Hebrews 6:1-6... 1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
We are told repeatedly in the scripture by angels and Jesus to "Fear Not'... However, there is one place in the scripture where we are told TO fear... (except for the reverential trust of God type of fear which we are not discussing at this time) Here it is...
Hebrews 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
We are to fear NOT ENTERING IN TO HIS REST. The book of Hebrews was written to the Jews of Jesus' day who were firmly planted in legalism, so, we can assume that the same remedies for the legalists of Jesus' day are applicable to legalists of our day. What is the remedy? Give it up. Enter in... & Rest. Our only fear should be and our only 'REAL' fear IS the prospect of not entering into His rest. If we do not enter in at the *proper time in our spiritual development then we are committing ourselves to another trip around that God forsaken rock of a mountain in the wilderness one more time...
So, this is one of the ways that legalists (me, at one point in time also) end up trying to crucify Christ anew... By not entering into His Rest!! His rest is available to you today. Unlike the children of Israel in the desert, if you decide to enter in today, you may. You don't have to Pass Go without collecting Two Hundred Dollars and go straight to legalist prison. Just, by faith, agree with God about where you are and ask Him to help you enter in... but stand back... One HUGE MOUNTAIN is getting ready to be hurled into the sea! Hallelujah!!! He is Risen... He is Risen Indeed and we are totally free! Hallelujah!!!
Food for thought... You do not Crucify Afresh, Christ by sinning... You Crucify Christ Afresh by not fully availing yourself of His forgiveness and transformative abilities by entering into and operating from His Rest!! This includes a lifestyle of repentance, etc. so don't get all exercised here, legalists. Just consider the possibility that you, as a Christian, can live 100% free in Christ. FOR, IT IS FOR LIBERTY THAT HE HAS SET US FREE!! AMEN & HALLELUJAH!!!
*(you know, after the School Master of the Law has done it's work in us. Some Christians enter in immediately. Some believe the evil reports of the majority of the spies who came back out of the land and concluded that "we can never defeat the giants")
Larry Grizzle 04/24/2009
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