our spiritual growth is not the issue we should be focused on. If we do focus on how spiritually mature we are, Satan will for sure lead us to start comparing ourselves with others. This would be a fatal mistake because we might get to the point that we believe we do not need to grow anymore. The answer is comparing ourselves with Christ Jesus and we will continue to grow as long as God leaves breath in our bodies. Spiritual maturity will continue as long as we continue to grow in the gospel of Christ Jesus. Spiritual immaturity comes when that growth is stopped.   

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