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i fear you are seriously mislead
His one sacrifice was enough I don't have to keep putting him on the cross!!!!
There is the forgiveness we receive from Jesus dying on the cross. That's called positional forgiveness. Reading your posts, that seems to be what you're speaking of.
The other type, which is what others are referring to, is called relational forgiveness.
It is because of the grace and mercy of God which is in Christ, for us, and through the faith given to us that we can approach the throne of grace and confess our sins freely to God in the confidence that we are forgiven of all our sins on Christ's account.
The devil is also doing his best to turn us from God and to destroy our faith and relationship with God.
When you have a relationship with your Father, and you adore your Father, and you treat your Father with the perfect love spoken of in these passages, you repent out of love. Do we ever tell our parents, "I'm sorry I hurt you" ? How much more are we to express to our Father? As we also ask Him to help deliver us from those sins/shortcomings that we battle with?There is no fear in love and God, is love.
1 John 4:18, There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Experience His perfect love and fear not.
And I also believe that, as the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom/knowledge (according to the Word), we are to fear Him as the Word says. If we look at fear in a context of being terrorized, of course we are not to fear Him in that way. We love Him. But when we look at fear in the context of awe, reverence, and even to regard God's whole nature that does NOT tolerate sin, we are to take Him far more seriously than anyone who could harm us physically. Because those who can kill the body can't send anyone to hell.When you have a relationship with your Father, and you adore your Father, and you treat your Father with the perfect love spoken of in these passages, you repent out of love. Do you ever tell your parents, "I'm sorry I hurt you" ? Sin grieves God. As His true children, we care if we do. The truth is, there are passages throughout the Word that proves we are capable of grieving Him. So, when we repent, that doesn't mean that we are asking for forgiveness in some hurry to escape a consequence. We're His child. We have a Father-child relationship with Him. A loving one. We care and don't want to grieve our Father. And we repent as a result. It's the experience of who we are in Him.
Does this apply also to asking God to bless us? We know He will bless us as His children. But do we stop asking Him to bless us?Ok, So you confess your sins to receive something that you already have? so If I give you a dollar you put in in your pocket. the next day can you come to me with that dollar still in your pocket. Will you ask for the same dollar I gave you yesterday? or will you simply thank me for giving you the dollar!!!?
Paul Washer, a fellow laborer in Christ of John MacArthur's, says things similar to this. He's stated several times that the evidence that a Christian really repented at the point of salvation is that he continues to repent. And he's talked about the journey of the walk similar to how John MacArthur describes it.John McArthur states (and I paraphrase it) that the mark of Christian growth is you sin less and less and grieve more and more when you do.
I do things all the time that are sinful and fall short of the perfection of God. Something as simple as fear, or thinking of self or reputation in the face of conflict can be sinful. Lashing out in anger or frustration?
I am not going to face judgment, but I will face Jesus. And I will weep in joy and gratitude of all the sins He saved me from
Not at all. Quick example. Your girlfriend gives you a nice watch for your birthday. She puts it in a nice box and wraps it with nice wrapping paper.So by you saying you have to "do" something in order to get something goes against the definition of Grace.
Thanks. It would be interesting to see if they have any official explanations of the Mass from thier standpoint. I would think that it is still an open question for them since they haven't had an ecumenical council in a bit.What I provided would also be the Orthodox view, and based on your own quote from Trent not altogether different from the view of your own church.
-CryptoLutheran
It is a free gift, but you still have to walk up to the altar and hold the chalice to your lips, at the very least.His Blood is a free gift!!! there is nothing that we can do to get that! He gives it to us by our faith in him.
I think you should only stop asking when you feel you have received what you asked for. Continue to ask if you feel you are not blessed.Does this apply also to asking God to bless us? We know He will bless us as His children. But do we stop asking Him to bless us?
You don't have to!! You thank Him for being such an awesome and loving God and You thank Him because you are Blessed you thank him because you are Loved... Do you go to God and ask Him to love you? No!!! Because you already know He does, you thank Him for his love! Is there anything wrong with you asking Him? No, But I just wanted people to see it from a deeper perspective "that's all".. The bible says we are complete in Christ. The scripture says if you "LACK" wisdom ask God... meaning if there is something you don't don't ask God, if there is something that you believe you lack, ask God... Thank you for your input, i really appreciate it saint.. God Bless youDoes this apply also to asking God to bless us? We know He will bless us as His children. But do we stop asking Him to bless us?
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