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Post by newnature on Mar 19, 2013 15:38:21 GMT -5
Not because God’s justice had not been totally resolved where their sins were concerned, but because they had rejected the one who resolved that justice. They had rejected the one who died having already paid for their sins. The sin issue has been resolved in its entirety. The gift of salvation has been purchased for all. To accept Paul’s gospel, one must believe that Christ resolved the issue of their sins in the mind of the one to whom the payment for their sins was made.
To believe this good news is to be reconciled in your mind, not in God’s. His mind has already been reconciled in that he has counted his son to be sin for the entire human race. At the point of a person’s belief, that individual is joined to Christ, thus having Christ’s righteousness freely imputed to their account. God could not have had Paul state it any more clearly than he has. It is religious individuals that are not reconciled to that fact in their minds.
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 19, 2013 21:24:45 GMT -5
There's something I never really understood when we hear Jesus died for our sins. Can you explain this to me?
How come it's not because of our sins, that's the reality no?
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Post by newnature on Mar 20, 2013 15:32:57 GMT -5
With the earthly program God has with Israel being set aside, during this age of grace, no nationality enjoys special favor in the eyes of God; all must come alike to God today. God did not lift up the gentiles, who had been without God, and put them on an equal or higher plain, that belonged to Israel. He concluded Israel in unbelief, as he had previously concluded the gentiles in unbelief, both of them down on the same level, so that he might have mercy on all, and that is where it is today.
What makes Paul's good news unique and distinct? According to the secret that was revealed to Paul, Jesus Christ gave himself a ransom for all mankind: Jew and Gentile, not just MANY. It is man who needs to be reconciled to God, not the other way around. God is already reconciled to us, where our sins are concerned. Who are the "many" spoken of here? Israel! Israel's sins were going to "be blotted out"; the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of Jesus, at his second coming. He was going to be their High Priest and King, sitting on the throne of David, ruling and reigning over the nation Israel. God raised him up in order for him to sit on that throne.
Had the leadership of Israel repented in Acts 3, it would have started the next events on the prophetic calendar, namely the time of Jacob's trouble; followed by the second coming of Christ. This is what Jesus Christ meant when he said he gave Peter the "keys" to the Kingdom. Peter had the ability to "unlock" and "open the door" to the Kingdom, he proclaimed the message they had to believe. However, an open door does no good if no one walks through it, and that is exactly what happened. The leadership of the Nation did not walk through it The Pharisees sat in Moses' seat as the authority over the Nation. The kingdom program did not happen, but it certainly will in a day yet future, when God resumes the kingdom program, and sets Israel at the forefront again.
The saving good news for today; the dispensation of the grace of God, the good news that Jesus Christ died for the sins of the world, was buried and God raised him up the third day (raised for our justification). It is no longer an issue for forgiveness of sins; the issue is what will we believe? What will those that have been told this good news that sin is no longer an issue with God, what will they believe about their sins no longer being an issue with God almighty. If one is going to bed on their knees in the evening, asking God to forgive the sins that they are supposed to be believing are no longer an issue, because Christ took care of them, what are they saying they believe about what Christ accomplished for them?
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Post by Balkaneros on Mar 20, 2013 17:40:12 GMT -5
Jesus was killed because he was working/conspiring against Rome and the Jewish institutions period.
What makes him an example is that he wouldn't stop no matter what, bribery money/power life.. etc.. he didn't sell his honor even though they were nailing him to the cross. This has little to do with us or trying to save us (cause only we can save ourselves - this is what Jesus said), he was committed to himself because of his love for himself (life). If he sold his soul to Rome and the jews a man like him wouldn't be able to live himself.
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