Jumpstarter 5 of 10

Direct Answer Based on the chapter’s argument, what fits this warning is treating Christ’s blood as “a common thing” by embracing cheap grace—using grace as permission to continue in sin while refusing repentance and discipleship.

Support from Transcript:

• Hebrews is quoted about those who “trampled the Son of God underfoot” and “counted the blood of the covenant…a common thing,” and “insulted the Spirit of grace.”
• Bercot applies it: “We insult God when we take His grace for granted.”
• He says cheap grace is “often no more than a license to sin,” directly connecting grace-language to ongoing sin.
• Bonhoeffer: cheap grace is “the justification of sin without the justification of the sinner,” meaning sin is excused while the person remains unchanged.
• The severity is tied to cost: “Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of His Son…what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us.”