In 1 Corinthians 15:3 when Paul says that Christ died for our sins is he saying Christ took the punishment for our sins by dying for them? I guess I'm not getting what Christ dying for our sins means.
Christ died to pay for the sins of all of those people that his Father gave to him. Jesus did not offer to pay for the sins, He PAID for them, and God now looks upon those that he died for as holy and without blame. Those that he died for, as long as they live in this world, will still, accassionaly, commit sins, but the sins will not void their eternal inheritance.In 1 Corinthians 15:3 when Paul says that Christ died for our sins is he saying Christ took the punishment for our sins by dying for them? I guess I'm not getting what Christ dying for our sins means.
Christ died to pay for the sins of all of those people that his Father gave to him. Jesus did not offer to pay for the sins, He PAID for them, and God now looks upon those that he died for as holy and without blame. Those that he died for, as long as they live in this world, will still, accassionaly, commit sins, but the sins will not void their eternal inheritance.
Or I guess I don't understand what it means that Christ died for our sins.
But does "Christ died for our sins" mean that Christ died to take the punishment for our sins?
Think of the OT lamb on the day of atonment who died for the sin of the peopleBut does "Christ died for our sins" mean that Christ died to take the punishment for our sins?
As I have said to you before, you can contrast it to what Peter and the 11 were preaching in early Acts
Calvary was not good news in the early Acts period (that is, prior to God’s revelation to Paul). The crucifixion was something preached as evil, something Israel had done to bring God’s wrath upon them (see Acts 2:22-36; Acts 3:12-26; Acts 4:9-12; Acts 5:27-32).
It is only when we come to Paul’s ministry and message that God reveals that Jesus Christ’s finished crosswork is now the means whereby He will save Jews and Gentiles alike by simple faith in that crosswork.
Peter and the 11 did not preach in early Acts, “Christ died for our sins.” Paul did preach that message, however (1 Corinthians 15:3, written during the book of Acts). Paul simply preached faith and faith alone in Jesus Christ’s finished crosswork as means for forgiveness, for salvation from sins, to receive the Holy Spirit, et cetera (Acts 13:38-39; Acts 16:30-31; Romans 1:16; Romans 3:22-28; Romans 4:1-8; Romans 4:24-25; 1 Corinthians 1:21; Ephesians 1:13-14; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5; et cetera)
GOD tell us that That HE can BLOT out our names in Exodus 32:32 - 32:33 -DEU 9:14 , 29:20 ,
REV 3: 5 HE that overcometh , the same shall be clothed in white raiment; AND I WILL NOT BLOT OUT his name out of the BOOK of life, but I will confess his name before my father, and before HIS angels, HE that hath an ear , let him hear what the spirit saith unto the Churchs . SOME PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE GOD AND CLOSE THEIR EARS TO WHAT GOD SAYS .
The Tribulation that you thinking about ,has already happen in the dark DAYS , When the reformers give up their lives and was burn at the stacks , There no one that knows how many give up their lives , But there is still of that to happen yet ,Yes, during the Tribulation, your name can indeed be blotted out if, for example, you decided to take the mark of the beast, after you believed in Christ (Rev 14:9-11)
The Tribulation that you thinking about ,has already happen in the dark DAYS , When the reformers give up their lives and was burn at the stacks , There no one that knows how many give up their lives , But there is still of that to happen yet ,
This is what it is talking about in REV 6 :9-12 There is more to suffer like they did yet .GOD bless as HE sees fit .
The antichrist was , And is still the POPE , THAT had them killed , And the deadly wound is just about healed , And going to start soon , FOR the rest that will give their lives also , HIS mark is sunday , and they tell that it is , THE popes mark of authority , The Image is Church & state coming back together again ,like it was in Rome , Rome and the Catholic Church together , and killed the Christians in the first part of tribulations , The a country speaks by its LAWS , And that is how the Image will speak , And by the LAWS they will put GODs people to death , JUST like Church & state Did in Rome,So there were the Antichrist, the false prophet and the beast during those dark days of yours?
The antichrist was , And is still the POPE , THAT had them killed , And the deadly wound is just about healed , And going to start soon , FOR the rest that will give their lives also , HIS mark is sunday , and they tell that it is , THE popes mark of authority , The Image is Church & state coming back together again ,like it was in Rome , Rome and the Catholic Church together , and killed the Christians in the first part of tribulations , The a country speaks by its LAWS , And that is how the Image will speak , And by the LAWS they will put GODs people to death , JUST like Church & state Did in Rome,
Well I preyed for knowledge one night , And the next morning , I meat some people that open my eyes up to a lot of things in the BIBLE . And yes I believe they were sent to me by GOD , And I have enjoyed learning TOO .You have a very vivid imagination.
He took all the sins of those who will receive HIM and repent & be baptized . He will cover them at first , AND if we will endure unto the END , HE will blot them for ever , And cast them in the sea of forgetfulness .But does "Christ died for our sins" mean that Christ died to take the punishment for our sins?