Who is the creator

[charismaticlady]

Any sin that is realized- that is to say any sin of which we are aware- is a sin for which we are culpable.
Any such sin can and will be forgiven if we confess and repent of said sin.

If we are aware of something that is against God's commandments and we do it anyway, are you saying we can just ask for forgiveness and God is obligated to forgive that willful sin? So I can go commit fornication, get pregnant, and have an abortion thinking I'll just confess this later and God will forgive me? God will not be mocked.

People twist Hebrews 10:26-31 to mean it only has to do with Jews wanting to go back under the law, when it is speaking of just the kind of scenario I gave and it tramples on Christ's blood. No where does it say our future willful sins unto death are forgivable. A true born again Christian CANNOT COMMIT present and future sins unto death. To do so is apostasy and it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

The theology of "past, present, and future sins" is heresy. Only our past sins unto death are forgiven, and not just forgiven but all desire is taken out of our nature making us clean. This is why we cannot commit lawless sins any more. And adding the word practice to multiple verses in the first epistle of John shows a complete lack of understanding of how God sees sin - again, the heresy of "sin is sin." 1 John 1:7 is what happens to unintentional sins not unto death as we walk in the light. These are automatically forgiven and cleansed as Jesus, the Finisher of our faith, and our Advocate matures immature fruit of the Spirit which is the only type of sin that verse is referring to.

Only sin specifically known, confessed and repented of is actually forgiven. Future sin has yet to be committed, and thus there is nothing yet to forgive.

1 John 3:9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.

So, Doug, what future sins? Chapter three is about lawless sins unto death, not immature fruit the only type of sin in 1 John 1:7.

I'll finish reading your post tomorrow. Good night, friend.

 

[TibiasDad]

If we are aware of something that is against God's commandments and we do it anyway, are you saying we can just ask for forgiveness and God is obligated to forgive that willful sin?

God is never obligated to do anything simply because we act. God cannot be obligated by anything outside of himself.
So the answer to your question is no!

So I can go commit fornication, get pregnant, and have an abortion thinking I'll just confess this later and God will forgive me?

No, because there is not true sorrow over sin; there is only an attitude of self-preservation- a have your cake and eat it too motivation. Confession is never enough in and of itself; true repentance is the key, thus, Peter answer to the Jews on Pentecost, “Repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins” and salvation will come.

God will not be mocked.

No he won’t! “Search me and know my heart; see if there is anything wicked in me..” is the only type of prayer that God responds to positively with forgiveness, in my humble opinion.


Doug

 

[TibiasDad]

People twist Hebrews 10:26-31 to mean it only has to do with Jews wanting to go back under the law, when it is speaking of just the kind of scenario I gave and it tramples on Christ's blood.

Heb 10:26If we deliberately keep on sinning
ἑκουσίως, (he-koo-see-os) means voluntarily or willingly (which I believe we’ve already discussed) with intent.


after we have received the knowledge of the truth,

Subsequent to knowing what sin is, and specifically knowing the sins for which we were forgiven by means of Christ’s blood, death, and resurrection, and therefore cannot plead ignorance or mere weakness for both have been remedied by the gospel.

no sacrifice for sins is left,

Because we are mocking God’s grace by employing it for selfish purposes. This mimics Paul’s opening salvo in Rome 6-

“Shall we continue to sin so that grace may abound? God forbid!” Or more accurately “May it never be!” We have purposefully chosen to sin in spite of our full knowledge of the truth.


27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

If forgiveness is not possible due to being unrepentant, then our only expectation is to receive the wrath of the God whose grace we have mocked!

28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

The writer points back to the OT law’s remedy for such acts, and ups the ante for those who would do such a thing.

29How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Believers are held to a higher standard, and failure has a more severe consequence of not remedied.

30For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” 31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

God does not set aside his holiness for the sins of believers. Sin is not automatically forgiven without recourse. God is willing to forgive any who repent of their sinful behavior, but deliberately continuing to behave sinfully will not be swept under the rug or shielded by Christ’s blood.


Doug