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"But God has a way to make people right with him without the law, and he has now shown us that way which the law and the prophets told us about. God makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ, because all people are the same: Everyone has sinned and fallen short of God’s glorious standard, and all need to be made right with God by his grace, which is a free gift. They need to be made free from sin through Jesus Christ." -Romans 3:21-24
OK, so I really, truly honestly believe the biggest false doctrine in the church today is that you can "fall out of forgiveness." You can fall out of grace, but not forgiveness... ALL sins we're forgiven 2,000 years ago, on the cross. Don't believe me? Here are a few verses:
"For Christ also suffered ONCE for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit." -1 Peter 3:18
"So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him." -Hebrews 9:28
EITHER HIS BLOOD COVERS EVERY SIN OR IT DOESN'T! & God no longer sees your sins, Christian or non-Christian! Sin is not a behavior problem. It's an issue of faith. If you are placing your faith in Jesus, then your sinful nature has died with Christ, and you are a new creation.
So, yes.. Lady Gaga's sins are forgiven.
Lil' Wayne's sins are forgiven. Marilyn Manson's, Hitler's, Kony's... the drug dealers down the road from you. Does that forgiveness benefit them anything if they haven't accepted Christ, truly? No. Not one bit. But the Good News is, all God sees is their unbelief.
Christ warned many would fall away from the Good News.
"If you try to be made right with God through the law, your life with Christ is over—you have left God’s grace. But we have the true hope that comes from being made right with God, and by the Spirit we wait eagerly for this hope." -Galatians 5:4-5
We are DEAD to the law!!!
"Sin was in the world before the law of Moses, but sin is not counted against us as breaking a command when there is no law." -Romans 5:13
You see where I'm going here? YOU ARE COMPLETELY FORGIVEN! YOU DO NOT FALL OUT OF FORGIVENESS!
OK, so I really, truly honestly believe the biggest false doctrine in the church today is that you can "fall out of forgiveness." You can fall out of grace, but not forgiveness... ALL sins we're forgiven 2,000 years ago, on the cross. Don't believe me? Here are a few verses:
"For Christ also suffered ONCE for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit." -1 Peter 3:18
"So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him." -Hebrews 9:28
EITHER HIS BLOOD COVERS EVERY SIN OR IT DOESN'T! & God no longer sees your sins, Christian or non-Christian! Sin is not a behavior problem. It's an issue of faith. If you are placing your faith in Jesus, then your sinful nature has died with Christ, and you are a new creation.
So, yes.. Lady Gaga's sins are forgiven.
Lil' Wayne's sins are forgiven. Marilyn Manson's, Hitler's, Kony's... the drug dealers down the road from you. Does that forgiveness benefit them anything if they haven't accepted Christ, truly? No. Not one bit. But the Good News is, all God sees is their unbelief.
Christ warned many would fall away from the Good News.
"If you try to be made right with God through the law, your life with Christ is over—you have left God’s grace. But we have the true hope that comes from being made right with God, and by the Spirit we wait eagerly for this hope." -Galatians 5:4-5
We are DEAD to the law!!!
"Sin was in the world before the law of Moses, but sin is not counted against us as breaking a command when there is no law." -Romans 5:13
You see where I'm going here? YOU ARE COMPLETELY FORGIVEN! YOU DO NOT FALL OUT OF FORGIVENESS!