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NASB | Matthew 6:15 "But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 6:15 "But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses. |
Bible Question:
Dear fellow believers, Please humor me for a moment. Permit me to say, that 1 John 1:9 is NOT for believers. Temporarily pretend that it is NOT in the scriptures. Now, where else after Christ death on the cross (that provided forgiveness and taking away of sins) does any believer mention asking God to forgive their sins? Please show me a passage. The evangelical doctrine of 'keep on asking for forgiveness when you sin' surely MUST have more than just one verse to substantiate it. So where is it? Surely Paul, Peter, James or the writer of Hebrews substantiated John's assertion that believers are NOT completely forgiven (according to some). Where is the scripture to back it up? Please show me where, other that 1 John, the wages of sin in ANYONE's life is anything other that death. Can anyone do this? Thank you, In Christ, Bill Mc |
Bible Answer: I may have found a passage this morning as I was doing my regular Bible reading. I have not posted on this thread in the past, because I have not felt that I had anything of interest to add. However, without the intention of finding anything, I came across this passage, and it jumped out at me as dealing with this very issue. I would be interested in how you view it. Paul says in 2 Corinthians 7:8-10 that he had written to the church there a letter, which it sounds like was one of correction. I feel that it is safe to assume that his audience was made up of believers (this is based on a myriad of statements Paul makes throughout 1 and 2 Corinthians). In the specific passage mentioned though, Paul says that he rejoices that his letter caused them "godly grief", which led to "repenting", which produced "salvation". It seems like this was a case where believers had allowed some sin to creep back into their life, and it was disrupting their proper relationship with God. God brought conviction (through Paul's correction), and they responded appropriately by admiting guilt, repenting, changing their lives, and restoring a healthy relationship with God. This is how I would interpret this passage (trying to be objective), how would you? |