Jesus died for our sins. What does that mean?

What happens to a Christian's sins?

  • All our past, present and future sins are automatically taken away.

    Votes: 3 20.0%
  • All our past, present and future sins are covered by His blood so the Father doesn't see them.

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • All our past sins are taken away, and we willfully sin no more.

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • All our past sins are taken away, and any new sins need to be repented to be forgiven.

    Votes: 7 46.7%
  • The penalty for all our past, present and future sins is paid for.

    Votes: 6 40.0%
  • The penalty for all our past sins is paid for.

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • We will always sin as long as we have these temporal bodies.

    Votes: 9 60.0%
  • We are freed from the law, not from sin.

    Votes: 1 6.7%
  • We are freed from the law and from sin.

    Votes: 4 26.7%

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1 Corinthians 15:1-4
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
 
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He remains in us and we remain in Him.

We are not condemned by the law if we remain in Him.

Philippians 1:6

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And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
 
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Jesus died for our sins. What does that mean?

This question is loaded to the brim with gun powder, it's a great question to ask.

There are many scriptures that talk about Jesus Christ dying for sins.

What does that mean for everyone in the world now, that receives the Everlasting Good message of Salvation, of the Kingdom, of Christ, of the grace of God, of Peace?

Jesus died for our sins. What does that mean?

If someone (unbeliever) asked me this question on the street, my response would have to be that Jesus Christ has forgiven them and their sins, that the answer is found in Him in how we can overcome a lot of this world in having faith, love and relying on Him instead of ourselves. That He loves them and all of the humans on earth, and that is why He died on the cross for the sins of the world, and is a forgiving, and merciful God.
 
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Jesus died for our sins. What does that mean?

This question is loaded to the brim with gun powder, it's a great question to ask.

There are many scriptures that talk about Jesus Christ dying for sins.

What does that mean for everyone in the world now, that receives the Everlasting Good message of Salvation, of the Kingdom, of Christ, of the grace of God, of Peace?

Jesus died for our sins. What does that mean?

If someone (unbeliever) asked me this question on the street, my response would have to be that Jesus Christ has forgiven them and their sins, that the answer is found in Him in how we can overcome a lot of this world in having faith, love and relying on Him instead of ourselves. That He loves them and all of the humans on earth, and that is why He died on the cross for the sins of the world, and is a forgiving, and merciful God.

Do you know what Universalism is? It means that because Jesus died for the sins of the world, everyone, whether they know about Jesus or not is saved. Is that what you believe? It sounds like it. Just asking.
 
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Do you know what Universalism is? It means that because Jesus died for the sins of the world, everyone, whether they know about Jesus or not is saved.

Yes, I do. Though I would disagree about everyone being saved to the Kingdom of Heaven. However, the scriptures are clear and do show us that all sin was paid for by the death of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, for the whole world (all people). Not for our own sin, but the sin of the whole world.

Is that what you believe? It sounds like it. Just asking.

No. I believe we have the power over sin in our lives if we become a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that He can deliver us from certain sins in our life. It is something that comes through time, and through long-suffering.

However being a Christian who has already had much time in the scriptures and know these things, it doesn't make me better than a unbeliever, or a first-time start of believing. Because even as Christian who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We still fall-short sometimes although we are created as new creation, and have renewed our mind with the Word of God.

Hope this helps, thanks for asking.
 
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However being a Christian who has already had much time in the scriptures and know these things, it doesn't make me better than a unbeliever, or a first-time start of believing. Because even as Christian who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We still fall-short sometimes although we are created as new creation, and have renewed our mind with the Word of God.

I'll have to disagree to this from my own experience. I am a completely different person from my unsaved self. I have no desire to sin, where before I was a slave to sin, literally. I couldn't stop no matter how I tried. And it didn't take long, but immediately.

I do agree with you that perfection comes through suffering. What was perfected was my fear of the Lord. I never want to even appear to sin.
 
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Jesus died for our sins. What does that mean?

