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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Sinless perfectionism? |
Bible Note: I appreciate your concern. It is good to ask questions about this, so He can show us the answers. I had to do the same, before He made me to understand, as we all do. With regard to 1 John 1:8, I am not saying that I do not have any sin, I did commit many many sins in the past, when I was in ignorance of what God would be pleased with. Thank God, Jesus paid for them by the sacrifice of Himself, according to the scriptures: By the which will we are sanctified **THROUGH THE OFFERING OF THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST** once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after **HE HAD OFFERED ONE SACRIFICE FOR SINS** for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; (Hebrews 10:10-12) Only by the mercy of God, those sins are covered by the righteousness of Jesus, the blood of Jesus according to what the scriptures say: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: In whom **WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, EVEN THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS**: (Colossians 1:13-14) Those past sins are redeemed and covered by His blood, by His righteousness, by His sacrifice, so that God will never "see" those any more. However, they are redeemed by promise. That is, the Holy Spirit reveals the knowledge of the PROMISE from God that, because of the sacrifice of Jesus, He will not hold us accountable for those past sins at the end of the world. They do remain there, covered, until the actual redemption of the purchased possession at the end of this world: In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, YE WERE SEALED WITH THAT HOLY SPIRIT ***OF PROMISE***, ***WHICH IS THE EARNEST [[guarantee from God]] OF OUR INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THE PURCHASED POSSESSION***, unto the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:13-14) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed ***UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION***. (Ephesians 4:30) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; **FOR YOUR REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH.** (Luke 21:27-28) But that's the thing, God cannot lie, so His promise is sure, and we just have to believe His promise, believe Him. If we have that faith toward God, that faith will save our soul from hell, because He is faithful that promised. It's a yes and no with God (as are almost all things from Him). So, the actual redemption from God will be at the end of the world, but we already have redemption in the following sense: God already did the work, and promised to us that redemption at the end of the world, and God cannot lie. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, ***WAITING FOR THE ADOPTION, TO WIT, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODY.*** FOR WE ARE SAVED BY HOPE: BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NOT HOPE: FOR WHAT A MAN SEETH, WHY DOTH HE YET HOPE FOR? BUT IF WE HOPE FOR THAT WE SEE NOT, THEN DO WE WITH PATIENCE WAIT FOR IT. (Romans 8:23-25) So, yes, we already have redemption, in that, He already paid the payment that covered our pasts sins committed when we were “in ignorance”. And He makes known to us the promise of the actual redemption to come, by the Holy Spirit, and if one believes that promise from God, then, by faith, that person is already redeemed (because God cannot lie). But also, no, we won’t actually be redeemed until the end of the world. |