And, please, once and for all, can people please get a handle on Romans 3:25??
If only your past sins are forgiven when God saves you,
you must crucify the Lord of glory afresh each and every time you sin, again and again.
That is because the rebellion ceases in a true repentance. Very simple.
The individual who was walking their own way in defiance to God forsakes that walk when they repent. Thus when the are sprinkled with the blood their conscience is purged of their PAST REBELLION because they are NO LONGER in rebellion anymore.
If they were to go out the next day and willfully fornicate or commit adultery or whatever sin of the flesh then no sacrifice remains because the blood of Jesus Christ does not cover ongoing willful sin.
Afterall one must be "walking in the light as He is in the light" for the blood to cleanse one of ALL sin. If one has been cleansed then they have been cleansed, not only of the past criminal record but of the root cause of sin as well, that being iniquity in the heart.
To go out and WILLFULLY sin is to put Jesus Christ back on the cross and treat the blood as if it has no cleansing power.
When a judge offers pardon to a criminal and wipes clean his record then that criminal is free to go. If that criminal goes out an re-offends is he immune from future prosecution? Of course not. Why is it any different with God?
The Bible plainly teaches this...
Eze 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Eze 18:21 But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Eze 18:22 All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Eze 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?
Eze 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Eze 18:25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Eze 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
Eze 18:27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Eze 18:28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Eze 18:29 Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
Eze 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Eze 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Eze 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Clearly it is the PAST TRANSGRESSION which is forgiven in Eze 18. If one turns back to wickedness and dies in that wickedness then Ezekiel warns of the doom of that individual.
It takes a theologian to twist that around backwards and thus teach that "you can sin and not surely die."
It's not what the Bible teaches.
Conventional theology, especially the reformed school, have completely put the truth on its head. If one has been redeemed from the bondage of sin and had been made pure they are deemed a heretic, but if one is the Romans wretch, "sold under sin," sinning in thought word and deeds everyday then they are godly.
The truth is the rebellion ceases. The sins rooted in iniquity stop. Those in Christ have PURE hearts. They are not defiled, depraved and wicked. Only Satan would teach that those in Christ remain defiled, depraved and wicked. Christian's are godly holy people, a light to the world. They fear God and walk in His precepts, loving God and their neighbour. It does not mean they are perfect in the sense of never missing the mark, it simply means when they miss the mark it is not rooted in iniquity, they are not enslaved to the lusts of the flesh. They have been crucified with Christ and live unto God.