God sent Jesus to declare forgiveness and Jesus was murdered because of that. Because Jesus was sent to forgive and was killed for that, it can be said he died for our sins. The reason why he got killed, was our sins.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, Because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed, And to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
Luke 4:18-19

He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this reason I came forth."
Mark 1:38
 
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God sent Jesus to declare forgiveness and Jesus was murdered because of that. Because Jesus was sent to forgive and was killed for that, it can be said he died for our sins. The reason why he got killed, was our sins.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, Because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed, And to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
Luke 4:18-19

He said to them, "Let's go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this reason I came forth."
Mark 1:38

What I meant was, what now. What did Jesus dying for my sins do to the sin in my life?
 
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1 Corinthians 15:1-4
15 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,
I don't think we can separate the statement "Christ died for our sins" from "according to the Scriptures" in this text. It is a whole thought. What were "the Scriptures" at that time? The Apostle Paul is obviously referring to the prophetic aspect, not the individual aspect.
 
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Jesus died for our sins. What does that mean?
If someone (unbeliever) asked me this question on the street, my response would have to be that Jesus Christ has forgiven them and their sins, that the answer is found in Him in how we can overcome a lot of this world in having faith, love and relying on Him instead of ourselves. That He loves them and all of the humans on earth, and that is why He died on the cross for the sins of the world, and is a forgiving, and merciful God.
I agree.
Some erroneously believe that Jesus death is a covering for us to protect us from the wrath of God. As if Jesus died to save us from God.
 
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I don't think we can separate the statement "Christ died for our sins" from "according to the Scriptures" in this text. It is a whole thought. What were "the Scriptures" at that time? The Apostle Paul is obviously referring to the prophetic aspect, not the individual aspect.

Yes, do you know the Old Testament prophecy it is referring to?
 
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When someone is on their deathbed, in their last moments, sometimes they begin to perceive that Hell is more than just academic; they instinctively know it's coming and likely to become very concerned about ending up there. In moments like that, people don't need religion, no, they need a knight in shining armor, so to speak, and it so happens there's a God-given knight available.

Luke 2:8-12 . .And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

. . . But the angel said to them; "Don't be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today, in the town of David, a savior has been born to you; he is Messiah, the Lord."

The angel announced the birth of a savior; defined by Webster's as one who rescues. We've all seen examples-- lifeguards, firemen, cops, emergency medical teams, Coast Guard units, snow patrols, and mountain rescue teams. Rescue workers typically save people in distress who are facing imminent death and/or grave danger and utterly helpless to do anything about it.

In other words: Jesus Christ is a lifeline, so to speak, that God is all set to throw to anyone and everyone for whom destiny in Hell is a foregone conclusion.

John 3:14-17 . . As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whoever believes may in him have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

The incident to which Christ referred is located at Num 21:5-9. Long story short: Moses' people became weary of eating manna all the time at every meal. But instead of courteously, and diplomatically, petitioning their divine benefactor for a different diet, they became hostile and confrontational; angrily demanding tastier food.

In response to their insolence, and their ingratitude for His providence; God sent a swarm of deadly poisonous vipers among them; which began striking people; and every strike was 100% fatal, no exceptions.

After a number of people died, the rest came to their senses and begged Moses to intercede. In reply; The Lord instructed Moses to cobble a replica of the vipers and hoist it up on a pole in plain view so that everyone dying from snakebite could look to the image for relief.

The key issue here is that the replica was the only God-given remedy for the people's bites-- not sacrifices and offerings, not tithing, not church attendance, not scapulars, not confession, not holy days of obligation, not the Sabbath, not the golden rule, not charity, not Bible study and/or Sunday school, not self denial, not vows of poverty, not the Ten Commandments, not one's religion of choice, no; not even prayers. The replica was it; nothing else would suffice to save their lives.

As an allegory, Moses' replica indicates that Christ's crucifixion for the sins of the world is the only God-given rescue from the wrath of God; and when people accept it, then according to John 3:14-17 and John 5:24, they qualify for safety. Those who reject his crucifixion as the only God-given rescue from a fate worse than death, are already on the docket to face it.

