If we go on sinning after we have learned the truth, no sacrifice can take away our sins.
Hebrews 10:26
G od’s forgiveness is generous, but it is not free. The forgiveness that comes with salvation demands something from you: a confession of sin and a promise to turn away from that sin. People who “go on sinning” will never find God’s forgiveness, according to Hebrews 10:26. But of course we know that we all sin, we have all turned away, so how can the Bible say no sacrifice can take away our sins?
The answer is simple: there are two kinds of sinful actions. One is a sin of the flesh, which Paul talks about in Romans 7. That’s when you know God’s Word and you want to do God’s will, but your flesh is weak and you just can’t seem to do what you want to do. This kind of sin makes you “distressed in a godly way” (2 Cor. 7:10), and that leads to repentance. But when a person knows God’s Word but decides that it’s either not worth it or not necessary to do what God wants, they commit a sin of the will—that is, they willfully disobey. They are rejecting God and removing him as Lord of their life. This kind of deliberate act of the will is what Hebrews 10:26 is talking about when it says there is no sacrifice for our sins if we “go on sinning.”
The rejection of God is a terrible thing, and for the God Girl it’s an impossibility. Though you might fail over and over again to get it right, your will really wants to get it right; it’s just having a hard time. When that’s your state of mind, you can be sure that the forgiveness of sins is yours, no matter what the sin or how hefty the mistake.