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Heb 10: 32-34 Standing Among the Persecuted
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Jan 22, 2025, 6:56:41 AMJan 22
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Standing Among the Persecuted
Heb 10: 32-34 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
Despite the fact that he's speaking to Christians who have stood on their convictions in the face of persecution he nonetheless speaks these warnings. They are not like those of whom Jesus characterized in his parable of the sower as "those on the rock who are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away." Luke 8:13 Rather his concern was whether they would become like those among the thorns, as he states somewhat explicitly in Hebrews 6:7,8 "Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.", which follows the warning of Heb 6:4-6
Many Christians today are distracted by the thorns of the worries, riches and pleasures in life without even having been subjected to the kinds of trials these Jewish Christians have suffered.
Heb 10: 32-34 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
Despite the fact that he's speaking to Christians who have stood on their convictions in the face of persecution he nonetheless speaks these warnings. They are not like those of whom Jesus characterized in his parable of the sower as "those on the rock who are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away." Luke 8:13 Rather his concern was whether they would become like those among the thorns, as he states somewhat explicitly in Hebrews 6:7,8 "Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.", which follows the warning of Heb 6:4-6
Many Christians today are distracted by the thorns of the worries, riches and pleasures in life without even having been subjected to the kinds of trials these Jewish Christians have suffered.
- Suffering
- Publicly exposed to insults and persecutions
- Advocating for and affirming those who have been so treated
- Sympathizing with those Christian put in prison for their faith
- Joyfully accepting the confiscation of your property due to the exercise of your faith in view of the eternal rewards promised.
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