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To: Mr. Lucky

Hi Mr. Lucky,
I’m not sure whether your reply is a serious question, or a snarky attempt at humor. But I’m going to assume the best, and give you the best answer I can.

When a person accepts Christ as their Savior, their spirit is reborn and they are forever after indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God. Their past is washed away, and the perfect righteousness of Christ is imputed to them, so that whenever God the Father looks at them thereafter, He doesn’t see them and their shortcomings; He sees the perfect righteousness of His Son, that’s been credited to their account.

The Plan of Salvation God has provided to us is so thorough and complete; and so unimaginably generous, that it really seems almost too good to be true. In regard to your question about God’s not remembering our sins once they are covered by the blood of Christ; there are many scriptures that allude to this. I’ll list a few here. If you wish to dig deeper, dust off your Bible and dig into it.

Psa 103:10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
Psa 103:11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psa 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psa 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Psa 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Heb 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

As a closing illustration as to what I mean: In the Book of Acts, the early Believers were persecuted by a Pharisee named Saul of Tarsus, who thought he was doing God’s work by persecuting and even killing Christians; to the point of holding the coats of other Jews while they stoned a young Christian named Stephen to death. Shortly thereafter, God struck Saul down while he was enroute to Damascus to arrest some more Christians. Saul surrendered to Christ, and subsequently his name was changed to Paul, and he was made an Apostle.

Later on in Paul’s ministry and writings, Paul makes the statement, “we have wronged no man.” Whaaat?! What about the stoning of Stephen, and all the other Christians you persecuted? Well, that stuff was all washed away and blotted out when Saul surrendered to Christ and was born again spiritually. There’s no longer a record of it.

If you’ve never experienced this forgiveness and cleansing and rebirth, you need to take care of it without delay. When you leave this life there are only 2 possible destinations. Up or down. Heaven or Hell. If you spurn or neglect Christ’s free Salvation, the worst destination is automatic.

Goodbye.


65 posted on 09/02/2015 2:57:17 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Tucker39

I don’t doubt Salvation. I was questioning whether there is anything in Heaven or Earth the God doesn’t know.


67 posted on 09/02/2015 6:25:30 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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