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YehwehPaladin
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I posted this topic in a different board and saw that it did pretty well. Just curious if it will do any better here. Are you aware that some denominations believe that you only have to ask for forgiveness once? After that you're supposedly forgiven for all of your future sins as well. I have a problem with this for several reasons.
Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT)
And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.†Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,
for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
My first issue is if we are forgiven for all future sins then why would we have to be careful in letting the devil get a foothold? And also remember that Paul was writing this letter to a body of believers who had accepted Christ as their savior. So why would he warn then to not sin? It's impossible to sin if you're already forgiven. Wouldn't he have just said "act like a believer and be careful"?
Hebrews 10:26-27 (NLT)
Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.
There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies.
As far as I'm concerned the bible states very clearly that you can sin after you're forgiven, which means you cut yourself off from God. You need to ask for forgiveness again and try not to repeat it! Besides, if we are to treat God as a friend then we owe Him our apologies out of friendship.
Ephesians 4:26-27 (NLT)
And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.†Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry,
for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
My first issue is if we are forgiven for all future sins then why would we have to be careful in letting the devil get a foothold? And also remember that Paul was writing this letter to a body of believers who had accepted Christ as their savior. So why would he warn then to not sin? It's impossible to sin if you're already forgiven. Wouldn't he have just said "act like a believer and be careful"?
Hebrews 10:26-27 (NLT)
Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.
There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies.
As far as I'm concerned the bible states very clearly that you can sin after you're forgiven, which means you cut yourself off from God. You need to ask for forgiveness again and try not to repeat it! Besides, if we are to treat God as a friend then we owe Him our apologies out of friendship.