I will answer most of this after my wrist heals up a little more. Thank you Jesus!
If you were in the courtroom of God with Jesus and the devil, and the Father, and His Word was the standard we were to be judged by, consider this:
You are on trial for recent sins as a believer.
You can't say, My sins were all forgiven 2,000 years ago!
God is a person. For many generations the shedding of blood is required to have your sins not to be considered. The blood must be applied, and animal sacrifices were done away with long ago. That's when you'd want to point to the Blood of Jesus given 2,000 years ago. You'd be right if you included repentance with your recent sins. The same was the case in the days of animal sacrifices (a type of the Blood of Jesus).
In a modern day courtroom, they would not consider you for release if you did not agree to first change. You would have to acknowledge your wrongdoing first, then tell them you have a change of heart. If their was a provision in the law to be considered in your release, it would only be considered if you met these considerations first. Jesus didn't die to get us off without an appearance and a change of heart. Not by a long shot.
In the courtroom of God it would be no different. If you attempted to bypass that to have your account cleared, you would be in contempt of court. For giveness is an accounting term whereby you now imply a zero balance. God never excuses wrongdoing. In the parable of the one who was to have his family sold and himself imprisoned, that man had a repentant heart and begged for mercy. That was the reason he received mercy. To say without repentance that Jesus paid my debt already for all my sins is only true to the one who repents and believes.
Jesus forgave everybody ALL their sins, but this is only a positional truth to the ones who repent. People go to Hell even though Jesus basically forgave already. It will do them no good if they wont repent.
You cant say in the courtroom of God: "I shouldn't even be here devil because Jesus paid for it already!" No, the reason you and all other lawbreakers (hypothetically speaking) are in court are for breaking the law.
You might say as many do that I'm redeemed from the law, but you are only redeemed from the law of ordinances. We will all be held accountable to obey the royal law of love, now "our commandments". If you don't fulfill the spirit of the law that even the Mosaic Law" was given for, not one jot or tittle will pass away.
Walking in love is what it means to abide in Him. It is a choice. You surely can depart from His will and we do it all of the time. Thank God He allows repentance, but there never has been, nor will there ever be another way to forgiveness. Jesus paid the price forever so He doesn't have to come back down. You CAN choose not to abide. There are levels of abiding. You can do what is acceptable or you can choose a more perfect way. This will be evident in your fruit. You always rely on the grace of God totally, but YOU must be the one who chooses this day whom you will serve. If we go our own way, we will find quickly that He doesn't know us. We will find very quickly that we do not know Him.
Only believers can walk in the light. We MUST do it to stay cleansed. That's how we abide. Again, our fruits will tell the tale because your natural man can't manufacture divine love.
If you don't believe all of this (I don't see how because it is scriptural) and repent anyway, because you have a heart to love God, then you will be received as you repent and believe. But teaching this is another matter. This tells people that that don't need to repent to be forgiven (after being born again). They don't need to walk in the light to stay cleansed. That is not what grace came to do. I'll let you decide on whether that is good or evil.
Those who sin enter into slavery.They became servants or slaves of sin. We are told by Jesus that the servants (really slave's) place in the house is not assured. Only the son's place is assured. Only those who do the will of God are sons and they abide forever.
If you were in the courtroom of God with Jesus and the devil, and the Father, and His Word was the standard we were to be judged by, consider this:
You are on trial for recent sins as a believer.
You can't say, My sins were all forgiven 2,000 years ago!
God is a person. For many generations the shedding of blood is required to have your sins not to be considered. The blood must be applied, and animal sacrifices were done away with long ago. That's when you'd want to point to the Blood of Jesus given 2,000 years ago. You'd be right if you included repentance with your recent sins. The same was the case in the days of animal sacrifices (a type of the Blood of Jesus).
In a modern day courtroom, they would not consider you for release if you did not agree to first change. You would have to acknowledge your wrongdoing first, then tell them you have a change of heart. If their was a provision in the law to be considered in your release, it would only be considered if you met these considerations first. Jesus didn't die to get us off without an appearance and a change of heart. Not by a long shot.
In the courtroom of God it would be no different. If you attempted to bypass that to have your account cleared, you would be in contempt of court. For giveness is an accounting term whereby you now imply a zero balance. God never excuses wrongdoing. In the parable of the one who was to have his family sold and himself imprisoned, that man had a repentant heart and begged for mercy. That was the reason he received mercy. To say without repentance that Jesus paid my debt already for all my sins is only true to the one who repents and believes.
Jesus forgave everybody ALL their sins, but this is only a positional truth to the ones who repent. People go to Hell even though Jesus basically forgave already. It will do them no good if they wont repent.
You cant say in the courtroom of God: "I shouldn't even be here devil because Jesus paid for it already!" No, the reason you and all other lawbreakers (hypothetically speaking) are in court are for breaking the law.
You might say as many do that I'm redeemed from the law, but you are only redeemed from the law of ordinances. We will all be held accountable to obey the royal law of love, now "our commandments". If you don't fulfill the spirit of the law that even the Mosaic Law" was given for, not one jot or tittle will pass away.
Walking in love is what it means to abide in Him. It is a choice. You surely can depart from His will and we do it all of the time. Thank God He allows repentance, but there never has been, nor will there ever be another way to forgiveness. Jesus paid the price forever so He doesn't have to come back down. You CAN choose not to abide. There are levels of abiding. You can do what is acceptable or you can choose a more perfect way. This will be evident in your fruit. You always rely on the grace of God totally, but YOU must be the one who chooses this day whom you will serve. If we go our own way, we will find quickly that He doesn't know us. We will find very quickly that we do not know Him.
Only believers can walk in the light. We MUST do it to stay cleansed. That's how we abide. Again, our fruits will tell the tale because your natural man can't manufacture divine love.
If you don't believe all of this (I don't see how because it is scriptural) and repent anyway, because you have a heart to love God, then you will be received as you repent and believe. But teaching this is another matter. This tells people that that don't need to repent to be forgiven (after being born again). They don't need to walk in the light to stay cleansed. That is not what grace came to do. I'll let you decide on whether that is good or evil.
Those who sin enter into slavery.They became servants or slaves of sin. We are told by Jesus that the servants (really slave's) place in the house is not assured. Only the son's place is assured. Only those who do the will of God are sons and they abide forever.
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