John 3:18 . .Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

» His son's "name" in this case is relative to Moses' replica of the deadly snakes.
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This is a pretty difficult poll to try to answer without subscribing to modern Evangelical/Fundamentalist theology. I did my best with the constraints, but that did mean choosing options which at their surface seem to contradict each other.

As such I feel to provide a fuller response it is best that I simply refer to the Lutheran Confessions, in particular here from the Epitome of the Formula of Concord,

"1. Against both the errors just recounted, we unanimously believe, teach, and confess that Christ is our Righteousness neither according to the divine nature alone nor according to the human nature alone, but that it is the entire Christ according to both natures, in His obedience alone, which as God and man He rendered to the Father even unto death, and thereby merited for us the forgiveness of sins and eternal life, as it is written: As by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous, Rom. 5:19.

2. Accordingly, we believe, teach, and confess that our righteousness before God is (this very thing], that God forgives us our sins out of pure grace, without any work, merit, or worthiness of ours preceding, present, or following, that He presents and imputes to us the righteousness of Christ's obedience, on account of which righteousness we are received into grace by God, and regarded as righteous.

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5. We believe, teach, and confess that according to the usage of Holy Scripture the word justify means in this article, to absolve, that is, to declare free from sins. Prov. 17:15: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to the Lord. Also Rom. 8:33: Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

And when, in place of this, the words regeneratio and vivificatio, that is, regeneration and vivification, are employed, as in the Apology, this is done in the same sense. By these terms, in other places, the renewal of man is understood, and distinguished from justification by faith.

6. We believe, teach, and confess also that notwithstanding the fact that many weaknesses and defects cling to the true believers and truly regenerate, even to the grave, still they must not on that account doubt either their righteousness which has been imputed to them by faith, or the salvation of their souls, but must regard it as certain that for Christ's sake, according to the promise and [immovable] Word of the holy Gospel, they have a gracious God.

7. We believe, teach, and confess that for the preservation of the pure doctrine concerning the righteousness of faith before God it is necessary to urge with special diligence the particulae exclusivae, that is, the exclusive particles, i. e., the following words of the holy Apostle Paul, by which the merit of Christ is entirely separated from our works, and the honor given to Christ alone, when the holy Apostle Paul writes: Of grace, without merit, without Law, without works, not of works. All these words together mean as much as that we are justified and saved alone by faith in Christ. Eph. 2:8; Rom. 1:17; 3:24; 4:3ff.; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 11.

8. We believe, teach, and confess that, although the contrition that precedes, and the good works that follow, do not belong to the article of justification before God, yet one is not to imagine a faith of such a kind as can exist and abide with, and alongside of, a wicked intention to sin and to act against the conscience. But after man has been justified by faith, then a true living faith worketh by love, Gal. 5:6, so that thus good works always follow justifying faith, and are surely found with it, if it be true and living; for it never is alone, but always has with it love and hope.
" - The Epitome of the Formula of Concord, Article III, Affirmative Theses 1-2, 5-8

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Good one. I was thinking about Daniel 9:24 and 26.

Of course, there is also Psalms 22. But Daniel 9 has Jesus dying and also putting an end to sin.
All of that. Basically Paul was saying, Christ died for our sins, as was foretold in the Scriptures. (the Law) I believe this was the collective "our" (plural) Not in reference to individuals, or individual sins.
 
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What I meant was, what now. What did Jesus dying for my sins do to the sin in my life?

It means, your sins have been forgiven. Now, go and sin no more.

"Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."
John 8:11

This means, you have new beginning, and the old sin is not counted anymore. So, don’t make new. :)
 
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All of that. Basically Paul was saying, Christ died for our sins, as was foretold in the Scriptures. (the Law) I believe this was the collective "our" (plural) Not in reference to individuals, or individual sins.

Not just the Law, but also the Prophets.
 
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So, don’t make new.

Do you know how to not make new ones? It is not from the nature we were born with. The only way is from the new nature that Jesus gives us through the infilling of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is something not everyone calling themselves a Christian has. We must repent once and for all and want to follow Jesus, and Him only, not going our own way. That desire is what will make Jesus answer your cry and fill you with Himself that has power not to sin, as it is not in the divine nature. 2 Peter 1:2-4
 
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