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NASB | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Corinthians 5:8 we are [as I was saying] of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. |
Bible Question:
All of our lives we have been taught that God will forgive us if we repent. If a person keeps sinning and takes repenting w/ no concern will God still forgive that person? |
Bible Answer: ChristianLuv, After the cross, there is only one sin that God will not forgive - the sin of rejecting the Son of God as your Savior. Forgiveness of sins is found in Christ and His work alone. Therefore, rejecting Him is forfeiting the forgiveness of sins that He offers. This is why Hebrews 10:26 says, "For is we go on sinning (not believing in Christ) willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth (the gospel message), there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, (though these Hebrews had the gospel preached to them, they were tempted to go back to the temple and offer their Old Covenant sacrifices to cover their sins) but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. The person who has rejected Christ has, according to verse 29, trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the (new) covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace. This is the post-cross unpardonable sin. The sin of unbelief in Christ's sacrifice cannot be forgiven, it must be repented of. If we have not accepted Him and His once-for-all sacrifice, then we must or suffer eternal separation from God. Hope this helps. ChristLifer2001 |