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And post #556 was to you:Hebrews 7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself Says nothing about current sins being covered or future. It just says his sins No implication of repented or sins currently being committed
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"Originally Posted by lori milne
Romans 3:25
Clearly says past sins
Show me differently"
OK, I did, and I'll do it again.
Rom 3:25 - whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;
This verse speaks of the fact that God has delayed dealing sin, but not that bypassing equates to justification. God's "forbearance", connected witht he phrase "passed over" in light of Paul's use of "forebearance" elsewhere (Rom 4:2), refers to a period of time before the cross when God did not punish men commensurate with their sins but exercises grace until Christ paid the penalty. This does not mean God did not forgive sins in the OT. He did, but tremporarily postponed the full payment of them until Christ's death on the cross.
iow, the OT animal sacrifice didn't actually atone for sin, but was a shadow of when Christ came and actually did atone for sin.
This verse is NOT about covering sins committed before we believed in Christ.
Further, the rest of Rom 3 drives home the point that the believer is JUSTIFIED by faith. Nothing about a partial justification, as your view indicates in the idea of "past sins".
If Christ only died for "past sins", as being claimed, then He didn't die for all of them, which is NOT stated anywhere in Scripture. Your view is wholly unsubstantiated in Scripture.
Further, the Greek word for "once for all" found in Rom 6:10, Heb 7:27, 9:12 and 10:10 are about His death for sins.
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Thayer Definition:
1) once, at once
1a) all at once
1b) once for all
iow, He died ONE TIME for ALL SINS.
Rom 6:10 - For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
Heb 7:27 - 7who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
Heb 9:12 - and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
Heb 10:10 - By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
I hope these verses will put to rest your errant view of "past sins".
Jesus Christ died once for all sins. Your view misunderstands Rom 3:25.
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