john breitels
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what version of the bible are you reading?“We are all infected and impure with sin.” (Isaiah 64:6)
“all people are under the power of sin.” (Romans 3:9)
“we are all prisoners of sin.”
(Galatians 3:22)
“we were spiritually dead because of our sins (Ephesians 2:5)
“He will save His people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)
Yes, of course, Jesus died for ALL of our sins!
He died for our past sins
… before we became BACs.
He died for our present sins
… that we repent of now.
He died for our future sins
… that we will repent of later.
WARNING … Either accept God’s word,
or accept the consequences! …
“For he who lacks these things (vv.5-8)
is shortsighted, even to blindness,
and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his OLD sins.” (2 Peter 1:9)
Other translations have “former sins”, “past sins”.
When you were born-again … you were forgiven of the sins you had committed in the past.
Please POST and explain ...
IF you do NOT believe the above verse!
“in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed” (Romans 3:25)
Jesus came to FREE us from the bondage
of sin, from being prisoners of sin
He came to FREE us from sinning
... so we don't HAVE to sin!
Jesus did this by giving us:
-- a new nature
-- the indwelling Holy Spirit
-- the whole word of God
-- promises that we are NO longer slaves of sin,
so we can have the confidence to overcome sin
-- the knowledge about repentance
-- promise to forgive our sins when we repent
-- also, He defeated Satan who held us in bondage/captivity
God’s PROMISES that BACs have been
SET FREE from the bondage of sin!
“that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” (Romans 6:6)
“For he who has died has been freed from sin.” (Romans 6:7)
“reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin” (Romans 6:11)
“For sin shall not have dominion over you” (Romans 6:14)
“you WERE slaves of sin”
(Romans 6:17 and Romans 6:20)
“And having been set free from sin” (Romans 6:18 and Romans 6:22)
“free from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:2)
“When you came to Christ … Christ performed a spiritual circumcision —
the cutting away of your sinful nature” (Colossians 2:11)
Do you ever get tired of reading that
you are NO LONGER a slave of sin?
God’s WARNINGS to His BACs
about the dangers of sinning
● “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever
commits sin is a slave of sin.” (John 8:34)
● “Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey?
You can be a slave to sin, which leads to (spiritual) death, or you can choose to
obey God, which leads to righteous living
(i.e. righteousness).” (Romans 6:16)
● “For if you live according to the flesh,
you will die” (Romans 8:13)
● “Do you not know that the unrighteous (sinners) will not inherit the kingdom of God?” (1 Corinthians 6:9)
● “those who practice such things (sins)
will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
(Galatians 5:21)
● “no (sinner) … has any inheritance
in the kingdom of Christ and God.”
(Ephesians 5:5)
● “for because of these things (sins)
the wrath of God comes upon the sons
of disobedience.” (Ephesians 5:6)
● “Little children, let no one deceive you … In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does NOT practice righteousness is NOT of God” (1 John 3:7-10)
God’s ANTIDOTE for any sins
committed by His precious BACs
● “But if we confess our sins to him,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all wickedness (unrighteousness).” (1 John 1:9)
“This is an extremely important verse …
all men need to be repeatedly purified from
all unrighteousness – from all their sins …
We must confess our sins and turn from them …
We must also confess them with our actions …
(John) is talking here about repentance …
we must hate our sins and turn from them.
This is true repentance.”
(The Applied New Testament Commentary,
1996, Dr. Thomas Hale, medical missionary)
● Paul wrote this below to the Corinthian church concerning his previous letter (1 Corinthians),
in which he had rebuked them … they really needed to repent to continue to be saved !!!
“the pain (from Paul’s rebuke) caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants His people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. For the kind of sorrow God wants us
to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation.” (2 Corinthians 7:8-9)
● And Paul chastises them below for
NOT repenting of their habitual sins …
“And I will be grieved because many of
you have not given up your old sins.
You have not repented of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for
lustful pleasure.” (2 Corinthians 12:21)
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