"Forgiven" .. for sins that cause an interruption of our walking in fellowship with God in the filling of the Spirit.
In contrast to: What was
"PAID FOR" on the Cross, so God would not forsake all mankind all together. Without the provision of the Cross all of us would have been forsaken and not even offered forgiveness.
The penalty for sin was bore by Jesus on the Cross.
He was
forsaken so that all mankind would not have to be forsaken forever. Forsaken by a Holy God that can have nothing to do with man's depravity.
"My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me!?"
Jesus was forsaken by the Father. Forsaken for the sins of the all mankind while they were being poured on his body as he was nailed on the Cross!
Jesus paid the penalty for us being born a sinner by nature .. And, even for those who would refuse to believe in Him!
Jesus paid the penalty for being born a sinner by nature for both believer and unbeliever!
"He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours
but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John 2:2
All unbelievers will not be going to the Lake of Fire for their sins. The penalty was paid for on the Cross!
And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books
were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life.
And the dead were judged according to their works,(not sins) by
the things which were written in the books."
No unbeliever's sins will be mentioned in the final judgement. Only their works will be evaluated.
One work will be searched for and not found! That one work? They never believed in Jesus Christ! (John 6:28-29)
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he
has sent.”
The unbeliever's rejection of Jesus Christ will condemn them Not their sins which were paid for on the Cross! God has given everyone a fair and equal chance for salvation.
At the final judgment of the unbeliever only their works will be evaluated (no sins will be mentioned). And, everyone who rejected Christ will come up short of the required righteousness by God for His acceptance of them into His Kingdom. Their works will not save them. They will be seen as filthy rags in His sight.
With the penalty for being born sinners having been paid for on the Cross? ... We yet remain on this earth in a body that can sin.
So, the lhe lingering effect of sin was resolved by the blood of Christ. For we can now regain lost filling of the Spirit when we may sin by the blood of Christ provision, by simply naming our sins.
Acknowledge when you sin before God? Do not deny it? And, back into walking in the Light with God. The provision of the forgiveness of sins can only be offered to those who believe. For that power for forgiveness restores us to walking in the Spirit after we may have stumbled into a sin.