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No, you believe the well packaged deceptive packaged message of evangelical fundamentalism. The person to whom Jesus said your sins are forgiven go in peace, were they forgiven there and then or not without any sacrifice ?.
God has the authority to forgive sins anytime He wants to.
God has the authority to forgive sins anytime He wants to.
God is all forgiveness, if he held something against you, he brings judgement on himself by holding unforgiveness within himself. What does your bible say about not being merciful and holding unforgiveness within?.
Where do you think God got this idea from if not from how he operates?.
For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Do you honestly believe God expects us to forgive while he chooses who he wants to forgive ?. For such foolish beliefs i cannot consider calling myself today what is called christian.
There is no doubt that he was slain from the foundation of humanity, as most are in opposition. And their only desire is to use him as a scapegoat without taking any responsibility for their own thoughts and actions. Now, let me see if you can bruise yourself with a little humility without the foolishness. Nowhere does he say that "he paid your debt as a substitute," except within the minds of those who would crucify him as their ultimate sacrifice.
Beware of the fig-tree that has an abundance of leaves, but no fruit.
The exact words may not be in the Bible, but the "substitutionary atonement" is taught throughout the Bible. It is clearly seen in the Levitical sacrificial system. The sinner lid his hands on he head of the sacrifice , symbolically transferring his sin to the animal. This teaches us that man doe snot havs to die for his sins, a substitute will be provide. Jesus was our substitute.
I think it is also taught in the NT.
Heb 10:10 - By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all.
By the basis Jesus taught in "the New Commandment" and by the confirmation of the Spirit promised. (If you keep getting the same answer over and over, will it sink in?)
The new command is very limited when we considered the whole Bible.
Fro your post it is obvious that we disagree on some things, How do you know that what the Spirit told me is not the truth?
My evidence is the ENTIRE OT where that god KILLS. allows RAPE, PILLAGING and Misogyny throughout the pages.
They are NOT the same god. The God I know is not the god in the OT-the OT god is HATEFUL, IMMATURE, JEALOUS, OPPRESSIVE, INSECURE and MANIPULATIVE.
The God I know LOVES, is MERCIFUL, uses JUSTICE and FORGIVES.
Why not post the verses where God is HATEFUL, etc? especially where he hates marriage. You also need to know that there is a big difference between allowing and causing.
Jimmie, there is NO "God of the Bible." There is a continuum of different perceptions about God presented in the OT from the very anthropomorphic God who visited Abraham on His way to find out if what He had heard about Sodom and Gomorrah were true or not right down to the very enlightened perceptions presented in Micah 6:8 and culminating in the picture presented by Jesus in the NT. Zthatzmanz believes in the God Taught by Jesus.
Jesus is that God. If you criticize the God of he OT, you criticize Jesus as well.
God has the authority to forgive sins anytime He wants to.
Yes, and the mechanism by which that can happen is Jesus' redemptive work on the cross.
Heb. 9:22
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Matt. 26:28
"This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins." -Jesus
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