Today’s Reading Hebrews 10:29
The spirit of grace is mentioned twice in the Bible verse in Zechariah 12:10 and in Hebrews 10:29. The spirit of grace is the Holy Spirit, but a manifestation of the Holy Spirit in which God delivers Grace to the people of Israel different ways. Grace is the love of God shown to the unlovely, the peace of God shown to the restless, the unmerited favor of God. This is the love that God has for us while we have not done anything to deserve his love.
In both of these instances the authors are showing how God’s grace is delivered to everyone. In Zachariah, God shows that after the people have pierced the flesh of the Messiah that God will still give grace. In the Hebrews section it shows God’s the true extent of grace. In this chapter of Hebrews, Paul is showing us how God has given grace to us even after we have crucified Christ. But in this section of Hebrews, Paul is giving us a vision of what would happen in the event that we completely discredit the crucifixion and the blood and above all the Holy Spirit that has come to comfort us. This is a warning that Paul is giving: If we fully know the gospel and the crucifixion and still choose to not to believe and speak against the Holy Spirit, that is the extent of God’s grace.
So this grace that God has given us is not completely free. The grace of God that has been given to us is dependent on us acknowledging the blood of Christ and the spirit of God has given us the grace by our understanding and by our submission to this new covenant.
Many of our trials and tribulations that we encounter in this life we can see God‘s grace in those if were able to acknowledge God‘s presence in our life. One of the most amazing manifestations that I have seen of Grace was through my grandmother. Throughout her life she overcame many severe obstacles in at the end of her life she still shows so much love for God that the only way to explain it is to God‘s grace. Look at some of the things that she experienced in her life. Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Kidney Disease, Loss of the function of limbs, Amputation of limbs, Colostomy, Loss of her spouse, Loss of mobility, and Metabolic seizures. This list may seem like a hard life, but it actually shows the true grace that God had in her life amplified by her devotion to His word and His work. Can you name 10 times in your life that God has shown you unspeakable Grace? Can you imagine life without that Grace? What is the spirit of grace the Holy Spirit asking us to do today.