Bible Notes... |
Crucifying Jesus Afresh |
Mike Maney |
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| Text: Hebrews 6:1 "Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection..." Paul is saying that we should leave [in place, in tact] the principles [principle understanding, message, effects] of the doctrine of Christ, rather than trying to lay again [lay over on top of, in the place of] the foundation [basic need for repentance and for the need of forgiveness] of dead works [the works of the law, and the need to believe in God, of ceremonial washings, laying on of hands in animal sacrifices, and of the dead rising up one day, and of God's coming judgment]. Text: Hebrews 6:6 "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." It is impossible for those who had previously accepted the cross of Christ (the shame and humility it represented, if they should then afterward fall away (they deny the cross' relevance, its worth, its necessity for sin) to renew, revive their previous enlightenment by substituting such with the law and its system of works). To do so would be to discount Jesus' crucifixion as being necessary at this moment in time, pushing it forward, forcing Him to repeat it at some point in the future, thus making Jesus His once-for-all sacrifice of no avail, and thereby opening up His gracious sacrifice to shameful contempt, ridicule. |
