By one offering He has perfected forever those who are being
sanctified. —Hebrews 10:14
“We trample the blood of the Son of God underfoot if we
think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only reason for the
forgiveness of our sins by God, and the infinite depth of His promise to forget
them, is the death of Jesus Christ. Our repentance is merely the result of our
personal realization of the atonement by the Cross of Christ, which He has
provided for us. […] No matter who or what we are, God restores us to right
standing with Himself only by means of the death of Jesus Christ. God does
this, not because Jesus pleads with Him to do so but because He died. It cannot
be earned, just accepted. […] “In Him we have redemption through His blood…”
(Ephesians 1:7). To identify with the death of Jesus Christ means that we must
die to everything that was never a part of Him. God is just in saving bad
people only as He makes them good. Our Lord does not pretend we are all right
when we are all wrong. The atonement by the Cross of Christ is the propitiation
God uses to make unholy people holy.” CHAMBERS
We are saved by grace through faith and not works (Ephesians 2:8,9) So what does that have
to do with forgiveness? We find
forgiveness through Jesus. There is no
other to find forgiveness. After we are
born again, forgiveness of our sins when we confess our sins to God (1 John 1:9) is found in Jesus, not in our
being sorry for sinning. It is always Jesus, it will never be you. When the Bible says (Hebrews 7: 24-25) “because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent
priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God
through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” Jesus payment for our sins was forever. We will never get a bill in the mail. Our debt has been paid in full. Jesus is at the right hand of God making
intercession for us. (Hebrews 10:11-13)
“Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and
again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when
this priest [Jesus] had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat
down at the right hand of God.” Our forgiveness
is in Jesus and only in Jesus. (John
14:6) “[He] is the Way and the Truth and the Life, no one comes to the
father except by [Jesus]”
A dog does not wonder about life after death. A dog was not created in the image of
God. A dog was not ever purposed to be
one with the Father and Jesus, but man was.
You were. I don’t pretend to
understand what existence will be like in the presence of God, but I know it
will be good. I don’t pretend to understand
what existence barred from the presence of God will be like, but I know it
will not be good. Both will be forever.
Eternally in God’s presence and eternally banned from His presence. I do think that being in God’s presence will
be the thing that both groups of people will want the most. One group’s desire will be granted and the
other will be denied. (1 John 5:10-12) “Whoever believes in
the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made
him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has
given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not
have the Son of God does not have life.”
Thank You Jesus! Thank You Father! ELGIN
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