Yes, from heaven's point of view, I believe.
When we study the NT, and the verses are speaking to us, the CHURCH... = AFTER the Cross is Raised,... (those verses).... and Christ is back in Heaven, then those verses are very specific to "the time of the Gentiles", and Jesus sent Paul to be the "Apostle to the Gentiles".
There is no other, Just Paul.
ALL bible verses found in the NT, have to be seen "In LIGHT of the CROSS"... as do they agree, or do they not seem to agree.
And if they dont seem to agree with God's Eternal GIFT of Salvation, then most of the time, thats a verse written to a JEW, before the Cross was Raised.
So, we dont direct those verses at ourselves as Doctrine.
Now, it can be that a believer, has not come to realize that some NT verses, are not given for/to the Born Again Christian.
And one of the ways we discern this, is to ask.....Is the Apostle PREACHING, or is He TEACHING. ??????
See, im a both of those.. .so, i Preach to unbelievers and i teach Born again Believers, and i don't give them the same message, as it wont FIT both cases..
See that?
Apostles, were preachers sent to UNBELIEVERS.... long before they began to deal with CHRISTians...., and all through the NT, they sometimes still dealt with unbelievers, and so they PREACHED to them about their sin and their unbelief.
For example, Acts 28, is near the end of the Acts of the Apostles, literally about 30 yrs, past Christ's ascension, at least, and Paul is preaching to UNBELIEVERS.....
So, an Apostle is not going to preach about Sin and Unbelief and the Need to Trust in Christ....(Hebrews 6 &10).... to a Born Again Christian, as there is no need.
But they WILL be found preaching to unbelievers, both gentiles and Jews, in the NT.... and they tell them..>"you have sin", "dont reject Jesus".. and "BELIEVE""">...
If Today im preaching to unbelievers about their sin and their Eternity and where they need to CHOOSE to spend it, and they say.."well, i dont believe im a sinner, as i dont believe in that SIN stuff, as that is what Christians talk about, and im not one of those".
Then id say..>"listen, if we say we have no sin, then we deceive ourselves, as certainly you would admit that at some point you have lied or stolen or hated someone and hoped they would die, at least once in your LIFE"..
"well, yeah......i guess so"... "yeah i did"..
So, im not going to be preaching that MESSAGE to a CHRISTian, and neither did John in 1 John 1:9..... Reader.
Our logic just isn't adequate for things that can only be spiritually discerned.
CHRISTianity is completely spiritual.
Its started by the Holy Spirit.
We are born again Spiritually.
The Bible has to be "Spiritually Discerned"..
We are to "walk in the Spirit". ect, ect.
And because so many are NONE OF THAT, and yet they come to forums and pretend to be a "teacher", or they form a denomination.. or build a church...
They write "Christian books'.. .they write "christian commentaries", they post "christian video blogs" and they are no more born again then a Pig in Spain, or a Rooster on Mars..... yet they speak the latest "christianese"... and they are so "spiritual"..
They post rows and rows of "verses" they cut and pasted and dont understand at all.
That is their carnal game of "im playing Gotcha" and i post a lot of verses" = I WIN I WIN.
You win nothing.
You're just carnal and maybe you are saved.. maybe not.
So, the carnal mind is actually unable to relate to anything that is CHRISTian, therefore..... when a person with a carnal mind is trying to explain CHRISTianity on a FOURM, then they talk about.. .SIN, sin, sin, and repentance and more repentance..... and Romans 7... and commandment keeping, and water baptism, and endless suffering as the only way to a "higher walk"...
= Fakirs or they are "fallen from Grace", yet born again.
"She hath done what she could."
I use Mary Mag as a way to teach people who are "Grace confused" and rant about OSAS, how to understand God's Grace, correctly., and what the FRUIT of this understanding does to a TRUE Believer..
So we see Mary M in public, crawling across a floor, on her hands and knees unashamed, to worship the Holy One who caused her to be """"forgiven much"""""'.. and Her Tears were JOYFUL, THANKFUL...WORSHIPFUL......and she dried them with her hair.
And Jesus was smiling, and blessed by it.
And Yet, no Cross yet, so No Born again yet... for Mary Mag.
This is why the NT says she was "FORGIVEN MUCH"....VS.....= "ETERNALLY Forgiven and Made Righteous, and IN Christ".
So, the Born Again Christian, has been forgiven more then "much".. we have been forgiven ALL OUR SIN, forever.
And so, our Heart, .. that is embraced and consumed by that Knowledge of God's Grace,....... wants us to give our life to GOD.. as that is how our tears wash the feet of Holy Jesus THE Lord.
= "here i am Lord, send ME"... "let me serve"... "
Im all YOURS"...