Originally posted by plo30360:
Justification and purification are 2 different things. By Christ's
death and rising we are [b]justified.
True God does not remember our sins, when He forgives them. But in
order to obtain forgiveness, in the 1st place we must
acknowledge that we have sinned and require forgiveness for those
sins. We can't do that, if we don't repent of all
sins
I hope our reformed Christians understand this. What Christ did on
the Cross was to free us from the wages of sins which could not
have been done by our own merit. Thus, we became justified.
But purification is another matter, we become purified when we
respond to the salvation which was bought for us at such a high
price. And how do we respond to salvation which is offered?
Is it enough to say I'm saved and born again and therefore
automatically I will not sin again, that I've repeneted of every
single sin?
Christ has paid for our past,present and future sins. This is the
truth. But to acept salvation one must first repent.
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Purified, ok
I peter 1:22-23
22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so
that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another
deeply, from the heart. 23For you have been born again, not
of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and
enduring word of God.
We are purified by obeying the truth, what is this truth?
1 peter 1:18-21
18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as
silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life
handed down to you from your forefathers, 19but with the precious
blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20He was chosen
before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last
times for your sake. 21Through him you believe in God, who raised
him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are
in God.
The truth in regards to Christ perfection.
[b]Christ has paid for our past,present and future sins. This is
the truth. But to acept salvation one must first
repent.
not fully true, to accept salvation, one must accept the Christ's
sacrifices, His death and resurrection, the payment Christ made for
the peanlties of our sins.
Its not about what we do (yes, its has nothing to do with what we
do), its 100% fully depends on what Christ did. To say we must
first repent, is to say we start the initiatives, when Christ is
the one who had taken the first step.
What is repentance? a change of mindset, to change from believing I
can to I cannot, from believing its all about what I do, to
everything that Christ had done.
Is this a free ticket to sin? absolutely not, contratary to this, a
person who had truely saved, by the new nature would not want to
commit sin, yes, we are still human, we fall, just like a child
learning to walk, when we fall, learn to stand up and continue
walking, knowing the loving hands of our Father will always be
there to pick us up.
