What does it mean to sin deliberately? Did the Corinthian church sin deliberately by living in all kinds of sins after believing in Christ?
Context is always King. Without context, a verse is always plucked out for imposition.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. - Heb 10:26-27
If we read the whole context of Hebrews 10, we will know that the writer was not talking about all kinds of deliberate sins. There is only one particular sin where you can expect judgment ----- the rejection of the Saviour (Jn 3:18; Matt 12:31-32).
Since Heb 10:26 begins with 'For' (or because), we must look at the preceding verses.
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, for He who promised is faithful... and all the more as you see 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫. - Heb 10:23-25
The Hebrew believers were going through severe persecution such that some were thinking of returning to Judaism. The writer (Paul or Barnabas) was encouraging them to hold fast to Christ without shrinking back (Heb 10:36-39).
He reminded them of their earlier days when they came to the faith (Heb 10:32-24) before telling them, "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, which has a great reward." (Heb 10:35)
In the context of all these, to "𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲" has nothing to do with habitual sins. It has to do with 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.
Sin deliberately = Rejecting Christ
By rejecting Christ, we are trampling underfoot the Son of God and profaning His covenant.
How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, and has 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 by which he was sanctified, and has 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞? - Heb 10:29
For a believer who believes in Him as your Saviour, you can no longer sin deliberately. You can choose to walk in the ways of the old man instead of the New Man, but that is still not sinning deliberately.
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