We do continue to sin, though, and all sin matters, even when it’s being forgiven. And there can be great joy even as we are aware of our sin, because of the relief that our sins are forgiven. But just to forget that we sin I have to believe, from what I’ve seen, leads quickly to pride, like the Pharisees had, and so Satanic rebellion against God, rather than the humility we’re supposed to have towards Him.
But just to forget that we sin...
The usual suspects [who claim to speak in Jesus' name] hang every transgression over people's heads forever and remind them that they are perpetual screw-ups. And they are ever sniffing for any whiff of doctrinal error. They *are* the Pharisees and Sadducees whom they criticize. Projection 101.
The real Jesus lets the regretful out of the doghouse. Learned from your mistake? Great! That's progress, so time to get up and go on to accomplish something useful.
He's the good boss who lifts up his workers and motivates them are earns their loyalty because he's open, honest, and not playing any games. WYSIWYG. They aren't walking on egg crates around him and know they can approach him if they made some mistake. That is, if they intend to do a good job and put in an honest day's work. Otherwise his simple requirements (like say, basic integrity) are like animal traps to scamming slackers.
The bad bosses are the gaslighting abusers who batter their wives and employees but then hold out their hands in "love" and here if you'll just repent and do what I say... well, that is until the abused fail on some point that they had no idea was an offense, like a wife not telling her control-freak thug husband that she went to lunch with her girlfriend. Who knows what might be the next trigger... the experts who peddle "grace" keep inventing new sins and new reasons to repent. Woe to them.
Few have caught on to the overt pattern of abuse and just keep on taking it.
Wolves are dressed as sheep. The sheep are battered and believe they "deserve it", lest they get prideful or some such.. whatever the abuser told them.
The real Messiah is about to step in and free the prisoners and dispatch the wolves. Ranchers have guns... predators beware.
Patterns repeat. When Jesus arrived he was persona non grata to the religious experts and their devoted disciples. Because... there goes the neighborhood and talk about being bad for business.
These are simple, real-world concepts. The common folks with a basic grasp of the world loved him, but the "FBI" who were sent out to investigate, not so much.
He marches to a different drummer, as the maverick solution to business. Jesus had to go outside the system in order to heal people directly as the system was so corrupted and dysfunctional and mired in red tape. The exact same thing is true today.
Maverick was the guy who didn't brand his cattle.
Most cattle have some kind of stamp.
The fake teachers have been stringing people along with seeming impunity, but the jig is about up.
The current political scene is a living parable in real-time.