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NASB | Matthew 6:14 "For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 6:14 "For if you forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. |
Subject: Bill Mc, Are you twisting Scripture? |
Bible Note: Bill: But I hold that every moral commandment is directed to believers in Christ today. You are making a distinction between pre-crucifixion moral commands and post-crucifixion ones. I say no such distinction exists. There does exist a distinction between specific commands to individuals and revelation of God's moral requirements of his creation. For example, I do not read Genesis 6 and think that God wants me to build an ark. I do not read Leviticus and think that I am sinning because I am not performing the sacrifices, because Jesus made it clear that he was the fulfillment of the system of feasts and sacrifices. However, honoring my father and mother and forgiving others are indeed what following Christ requires of us. If I am truly saved, following all of Christ's moral commands will gradually become a general mark of my life. Not that I do not sin, but rather that I sin less and my hatred of sin grows and I gradually become more closely conformed to the model that Christ provided. God-honoring works are not the basis of my salvation, but they are always the result of true salvation. If the fruit is consistently bad, we have to question whether the tree itself is good or bad. --Joe! |