I made this thread because it was stirring in me and it was disturbing me how people can say the Lord alienates Himself from us because of sin. It didn't make sense to me because, as was attempted to be presented in the OP, sin was taken care of by Jesus for the very reason of reconciliation. The idea is that the barrier between man and God was torn and now we are reconciled to God, hence why Jesus went to the cross to bear man's sins.
So when people started making posts about sin and breaking fellowship it dawned on me that it is man with his false perception of God who is doing the alienating and not the Lord Himself. He took care of sin, it is our own preconceived ideas of Him that now separates men from Him. They think He is angry, and full of wrath towards them not realizing He sent Jesus into the world not to condemn but save. He loves us, and sin is something that He dealt with so that we could once again walk with Him. To have communion and fellowship and there be no hindrances.
In other words, its the Gospel, its the Good News. Jesus paid the price for our sins and we are reconciled to God. I think we should really consider the Apostle Paul's words...
Romans 6:11King James Version (KJV)
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
So when people started making posts about sin and breaking fellowship it dawned on me that it is man with his false perception of God who is doing the alienating and not the Lord Himself. He took care of sin, it is our own preconceived ideas of Him that now separates men from Him. They think He is angry, and full of wrath towards them not realizing He sent Jesus into the world not to condemn but save. He loves us, and sin is something that He dealt with so that we could once again walk with Him. To have communion and fellowship and there be no hindrances.
In other words, its the Gospel, its the Good News. Jesus paid the price for our sins and we are reconciled to God. I think we should really consider the Apostle Paul's words...
Romans 6:11King James Version (KJV)
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
A major prophecy in the Bible proclaimed that many of the saints would be overcome and killed by all the lies coming from these false prophets and teachers. And here we are, the prophecy is fulfilled before our eyes in those who have already been led astray by workers of iniquity by believing that wilful sin cannot separate you from God.
If any man builds again that old Adam image that Jesus came to destroy in his own flesh, he also shall be found to be a transgressor.
Galatians 2:18
For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.