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1 | child made during adultry | John 3:16 | BradK | 166650 | ||
Hi Sam, No, not if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ! If not, then Christ's sacrifice was not wholly sufficient- it is then up to YOUR remembrance of your sins. (Eph. 2:8-9) Remember the truth contained in Eph. 1:7, "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace" Additionally, consider Col. 1:13-14: "For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins." My friend, if you are not rescued from all your sins when you place your faith in(to) Him, then Christ has to go back to the cross! Think about it. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | child made during adultry | John 3:16 | sgosh | 166709 | ||
BradK Thanks for the response. I am a new believer an I guess I am a little confused over what was written and what "Ocelot" said. He said, "David was referred to as “a man after God’s own heart.” Yet he committed adultery and topped it off with murder. I’m not justifying those things, but I’m saying that God can forgive those sins. And He WILL, if you CONFESS them." So I hope you can see how I was confused. I was just saved a 2 weeks ago. I agree with you, and my pastor showed me in the bible just as you have said. So, my question is, and pardon me if this sounds really stupid, but I know my sins were forgiven by God through Christ's death on the cross, Colossians 1:14. Am I forgiveness of my sins only until we got saved, and then I have different rules to follow now that I am saved or do the same rules apply as when I got saved? I was told the rules are the same. I'm trying to read and understand as much as possible about this, but most people seem to contradict each other. I just want to believe what the bible says, and Pastor says to pray that God gives me understanding before I start to read it and I do pray this prayer. Is this other stuff that is being said in another part of the bible, I haven't read yet? I mean, I'm not perfect and I still have some addictions, but I was told and read in the bible that all this was forgiven once I accept Christ as my Savior. Am I reading and hearing this properly? Sam |
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3 | child made during adultry | John 3:16 | BradK | 166713 | ||
Hi Sam, Praise God! Welcome to the kingdom! That is an excellent question- and a deep one:-) I don't have a lot of time right now, but here's a couple thoughts. You might want to read, re-read and ponder on Romans, chapters 5 and 6. Note particularly, Romans 6:10-11: "For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus." Christ died for sins ONCE for all! He's not going back to the cross again. According to Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" So, if you're only forgiven of the sins you commit up the point of conversion, Christ's sacrifice, by default- was not sufficient! You would be then responsible for obtaining YOUR forgiveness- a theological absurdity! ( Again, Eph. 2:8-9) Ask yourself, how many of my sins were future to the cross? Note the absolute truth in Col. 2:13: "When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions," (Note Eph. 4:32, Col. 2:13, 3:13.) The sin issue between God and us has been dealt with- in it's entirety- on the cross! That's why Christ exclaimed "It is finished". That's GOOD NEWS! Keep in touch, brother. If we can be of further help, let us know. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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4 | child made during adultry | John 3:16 | Saint Luke | 166873 | ||
Brad K Thanks for the reply. Now I am a little more confused. I agree with what you said, it is what I have read also and what Pastor tells me. But md1234 wrote in the note following yours, "He will forgive you for the things you do." I thought He had already forgiven all of my sins, past present and future, because all of my sins were in the future when Christ died on the cross. Is this just a matter of definitions of words or does md1234 know something I don't. I am also a bit confused over the "forgiveness" and "repentance" definitions. Would simple definition of "forgiveness" be what GOD has performed in our spirit, to "reconcile" us to HIM? I reference all the verses you have quoted. Is "repentance" what we are doing to bring the physical body into submission, and I want to do so because I have Christ in me now? Galatians 2:20 Does "reconcile" mean what the book Pastor gave me means? It says that GOD planned all of this so we could be brought back into good standing with HIM because we were in bad standing because of sin. And we couldn't do it because none of us could live up to the Old Testament, so Christ (GOD in the flesh) came to do it for us. This kind of matches what 2 Corinthians 5:19 says and the reason for Christ dying on the cross. Do I have the general idea behind this? I also read that repentance is "a change of mind that bears the fruit of a changed life." Do you see anything in the bible that would contradict this? Thanks, Sam |
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5 | child made during adultry | John 3:16 | BradK | 166889 | ||
Hi Sam, I believe that some of the confusion may stem from a misunderstanding of the finality of the cross and the sufficiency we have in Christ (2 Cor. 3:5)! Scripturally, we ARE already forgiven our sins (Col. 2:13). We aren't seeking His forgiveness as much as we are resting in it (Eph. 1:7). We're either forgiven of ALL our sins, or we're not. Christ either "paid it all", or He didn't. If He didn't we're still left to our own devices, i.e. we're on our own. Simply, repentance (Gr. metanoia) means to change one's mind. We repent of our sinful ways and turn to God. It is involved integrally in our salvation. Remember, we either rest in the all-sufficiency of Christ and His sacrifice, or we don't. What the Lord Jesus accomplished for us is a very great thing! One of the hardest things for us to do is believe it and walk by faith in those promises (Col. 2:6) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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6 | child made during adultry | John 3:16 | Morant61 | 166896 | ||
Greetings Brad! Well said, my friend! When we speak of an unlimited atonement, we are speaking of the once and for all nature of Christ's death upon the cross that paid the price for every sin of every person.. However, that precious gift must still be received. Romans 5:17 puts it this way, "For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ." Christ's gift is unlike Adam's sin in that it must be received. Keep up the good work my friend! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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7 | child made during adultry | John 3:16 | DocTrinsograce | 166898 | ||
Dear Tim, Good definition... but... neither of the theological perspectives of unlimited atonement or definite atonement include in their defintions anything about the sufficiency of Christ's atonement. Unlimited and definite atonement speak to the question "for whom did Christ die?" Unlimited atonement is a doctrine of Amyraldism and Arminianism. Definite atonement (or particular redemption) is a doctrine endemic to Reformed theology. What Brad so aptly defined, as he said, was the doctrine of the sufficiency of the atonement of Christ in the redemption of the believer. He can correct me if I misunderstood. In Him, Doc |
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