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1 | how many unforgiven sins are there? | Eph 1:7 | Saint Luke | 166495 | ||
Hank, Great Question! If what we read in the Scriptures is true, and it is, then Romans 5:8 is true. "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." and 1 John 2:2 is also true. "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." Christ died for the sins of the whole world, planned by our Heavenly Father. Ephesians 1:4 says, "According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:" How many does he WANT to come to him? 2 Peter 3:9 reveals, "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." So we must conclude: GOD was not willing for any to perish, so he had planned to the perfect sacrifice (CHRIST) to sent at GOD'S appointed time to die as a sacrifice for the sins of the entire world. GOD bridged the gap between HIMSELF and mankind with HIS perfect sacrifice. So if you are assuming that forgiveness of sins is salvation, then you haven't even brought the rest of the Gospel into the picture. This was all so we could have ETERNAL LIFE. Please refer to John 3:16, John 4:14, John 5:24, John 6:40, John 6:47.... they mention nothing about forgiveness of sin, they mention only about believing and the result being ETERNAL LIFE. The sin issue on GOD'S part has been dealt with. If we refuse to believe, then we will not receive this awesome gift Heavenly Father has provided for us, in offering his SON as a sacrifice for our sins. and will not receive the ETERNAL LIFE he was provided for us if we simply believe. Just another thought. So why do we continue to ask GOD to forgive our sins? He already has!!!! see no commandment the New Testament requiring us to do so. I only find we are to Confess out faults one to another. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The TRUTH will MAKE you FREE Luke |
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2 | how many unforgiven sins are there? | Eph 1:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 166534 | ||
Luke, Concerning your statement: “Just another thought. So why do we continue to ask GOD to forgive our sins? He already has!!!! see no commandment the New Testament requiring us to do so. I only find we are to Confess out faults one to another.” Are you familiar with the Lord’s Prayer? WOS |
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3 | how many unforgiven sins are there? | Eph 1:7 | lionheart | 166537 | ||
WOS, How does 1John 1:9 fit into your statement? In Christ, lionheart |
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4 | how many unforgiven sins are there? | Eph 1:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 166540 | ||
Brother lionheart, I think 1 John 1:9 is agreeable in every way with the Lord’s Prayer as He instructed us to pray, Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. “Our hearts' desire and prayer to our heavenly Father every day should be, that he would forgive us our debts; that the obligation to punishment may be cancelled and vacated, that we may not come into condemnation; that we may be discharged, and have the comfort of it. In suing out the pardon of our sins, the great plea we have to rely upon is the satisfaction that was made to the justice of God for the sin of man, by the dying of the Lord Jesus our Surety, or rather Bail to the action, that undertook our discharge.” – Matthew Henry In response to Luke’s statement that we only need to confess our sins to one another and that there is no command to confess to the Lord, How is that so? Clearly, we see from Christ as well as John that confession of sin is to be offered and to the one who can truly pardon us and that does not belong to any of us. John was attempting in this letter, it seems, to be addressing some false teachings in which the reality of sin was being denied and encouragement of sin was being promoted. What better way to keep us on our toes than to have us recognize and confess that sin to God? Continual confession keeps us in fellowship with Christ. We are secure in the fact that our sins are forgiven but I think Scripture is clear that it is dangerous not to acknowledge that we still do sin. That acknowledgment is confession. We see a couple of items in confessing our sin as pointed out in 1 John 1:9. We first agree that our sin is sin and make a conscience effort to turn from it. Secondly, we ensure that we do not try to conceal our sin from God and ourselves. We continually see that we do in fact sin and must rely on God to overcome them. …“Penitent confession and acknowledgment of sin are the believer's business, and the means of his deliverance from his guilt. …” – Matthew Henry …“God is faithful to his covenant and word, wherein he has promised forgiveness to penitent believing confessors.”… – Matthew Henry …“He is clement and gracious also, and so will forgive, to the contrite confessor, all his sins, cleanse him from the guilt of all unrighteousness, and in due time deliver him from the power and practice of it.” – Matthew Henry WOS |
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5 | how many unforgiven sins are there? | Eph 1:7 | lionheart | 166551 | ||
WOS, Thanx brother this is exactly what I was thinking. If we dont confess our sin to God what makes one think that we will do that with each other. In Christ, lionheart |
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6 | how many unforgiven sins are there? | Eph 1:7 | Wild Olive Shoot | 166606 | ||
There seems to be many of us lionheart, who at times attempt to rationalize Scripture and place it not so much out of context, but out of conscience. We sometimes fail to realize that what Christ deemed important to inform us and what the Holy Spirit lead the Apostles to record, was given to us for a reason and not as a filler. I find it hard to imagine that Christ Himself would demonstrate anything for us and be our example simply so we can say it isn't relevant and doesn't pertain because he never said, "this I command of you". If we would truly treasure every divinely inspired word God has given us, we would have much less rationalization and plenty more action in line with God's Spirit. Just another thought, can me confessing my sins to you or you confessing to me actually relieve us of the guilt we gain in sinning? Somewhat maybe, but surely not in full. I think it is an appropriate thing to do, confess one to another as Scripture dictates, but I also think it appropriate that the God who will pardon us is the only one that can remove the guilt as well, therefore, I'll confess to Him to be fully relieved. I’m with you on this one, if we don’t feel we need to confess and repent before God, what makes us think we will even do it before one another? Great point. WOS |
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7 | how many unforgiven sins are there? | Eph 1:7 | lionheart | 166609 | ||
WOS, Well put brother. I think the two kinda go hand in hand. In Christ, lionheart |
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