IS ALL SIN FORGIVEN ?

[Blood Bought 1953]

When Satan, the “Accuser” brings up my countless sins to God, my Heavenly Father will respond , “ What sins ?” Why this gigantic Memory Lapse? It seems it was for selfish reasons.God said that He had Forgiven us all of our sins “ for His Own Sake”. It appears we had nothing to do with it.I guess it was something one does for those one loves.From start to finish, Christianity is ALL about Love.God loved us “while we were yet sinners.” We have been wonderfully blessed, all of us that have “ turned to Him.”

 

[Behold]

8 hours ago, DustyRoad said:

It's been repeated here on the forum --- one moment you're saved and then the next, you're not. You'll find this stance well-represented, @maryjayne. God's grace, to some, is entirely dependent upon the effort of the recipient in order to remain "valid." This flies in the face of what grace means --- unmerited favor --- because it throws "merit" into the mix. "Jubilee" is turned into a work release program... as long as the prisoners do their job they won't have to go back to prison.

"What can wash away my sin, nothing but the Blood of Jesus".

So,  commandment keeping, enduring to the end, trying to live holy, confessing sin, keeping the Torah, church membership, water baptism, etc,....NONE OF THIS  can  wash away your sin.

Therefore, if you are doing all this thinking that God will accept you as long as, and only as long as you DO, then you are trying to SAVE YOURSELF.

STOP !!!  GET OFF THE CROSS.   You're not worthy to be up there.   Believe it.

As a matter of fact, all that self righteous stuff can't even keep you from sinning.

There is One ne Savior, One Mediator, One Salvation, One GRACE of God, One Redeemer, One Cross, and all of this is the Gift of God and its Free and available to anyone and everyone who will give God their Faith in Christ.

God accepts nothing else and God requires nothing else, to ACCEPT YOU, SAVE YOU......and KEEP YOU.

Edited March 15, 2020 by Behold

[douge]

On 3/14/2020 at 7:07 PM, johnthebaptist said:

And then there is this: 

[14] For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father also will forgive you;
[15] but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matt 6:14-15 RSV 

If someone goes out and murders somebody every day, why would the Lord forgive him before he stops murdering people?  

Matthew 6 is for the remnant of Israel under covenant.

[johnthebaptist]

25 minutes ago, douge said:

Matthew 6 is for the remnant of Israel under covenant.

Does Jesus stipulate that? When Jesus issues a command, I feel I best obey.

[Justin Adams]

21 minutes ago, maryjayne said:

Is the any part of the new testament you think is for Gentiles?

Rom 10:12. It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, 13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”…

[Justin Adams]

Just now, maryjayne said:

I was asking @douge as every thread of his I read seems to be telling us that nothing is for Gentiles, not even Revelations. So I just wondered, as you do, where gentiles fit into Gods plan, according to him.

 

: )

Ha. Yes. Just give up the chase. He does not seem to read the rebuttals anyway...

[Justin Adams]

10 minutes ago, maryjayne said:

where gentiles fit into Gods plan

Consensus is a rare thing in New Testament scholarship, but if there is a scholarly consensus about anything, it is that Luke was perhaps the only Gentile writer in the New Testament. Sometimes scholars suggest that Luke was a Gentile because his Gospel reflects an interest in Gentiles, but, of course, so does Paul and no one argues that Paul was a Gentile. Others argue that Luke was most likely a Gentile because he wrote in excellent, fluid Greek, but, as anyone who has read him in Greek will attest, so too does Philo Judaeus, and no one argues that he was a Gentile.
But by far, the chief reason scholars argue for Luke’s being a Gentile is because of something Paul says in Colossians. Lea and Black, in their New Testament Introduction, voice the consensus when they write: “Luke is usually viewed as a Gentile Christian. In Colossians 4:10-11 Paul refers to Aristarchus, Mark, and Jesus Justus as Jewish believers. Later he sends greetings from Luke, apparently designating him as a Gentile.”

[Willa]

On 3/14/2020 at 3:45 PM, douge said:

Colossians 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

This verse declares we have forgiveness for ALL sin, not as some say, only for sins we confess, and repent of.

God said it, I believe it, that settles it.  Some say only those sins that were not intentional are forgiven as well.  But that was the old testament pattern.  Hebrews tells us that we have a better covenant, a better high priest and a better sacrifice, all of which can forgive all our sins and give us a clean conscience.

Heb 10:10  And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  Heb 10:11  And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Heb 10:12  But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,  Heb 10:13  waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.  Heb 10:14  For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Heb 10:15  And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, Heb 10:16  "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," Heb 10:17  then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."

 

 

[Alive]

5 minutes ago, Willa said:

God said it, I believe it, that settles it.  Some say only those sins that were not intentional are forgiven as well.  But that was the old testament pattern.  Hebrews tells us that we have a better covenant, a better high priest and a better sacrifice, all of which can forgive all our sins and give us a clean conscience.

Heb 10:10  And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  Heb 10:11  And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Heb 10:12  But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,  Heb 10:13  waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.  Heb 10:14  For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Heb 10:15  And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, Heb 10:16  "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," Heb 10:17  then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."

 

 

This is so fundamental. That means this Truth needs to be a metric by which we judge the many 'teachings' that come our way. Some of which sound very reasonable.

This being 'Truth'--what follows can inform us regarding a great many things.

Let him who hears, hear.

Edited March 16, 2020 by Alive

[Behold]

5 hours ago, maryjayne said:

Is the any part of the new testament you think is for Gentiles?

Everything that Paul wrote.      Start there, and don't take any left turns or U-Turns, and you'll end up right on target.

One of the best ways to deal with the NT is to recognize that the Entire bible, is a book of progressive revelation.

God, from Genesis till the last words in The Revelation,  is always progressing and changing (over time)  HOW He is dealing with the world, and that includes giving the world a NEW Covenant, that replaced the OLD Covenant.  This is why you have an OLD TESTAMENT and a NEW TESTAMENT.  And when a believer misunderstands the entire Bible as "just one thing"....without realizing or understanding the changes that God keeps making, right till the end of the Book, then this believer is going to be a Theological mess, until they recognize what i just told you.

So, when a Christian does not recognize ..>"Oh, i see, God CHANGED something here, that use to be .....like THAT"... then this Christian gets stuck in the weeds way off the track and becomes a real problem on Forums like this one.

Consider, the  changes and how they  are EXTREME for a person who goes from being a Christ Rejector, to a Born Again Believer....  And that Bible has extreme doctrinal changes that correspond to what, when, and who, its talking to depending on where you are reading, in it.

Let me give you 3 cases.    In the OT< before the Law, before Moses, you had "there is no transgression when there is no Law"..... Then the law (Moses) came and all were found "under the Law".......Then Christ came and died and rose again, and now HE has "removed the curse of the law" and the born again are now "not under the law but under Grace".

1. No Law

2. All Under Law

3. Under Grace

That took 4000 yrs of time for God to accomplish as He was dealing with mankind.

And once the Great Tribulation starts the RULES are going to change again....... And this is just more progressive revelation that the Bible is showing, explaining, and exposing, as you study it from cover to cover.

So, look at those 3.   That is God dealing with Man, in Genesis, then From Moses to the Cross, and now from The Cross to the Great Tribulation.     Those are extreme changes, and they are not the same.   And until a Believer finds a Teacher who can help them into the Revealed Light that is all about "rightly DIVIDING the Word", then that Believer is going to be a real problem on any Christian forum.