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1 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | JCrichton | 121236 | ||
"The sacrifice of Christ on the cross was wholly sufficient for my sins as well as those of the world. If I have to do anything to further merit His forgiveness, then Christ must go back to the cross of necessity- something that is impossible!" Hi, mommapbs! So, if I understand you correctly, you are saying that those in Christ could commit murder or any other transgression and not need to repent because Christ died so that they could be free to do as they please? God Bless! Angel |
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2 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | Mommapbs | 121260 | ||
Greetings Angel - don't get your dander up . . . for a long time I struggled under this awesome burden, wondering if I had confessed every sin, so I started to go back into my life and began to list all those things that I did that offended God. You know what offended Him the most? The sin of unbelief. By doing all that self inflicted introspection, I demonstrated my LACK of belief in the finished work of Christ. He SAVED me - period. He SAVED me from the penalty that my sin - all of it, past present and future - deserved. I AM COMPLETELY FORGIVEN. GOd does not forgive me any more or any less than He did at the moment I put my faith in Him. I'm truly sorry that you disagree with me, but I refuse to go back into captivity - there is freedom in the forgivenss of Christ. Angel, for which sin will a believer be condemned? You are making repentance a "work." No one who belongs to God "does as he or she pleases" ad nauseum - for we are not our own, we were bought with the price of the precious blood of Jesus. We are to render unto God what belongs to God! Failure to repent hurts our relationship with God; His work in us, to conform us to the image of His Son, is hindered and indeed we can expect the the Hand of discipline to be extended, but all sin was atoned for on Calvary. Suppose you commit a sin and you don't know it or for some reason you block it out or perhaps you don't want to agree with God that it is indeed sin. None of these affect the believer's standing before God. As a believer, no matter how much I repent or don't repent of sin in my life, I don't receive any more forgiveness than I receieved at the moment of belief. Blessings, mommapbs |
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3 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | Hank | 121274 | ||
Mommapbs: Thank you for this post. I believe it is totally biblical and endorse it. As I read some of the posts made to this Forum, I'm compelled to believe that some professing Christians are unwilling or unable to disembarrass their souls of the idea that man's works play a decisive role in his own salvation. To the extent that they believe this they diminish in their own minds the significance of the only act in the history of the world that is capable of bringing salvation to anyone, i.e., the finished work of Christ on the cross. Why can't they understand that justification before God is made possible only by the finished work of His dear Son, totally apart from any works man can possibly do? Mommapbs, I could repent from now till the cows come home and still not be able to do one solitary thing to save my sorry soul. I could do good works from sunrise to sunset every day of my life and still die in my sins and go to hell. I am saved, a regenerated believer, not because I deserve it, not because I repent of my sins every day, not because I do good works. I am saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Good works, living a life of obedience and holiness are components of progressive sanctification. They are not, I say NOT, components of justification. Why, I ask again rhetorically, why can't man step down from his good works pedestal and believe in the all sufficiency of God's grace? Why does he feel compelled to keep his hand on the salvation throttle? Why can't he let go and let God handle his salvation? My mind is at the end of its tether on this. I cannot understand how man can think that he, not God, is in charge of his salvation. Man didn't get this doctrine from God's word, that's for sure. Bless you, dear Mommapbs. --Hank | ||||||
4 | What would prompt these tears? | Rev 7:17 | Mommapbs | 121303 | ||
Thank you Hank for your words of support and affirmation - I have been so overwhelmed with the notion of these folks who stubbornly cling to "Grace and". "Oh ye of little faith" is all I can think of right now . . . A while back I coined a term that I hope you will understand - this whole mindset can be described as the "sin of obedience." (God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble - James 4:6) Blessings to you! mommapbs |
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