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we remain perfect because of him, not because of us or our feeble efforts to eschew earthly sin (We should strive to do so, but because we love Christ and want to show our appreciation for Him, not because it means we lose salvation if we don’t).

We want to show our appreciation? ‪No.no‬, no…

We are to imitate Christ, he NOW Lives in US, we are to be transformed into a new body and stay that way…
Ask yourself, Do you think Satan wants you to “remain” in Christ?
Do you think Satan leaves us alone, un-tempted, now because we are untouchable once we are “Saved” ?

Thank God we are washed pure as the driven snow by His blood which covers ALL our sins, even our unconfessed sins which we may or may not even be aware of.

Most can understand the “simplicity” of snow covering the dung pile of sin. Most don’t know the amoral nature of the guy who invented that analogy, for himself. It’s wrong, and unbiblical.

+++“Behold the Lamb of God, who TAKES AWAY the sin of the World”+++

Our sins are forgiven, taken away, They do not remain with us, or hidden from whatever... the stain of sin is removed, that was won on the Cross.
Through Christ, God has given us remittance of our sinful human nature. We confess and repent, and “ through the shed blood of Christ” as you say- not for any reasons of appreciation- the wages of sin are Always death for us…

If Christ thought he was just covering up our sins… so that no one can see them ..... why all the biblical fuss over sin?…
Why in the world would he tell us, hyperbolically….:::

+++If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where their worm does not die,+++

What sense or reason or purpose would it be then for Christ to think sin was so inconsequential.. and that our sin can simply be buried under snow? Why?

[[ What sense or reason or purpose would it be then for Christ to think sin was so inconsequential.. ]]

sins aren’t inconsequential you missed the point. Sinsmare fogotten by christ. There is therefore now “No condemnation” to those who are saved. So no, snow,isn’t burying a turd as you suggest. We are washed white as snow. We are pure through christ.

We also,aren’t “buried under snow” we are washed completely clean and are figurative “white as snow”

Once again we see the importance of understanding the verses we read. The hel, fire was a dump onmthe outskirts of town that were always buring- also the terms “UT off the feet, hand. Pluck out the eye” was Aramaic and simply,meant to stop looking at sin, stop walking twoards,towards,, stop participating in it” it didn’t literally mean to cut them off and pluck them out

[[Ask yourself, Do you think Satan wants you to “remain” in Christ? ]]

Thank God he has no choice inmthe matter. Noone can pluck us out of God’s hand, not even ourselves. We are sealed. There are no conditions to,thay sealing, it is a done deal. If it weren’t then I would get to brag that I keep saving myself and co lelling th3 holy spirit to keep re-sealing me.