Past sins forgiven

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Pilgrimshope

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I'm not sure what any of that has to do with the fact that Jesus did
in fact mention a new covenant despite your claim to the contrary.


Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭55:1-3, 6-8‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“hear and your soul shall live “

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
‭‭John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭KJV‬‬

I will make and everlasting covenant “

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:35‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“come to me “

Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:10‬

“Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭52:6‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭1:21-23‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.”
‭‭John‬ ‭8:23-24‬

“and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:

blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”
‭‭John‬ ‭20:27-29‬ ‭KJV‬‬

“being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. For All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1:23-25‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Jesus spoke the new covenant

“and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,

and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

See that ye refuse not him that speaketh.
For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:24-25‬ ‭KJV‬‬
 

Pilgrimshope

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Yep....this verse may read in English as past tense....but it's a tense in Early Latin/Greek that covers past, present, and future tense all at the same time. A tense that doesn't exist and has not existed in English.
“ the power to become “
 

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If you have violated the law, then show up in court and are told "even though you are guilty, someone has already paid the penalty for your violation and you are free to go", you will understand Christ's sacrifice.
Sin No More

John 5:14 KJV
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.


Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
 

JohnDB

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“ the power to become “
I wouldn't say power....more along the lines of the privilege of rights.
But with sonship comes responsibilities as well as authority and access to the "power" we need to perform our Father's business....as He sees fit as always.
 

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I wouldn't say power....more along the lines of the privilege of rights.
But with sonship comes responsibilities as well as authority and access to the "power" we need to perform our Father's business....as He sees fit as always.
John 5:14 KJV
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole:
sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
 
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Sin No More

John 5:14 KJV
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.


Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Congratulations! You have quoted two Biblical verses out of context.

Jesus told a man whom He had healed not to sin any more. So? What does that have to do with past sins being forgiven? Of course, this happened before Jesus was sacrificed, paying the price for all people's sins.

Romans 6:23 is a great verse, but I don't understand what you are trying to state by quoting it. As I said earlier, Jesus paid the sacrifice for everyone's sins by His sacrifice and resurrection. Christianity 101.

If you're conflating the two verses to mean that if you sin as a Christian that you have lost your salvation, you are wrong!
 

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Tells us nothing - God tested Abraham, but does not accept human sacrifice that is why an animal was sacrificed
God does not accept human sacrifice?

Earlier in that chapter, God had instructed Abraham to sacrifice his son. As shown below.

Genesis 22:1-2
Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

It looks as though God does accept human sacrifice.

God tested Abraham you say, but why would God specifically ask Abraham to sacrifice his only son. What a strange thing for God to do.
That passage does not make sense, if you interpret that chapter (Genesis 22) the way you do.
 

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Animal - not human sacrifice

Matthew 9:13 - 13 But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, not sacrifice For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Hosea 6:6 - 6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Deuteronomy 24:16 - 16 Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.


Deuteronomy 12:31 - 31 You must not worship the LORD your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.

The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of he 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. (Ezekiel 18:20)

Many more passages say the same.
But God did ask Abraham to sacrifice his son.

God is love.

So explain why God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son. Assuming that the sacrifice of a human is a grievous sin.

You need to explain your interpretation of Genesis 22.
 

Pilgrimshope

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I wouldn't say power....more along the lines of the privilege of rights.
But with sonship comes responsibilities as well as authority and access to the "power" we need to perform our Father's business....as He sees fit as always.
yeah I was just saying that’s what the scripture says that believing the gospel gives you the “power to become “ it’s a hope To become a new creation we still have to walk in faith

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭1:16-17‬ ‭KJV‬‬
 

Pilgrimshope

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Sin No More

John 5:14 KJV
Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.


Romans 6:23 KJV
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
amen this is written to believing baptized Christian’s to the brethren in Christ

“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:

but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:12-13‬ ‭
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:19-21‬ ‭KJV‬‬
 
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amen this is written to believing baptized Christian’s to the brethren in Christ

“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:

but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:12-13‬ ‭
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:19-21‬ ‭KJV‬‬
So if you deliberately sin after you have been "born again" (been given the Holy Spirit), you will not inherit the kingdom of God. Every serious Christian knows that. What are you trying to say in big, bold letters?
 

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Bruce_Leiter

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David committed the sins of premeditated murder and adultery. Under the
terms and conditions of the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with
God in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; those are
unpardonable, viz: there are no atonements in the Levitical catalogue for
those kinds of violations.


Num 15:30-31 . . But the person, be he citizen or stranger, who acts
defiantly reviles the Lord; that person shall be cut off from among his
people. Because he has spurned the word of The Lord and violated His
commandment, that person shall be cut off— he bears his guilt.


Addressing Jews in the New Testament; the writer said:

Heb 10:26-28 . . If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received
the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful
expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of
God.


Yet God put away David's unpardonable sins; and the only possible way He
could do it without obstructing justice was to lay those sins on Christ.


Isa 53:6 . . All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one
to his own way; and The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.


That passage was addressed to Jews too. They have a safety net but I
suspect quite a few either don't know it or they simply don't want it; which
is tragic beyond words.


Deut 27:26 . . Cursed is the man who does not uphold the words of this
law by carrying them out.


* Christ's crucifixion trumps the covenant's curse because it has always
trumped it. (1Pet 1:20, Rev 13:8)
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Bruce_Leiter

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Are you saying that God never forgave David's two horrendous sins? He is described as a man after God's own heart; he wrote most of the psalms. The Old Testament saints, for example those mentioned in the Book of Hebrews as people of true faith, were forgiven through the future death of Jesus pictured in the bloody sacrifices (Isaiah 53).
 

Bruce_Leiter

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Sins can only be forgiven with repentance - this presumption that Jesus 'Lamb' died for the sins is contrary to Jesus teachings and only appears in Johns Gospel - long time after and arguably corrupted.
Matthew 9:13 - 13 But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, not sacrifice For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
If you're saying that John's gospel is corrupted, what basis do you have to say that statement? It is part of God's Word until you prove to me that it is not. Go ahead and prove your comment, but I won't argue with you.