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1 | Are you forgiven? | Matt 6:15 | Bill Mc | 15242 | ||
Dear Debbie, I humbly ask, if the foot-washing episode is about more forgiveness and more cleansing, are you going to ask the King of kings and Lord of lords to strip, don a robe, and wash you again when He said that, "It is finished." Permit me to ask, who initiated the foot-washing? Did Peter ask for it? Did he come to God (Jesus) and say, 'Lord, I need cleansing. Please make a servant of Yourself and wash my feet.' Hardly, Christ initiated it. Peter just responded to what Christ was doing. This passage is not about forgiveness, this passage is about servanthood. This passage is about serving one another in Christian love. As for 1 John 1:9, see my other post. Dear Debbie, where do you see in scripture that "the wages of sin is broken fellowship" or that the wages of not sinning is fellowship. If you believe that your fellowship with God is dependant on what you do or don't do, then you are saying that you are stronger than what Christ has done. The Bible says that we HAVE BEEN reconciled to God. That means that ALL hostilities between us and God have ceased. Do you believe that God was in Christ, not holding our sins against us? Do you believe Heb 10:17,18? Christ has brought us into fellowship with God by His blood. The veil was torn in two. We can now enter into God's presence (indeed, He is IN us) through the blood of Christ. I agree that we should thank Him for His forgiveness. And you yourself said that we WERE forgiven. So, are we or not? Either Christ forgave us ALL our sins, as the scripture references I cited earlier say, or He didn't. ALL your sins (and mine) were future when He died on the cross. His blood covers the mercy seat in heaven and it keeps on cleansing us continually from every sin. Not because we ask, but because He offered. You are not out of fellowship with God when you sin, but you are walking after the flesh. See 1 Cor 1:9; 2 Cor 13:14; Phil 2:1; 1 John 1:3. Even 1 John 1:3 says, "our fellowship IS with the Father, and with His Son, Jesus Christ." John does not say, "our fellowship is with the Father...as long as we don't sin." Or "our fellowship is with the Father...as long as we keep on, day after day, time after time, keeping short accounts with God." 1 John 1:7 says that Christ blood cleanses us from ALL sin. This is something He initiated. Confession of sin doesn't KEEP you reconciled to God, only the blood of Christ KEEPS us in fellowship. Forgiveness, for the believer, is something we HAVE, not something we GET. What do you think? In Him, Bill Mc |
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2 | Are you forgiven? | Matt 6:15 | Radioman | 15250 | ||
"Sin interrupts, but confession restores fellowship." John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. What it is to "walk in the light" is explained by 1 John 1:8-10 . "All things. . .are made manifest by the light" (Ephesians 5:13). The presence of God brings the consciousness of sin in the nature (1 John 1:8) and sins in the life (1 John 1:9,10). The blood of Christ is the divine provision for both. To walk in the light is to live in fellowship with the Father and the Son. "SIN INTERRUPTS, BUT CONFESSION RESTORES THAT FELLOWSHIP. Immediate confession keeps the fellowship unbroken." (Emphasis added.) Scofield, C.I. "Scofield Reference Notes on 1 John 1". "Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)". (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Commentaries/ScofieldReferenceNotes/). 1917. |
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3 | Darkness vs. Light | Matt 6:15 | Bill Mc | 15253 | ||
Radioman, Nice quotes out of the Scofield but my Bible doesn't say that (NASB). Neither does your text. Your text says that the wages of sin is death - period. Not broken fellowship. Scofield can say whatever he likes. See these verses: Eph 5:8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light Col 1:13 For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, 1 Thess 5:4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; 1 Thess 5:5 for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness; 1 Pet 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; Look closely at these references: 1) you WERE FORMERLY darkness - NOW you are LIGHT in the Lord 2) He rescued us from the domain of darkness 3) But you, brethren, are not in darkness 4) Him who has called you out of darkness Darkness is not a synonym for 'sinning.' Darkness is a synonym for unbelief in Christ. See Acts 26:18. Jesus said that whoever followed Him will NEVER walk in darkness, did He not? No disrespect for Dr. Scofield, but, how can a Christian walk in darkness. Jesus said that he couldn't. Isn't it interesting, body of Christ, that no one has answered my question concerning one other passage other than 1 John 1:9, where a (supposedly) believer is told to keep on asking for forgiveness from God. Why is that? I thought that scholars say, "One should not build a doctrine around one verse of scripture." So, convince me. Find one other passage where Paul says to keep asking for forgiveness. Or where Paul says what he had to do to stay in fellowship with God. If being out of fellowship with God is such any important doctrine (and it must be because Christians throw out all the other verses dealing with forgiveness), surely Paul or Peter can testify to the necessity of 'keeping yourself forgiven WITHOUT shedding any blood.' Why don't they? Can anyone do this? In Him, Bill Mc |
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4 | Darkness vs. Light | Matt 6:15 | Makarios | 15264 | ||
Dear Bill, What is it that produces a "broken spirit" in the hearts and minds of believers and unbelievers alike? Is it not sin? For what separates us from God? Is it not sin? (John 16:9) And what are we to do when we have a "broken heart" because of our sin? Psalm 34:18 and 51:17 speaks volumes! Bill, how would we apply this parable to our own lives if we, as believers, should not ask the Father for forgiveness of our own sins? "Luke 7:40 Jesus said to him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Teacher," he replied, "say it." Luke 7:41 "Two men were in debt to a moneylender. One owed him 500 denarii, and the other fifty. Luke 7:42 When they couldn't pay it back, he generously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which of them will love him the most?" Luke 7:43 Simon answered, "I suppose the one who had the larger debt canceled." Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly." Luke 7:44 Then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. Luke 7:45 You didn't give me a kiss, but this woman, from the moment I came in, has not stopped kissing my feet. Luke 7:46 You didn't anoint my head with oil, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfume. Luke 7:47 So I'm telling you that her sins, as many as they are, have been forgiven, and that's why she has shown such great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little." Luke 7:48 Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven!" Luke 7:49 Those who were at the table with them began to say among themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?" Luke 7:50 But Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace." (ISV) Please also consider Psalm 32:5 "Psalm 32:5 I confessed my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, I will confess my transgression to Jehovah; and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah." (MKJV) --Nolan |
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5 | Darkness vs. Light | Matt 6:15 | Bill Mc | 15269 | ||
Nolan, please consider Hebrews 10:14-18: Heb 10:14 For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. Heb 10:15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying, Heb 10:16 "THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," He then says, Heb 10:17 "AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE." Heb 10:18 Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin. Please refrain from using the Old Covenant to answer a New Covenant question. In Him, Bill Mc |
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