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Originally Posted by Adino
Steve and Growing,
1) Do you both agree the sins imputed to Christ were historically remitted on the Cross prior to the resurrection?
and....
2) Do you both agree that once remitted those sins needn't be 'remitted again?'
Everyone, once we all agree that no sins are remitted in baptism we can move on to what it means to 'receive' the historic remission of the Cross.
I will contend that the only perception which changes concerning our sin is our own and not God's. The only thing that changes after the event of the Cross is how our heart comes to terms with its effectiveness. It is not that God again remits our sin, it is that our conscience is purified/cleansed/purged when it rests in the finished work of the Cross. Our hearts are purified by faith in the historic remission of the Cross.
Forgiveness (which happened prior to the resurrection) is received (i.e., becomes an accepted personal reality) when man comes to trust that the sin remission of the Cross was effective on his behalf. When we come to a personal acknowledgment of Christ and the work of the Cross our heart and/or conscience of sin is purified by faith and made good toward God ( Acts 15:9; 1Timothy 1:5; 1Timothy 3:9; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:2,22; 1Peter 3:21). This does not mean that our sin is forgiven/remitted for a second time, it simply means our heart has come to rest in faith that our sin was historically dealt with by God through Christ at Calvary.
As I said before: Baptism is entered into as a response of this good conscience toward God. The man who has come to accept through faith alone the remission of the Cross confesses this faith in Christ and is baptized to signify his passing from spiritual death into spiritual life at the moment he believed ( 1Peter 3:21; John 3:15-16, 36; John 5:24; John 6:40,47; John 11:25,26). |
Adino do you believe in Universalism????????????
If not your position is the same as ours. You believe Jesus' death forgave-pardoned-redeemed-remitted man's sin by ONE offering ONCE for all HOWEVER
you believe someone must do something whether it is simple faith & confess or repentance to PERSONALLY recieve what was purchased at Calvary.
Your dog won't hunt.
