Again, I have no Problem with evangelical preaching to TRUST the Lord God...nor in the least do I believe TRUST is the LIMIT of evangelical teaching.
taken said; "How one continues to receive the Lords "Forgiveness....FOR WHAT exactly"?
Please answer that."
The penalty of sin is dealt with, but God wants to save us from actual sin....Another words He wants to get the Hell out of us...lol
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Do you understand the basic concept of LAW, (any law)?
In Brief;
There is Positive Law and Negative Law and Punitive Law.
* Positive Law is a requirement of what you MUST DO.
* Negative Law is a requirement of what you
MUST NOT DO.
* Punitive Law is the "Consequence" (punishment) for violating a Positive or Negative Law.
Consequences regarding Positive or Negative Laws...can be a PUNISHMENT or a REWARD.
When Jesus fulfilled "the Law", (being portions of Mosaic Law).... the NEGATIVE, punitative consequence FOR violating the law BECAME MOOT, (irrelevant).
Meaning...the mosaic law, revealed a messiah would appear...once Christ Jesus the Messiah appeared...that law was fulfilled... ACCOMPLISHED...The LAW was no longer required to be again and again and again fulfilled. The Fulfillment of the Law, by default made the "negative punitive consequences" irrelevant, disregarded, (Moot)
In short, you can not legally have a punishment for a law that no longer requires fulfillment.
A Converted man, has "according to the Lord Gods WAY / WORD", fulfilled the requirement to Become Made converted....
The penal negative consequence of an "unconverted" man...NO long applies to the Converted man.
...Soul sent to hell, rejected by God, subject to Gods Wrath, raised in damnation, continual sin, blah, blah....Do not apply to a Converted man.
ANOTHER WORDS HE DEALT WITH THE PENALTY OF OUR DEEDS, SO WE CAN, AND WHILE WE ARE BE/BEING TRANSFORMED.
A Converted man IS already "transformed", according to Gods Understanding...and ours, IF we trust His word...A new creature.
Meaning, IF a man HAS become Converted, a man may not SEE his physical transformation...However IF God says YOU "ARE"...His word spoken is already done according to His Understanding and what HE CAN SEE.
We are "waiting" for "spiritual eyes to SEE", and while we "wait", we are not "hoping", but rather we are "trusting", He IS faithful and true, and that WHEN, on the DAY HE chooses, He shall give us Spiritual EYES to SEE, that which we trusted to believe.
YOU SEE GOD'S LOVE IS PERFECT WHAT HE GIVES US IS GRACE TO GROW....
Fully aware of Gods Perfection, and Earthly man is NOT.
An Earthly man is not Perfect...However God has perfected a Converted mans soul and spirit. And your body? A hunk of flesh and bones from dust...not yet perfected (and cosmetic surgery can not help! Ha).
And WHY a converted man, still has a struggle...
* Spiritually we LIVE "in Christ Jesus'" perfected body....and a mystery....we still live in our physical earthly body.
We have thoughts...in our heart, which is our spirit.
We have thoughts...in our minds, which is in our brains.
A converted mans hearts thoughts ... BY the Power of God and our election via confession to God....have become CHANGED.
* And our flesh carnal minds? Nice thoughts, Stupid thoughts popping in our minds, evil thoughts, devious thoughts, cunning thoughts???
THAT"S OUR "job", to use the "tools" "gifts" power given us by God... (a quickened spirit in our hearts)....to MAKE OUR OWN CARNAL MINDS subservant to the thoughts of our new creature, new perfected spirits thoughts in our hearts!
Glory to God,
Taken