What I find sad is that it is preached that place your faith in Jesus and you will be saved. People do that then they are taught to go through hoops to maintain it.
Agree!
However the TRUTH is Lord Maintains a mans Conversion via His Indwelling Power.
The church brings in sinners then condemns them when they sin whilst being in the church.
Gods Words position IS, Sin is:
Violation of the Law.
...That was given Moses, Hebrews, 12Tribes, Jews.
And
Disbelief in God.
...Which applies to every natural born person, Jew or Gentile.
Further, Gods Word, Sin is:
... per the Law...
1) Against God AND other men.
2) per one NOT under the Law ONLY Against God, for Disbelief.
Jesus fulfilled the Law.
Freewilled men can believe that OR NOT.
Men who are Jews who believe the law was Fulfilled And accept Jesus .... Are Redeemed from being able To "be accounted" as committing a Sin against another man.
Men who are Gentile's never having been subject to the law, Whose Sin was Disbelief and have become Converted...CAN NEVER AGAIN Sin Against God. Their Sin has been Forgiven, Covered with Gods Indwelling Light/ Holy Spirt, and remembered no more.
By and Through and Because of the Lords Power...that man can Sin no more.
Trespass Against other men? Yes. Gentile's could always do that and it was Not a Sin unto them, because they were Not SUBJECT TO THE LAW.
Scripture provides the Remedy when one man Trespasses against another man. And yes it does include forgiveness BETWEEN men, as well as reparations....and the "Repercussions"? <----
Examples;
Tarnished reputation, jail time, loss of being trustworthy, labeled a murderer, cheat, thief, etc.
Is the burden that person has to bear.
( much Scriptural teaching is devoted to becoming Wise and learning How to avoid the repercussions of Trespassing between men)
Sometimes Trespasses are not avoidable. (We do not know all things and sometimes we, without intent do Trespass against others). The same remedy prevails and a Converted man has the Lord to comfort him, Through the repercussions.
It's about getting people through the front door yet leaving the back door open.
I see it more as teaching there IS a Back door for a Converted Man, and mankind has the Power to boot them to the Curb...which Is False.
A simple example being. A person came to our church, they had been to another and they smoked.
They came to Jesus, then a few months later were told "If you really love Jesus then you would not smoke"
A man calling on Jesus to confess Belief, and receive Forgiveness, has nothing to do with Smoking....and Everthing to do with them Being FORGIVEN for their disbelief...
Once a man becomes Converted, He Sins no more. 1 John 3:9
Most Christian Churches Teach what they were taugh from the historical Catholic teaching...that Gods Forgiveness of Sin, Is CONDITIONAL and dependent upon the man to maintain....LEARNED from What applied to Jews under the Law....as They (Jews) continually historically (and many TODAY) via their Law repeatedly ask for forgiveness of Sin.....
I believe it would. And I believe it is totally confusing to teach Forgiveness and Conversion By and Through Christ the Lord....
But oops not really.
This is not to advocate poor behavior After Conversion....there is much more that IS taught a man Can DO after Conversion.
However a mans "reasonable service" is to be Found Converted, on the day the Lord commences Collecting unto Himself, His People. Rom 12:1
God Bless,
Taken
