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NASB | Revelation 7:17 for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 7:17 for the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd, and He will guide them to springs of the waters of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes [giving them eternal comfort]." [Ps 23:2; Is 25:8; Ezek 34:23; Rev 21:4] |
Subject: What would prompt these tears? |
Bible Note: 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 |