"Don't Throw Away Your Confidence!"

“Don’t Throw Away Your Confidence!”

So, don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.  For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.      Hebrews 10:35-36



CONFIDENCE:  Full TRUST, reliability of a person or thing



Throughout this chapter of Hebrews, the readers are ENCOURAGED to PERSERVE in their afflictions and struggles.  And to NOT THROW AWAY their CONFIDENCE in God and His POWER to see them through each affliction and struggle.  In other words, they were NOT to STOP putting their CONFIDENCE in the ONLY ONE who is ABLE to give them the STRENGTH they NEED to PERSERVE.  And they SHOULD do this because with their CONFIDENCE comes a GREAT REWARD.



They NEED to have STRONG ENDURANCE to do the WILL of GOD.  And when they come to the end of their affliction or struggle, with CONFIDENCE in God, they will RECEIVE what has been PROMISED:  The Coming One, which is the LORD JESUS CHRIST, will COME and NOT delay.  And the ones who will LIVE by FAITH and NOT DRAW BACK into their OLD lifestyle, but will TRUST and have CONFIDENCE in JESUS CHRIST, God’s ONLY SON, to enable them to carry out the Will of God, will have LIFE.  But God takes NO PLEASURE in those who SHRINK BACK, and FAILS to carry out their CHRISTIAN OBLIGATIONS, and they will face EMBARRASSMENT, GUILT and be ASHAMED when Christ returns.  And they will lose their REWARDS.



For those who ENDURED, and put their CONFIDENCE in God and His SON, and did NOT THROW AWAY their CONFIDENCE, they will receive ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with HONOR and REWARDS for their ENDURANCE and PERSERVERANCE that was possible because they DID NOT THROW AWAY their CONFIDENCE.  Where does your CONFIDENCE rest?



If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then your CONFIDENCE is in something or someone, who is UNABLE to provide for you, what you NEED to ENDURE your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and is UNABLE to PROVIDE you with an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  And putting your CONFIDENCE in WORLDLY THINGS or PEOPLE, will lead you to an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE after your there.  In order to CHANGE your DESTINY, you MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and with CONFIDENCE, TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION and PUT your CONFIDENCE in Him, and have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.   Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and COMING SOON!!!