The Realm Of Maybe John 10:27-29 29 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall NEVER perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. If youre a Christian but live in the realm of Maybe Im forgiven, maybe Im not, it is not where God wants you to be. Do you go around thinking God is mad at you or, at the very least, mildly disappointed? Are you always condemning yourself for how youve failed? It may seem like the religious or spiritual thing to do but IT IS NOT PLEASING TO GOD, especially in light of the fact that His Son was brutally beaten and torchered to pay the full penalty for all your sins; past, present AND future, to make you righteous and to give you heaven. Think about it: the Holy Spirit, being God, cannot have fellowship with sin: EVER. He comes in and takes up residence when you first invited Jesus into your heart and the Bible says He NEVER leaves or forsakes you, right? If that is true and you believe you must confess your sins every time you commit them because now you are out of fellowship with God, you have a BIG problem. Heres the picture you have painted..... You have just committed a sin--small or little it matters not. You believe you are now in darkness and out of fellowship, must confess your sin(s), ask forgiveness and get cleansed (again) so you are back in the light and back in fellowship with God. Remembering that Holy Sprit--GOD--Who CANNOT have fellowship with sin....EVER.....must leave you until you confess that (those) sin(s); then, when you are right with God once again, He come back in. What do you have in there? A revolving door? If the above scenario were actually true, He probably spends more time on the outside than in your heart! So then, why does He say He NEVER leaves you or forsakes you? When is never, NEVER? The truth is He doesnt come into your heart and leave as through a revolving door every time you commit a sin. No; thats ridiculous. HE NEVER LEAVES YOU OR FORSAKES YOU! What does that tell you? YOU ARE ALWAYS CLEANSED OF SIN AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE GOD CANNOT EVER HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH SIN.........PERIOD. This whole concept is a misinterpretation of 1 John 1:9 which was written to the Gnostic Jews of Pauls day. The words for forgive and cleanse In Greek in this verse are aphiémi-send away, and katharizó-cleanse, make clean. THEY ARE BOTH IN THE AORIST TENSE. If you remember nothing else, remember this: AORIST tense means these are ONE-TIME, NEVER-TO-BE-REPEATED ACTIONS. This is a salvation verse. Paul actually begins addressing the church-believers-in chapter 2. There, in verse 12 he says, I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His names sake. The phrase, Little children, is teknion, in Greek. It does not refer to baby Christians but is an affectionate term, like saying, dear children, referring to all believers. He is writing to them BECAUSE their sins ARE FORGIVEN--perfect tense--them. Perfect tense means, an action that is executed; an action that is complete once and for all and NEEDS NO REPETITION. Check it out with any Greek scholar you like; they will tell you the same thing. You see? Your sins are forgiven you once and for all--PAST, PRESENT AND FUTIRE. Forgiveness for your sins from God NEVER needs to be repeated. As far as sin goes, between you and God, its a done deal. We do confess our sins to others whom we have wronged. It is HORIZONTAL: never vertical. So, stand and boldly: confess WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE: cleansed, righteous, pure; YES, PURE, even though you just blew it. Think of it like being under a waterfall of continual cleansing. DO NOT beat yourself up. When you do, what youre actually doing, in a way, is trying to pay for your own sins. Begging for forgiveness that you already have is the same thing. It dishonors what Jesus did. Its trampling His blood underfoot. No sincere Christian would ever knowingly do that. Realize that HE DID IT ALL. IT IS FINISHED! .....and come on over here into the Sonshine, child of God. You dont belong in the shadowy uncertainty of the REALM OF MAYBE.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:50:13 +0000
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