Friday, October 31, 2014

Saved, yet denying your forgiveness? How does that work?

Question.... 

If you are forgiven, can you be unforgiven?

Not understanding Christ's work on the cross is very evident in CHRISTIAN CULTURE today. 

The moment you are saved, you are forgiven and atoned for. Meaning, you are no longer in a position to seek God's forgiveness,  but by understanding your position in Christ, you know that what Christ accomplished is not for one sin- but ALL SIN. 

2 Corinthians 5:19 
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

God is not imputing sin to our account today. You are not being charged with your past failures, nor your sins today. Rather, you are exhorted to walk out the new life you have been given in Christ. 

In fact... you are dead.....

Galatians 2:20-21 
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.  I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Your righteousness is not a product or your goodness, but rather Christ's justification by His Ressurection. 

Romans 6:3-4
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. (Not water-resistant 1 Cor. 12 : 13)

See Romans 4:25

People honestly are ignorant of the new position they have once they have trusted the gospel.
This mistake comes from the inability to rightly divide our bibles. 

John, being one of the 12 apostles,  was not in a position to say, "I am Forgiven." (1John 1:9)

He, along with all the rest of the remnant of Israel were anticipating the forgiveness that was to come. 

Peter preached that Israel would be forgiven when?

Acts 3:19-21
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;  And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:  Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

This is why confusion about salvation runs rampant from pulpits of every denomination today. There are books in your bible that you can "learn" from, but that does not mean they are for your participation. 

Early Acts is not the beginning of the Body of Christ,  it is the fulfillment of prophecy. Read Peter's sermon in Acts 2. Go and see what message was preached. You know what you won't find? You won't find the Gospel of the cross there. You will not hear Peter say, "hey guys. .. Jesus died for your sins. And his resurrection. .. that was for our justification."

Opposite of Paul’s gospel (1 Cor. 15:1-4)

Nope. You will see Peter preach a murder indictment towards Israel. Then you will see Peter continuing the gospel of the kingdom message (Which is found in M,M, L &J) Which doesn't contain the information OF WHY Christ died Or ressurected. 

Unless you understand that Paul was given further revelation from Christ, you will not be able to make sense of scriptures that obviously contradict one another, especially if not rightly divided.

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