Something to ponder
If we fully understand the cross do we continually have to ask for forgiveness.
What if: Jesus was the final atonement for all sin. All sin means past present and future sins. What if the blood of Christ is so powerful we are even forgiven as we are sinning.
Heb 10:12 But this Man (Jesus), after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
Jer 31:34 "No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
What if God does not hold our sins against us let alone remember our sins. We are asking forgiveness for something (sin) God has forgotten. When we fully understand the cross and the blood and the pattern of the old testament sacrifices leading up to the cross we start thanking Him for His forgiveness instead of asking for something we have already received.
A Christian has fully matured and became Christ like when we can forgive others as they are sinning against us. That is exactly what took place on the cross and has become the fulfillment of new covenant.
Lu 23:34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do."
What if we are a new creation because our sins were nailed to the cross once and for all. We are saved because of what He did and not by our righteous that are as filthy rags. We are saved because of the relationship he desired to have with us when He extended His arms out on the cross to did for the sins of the world. We are saved because we have learned to love and forgiveness is the true application of love.
Note: the thief on the cross never asked for forgiveness.
Lu 23:41 "And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong."
Lu 23:42 Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom."
Lu 23:43 And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."
If we fully understand the cross do we continually have to ask for forgiveness.
What if: Jesus was the final atonement for all sin. All sin means past present and future sins. What if the blood of Christ is so powerful we are even forgiven as we are sinning.
Heb 10:12 But this Man (Jesus), after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
Jer 31:34 "No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
What if God does not hold our sins against us let alone remember our sins. We are asking forgiveness for something (sin) God has forgotten. When we fully understand the cross and the blood and the pattern of the old testament sacrifices leading up to the cross we start thanking Him for His forgiveness instead of asking for something we have already received.
A Christian has fully matured and became Christ like when we can forgive others as they are sinning against us. That is exactly what took place on the cross and has become the fulfillment of new covenant.
Lu 23:34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do."
What if we are a new creation because our sins were nailed to the cross once and for all. We are saved because of what He did and not by our righteous that are as filthy rags. We are saved because of the relationship he desired to have with us when He extended His arms out on the cross to did for the sins of the world. We are saved because we have learned to love and forgiveness is the true application of love.
Note: the thief on the cross never asked for forgiveness.
Lu 23:41 "And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong."
Lu 23:42 Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom."
Lu 23:43 And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise."
