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yesha
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I'm beginning a study on the topic of conditional/eternal assurance/security.
One thing that I've always kind of believed, but never really thought about is that our past/present/and future sins are forgiven with Jesus. However, I have a book, called 'The Believer's Conditional Security' by Daniel Corner, in which I was surprised to read his opinion that our sins were forgiven only to point of baptism, and thereafter we must pray for forgiveness of sins (sorry, I don't have the exact quote handy, but it was something to that effect).
I think that in Catholicism one must confess their sins to a priest to be forgiven, and I assume that baptism is in someway related to fogiveness of sins (possibly pre-baptism), which is kind of in line with this position, giving it some credibility, I suppose. But it essentially destroys the Gospel, at least as I have always understood it. If prayers are all that's needed to forgive sin, then why should Jesus die. So now I find myself in a position where I must reevaluate everything, in light of this idea.
Why would we naturally pray for forgiveness of sins if sins are already forgiven?
What sins did Christ die for?
Grace and Peace,
Yesha
One thing that I've always kind of believed, but never really thought about is that our past/present/and future sins are forgiven with Jesus. However, I have a book, called 'The Believer's Conditional Security' by Daniel Corner, in which I was surprised to read his opinion that our sins were forgiven only to point of baptism, and thereafter we must pray for forgiveness of sins (sorry, I don't have the exact quote handy, but it was something to that effect).
I think that in Catholicism one must confess their sins to a priest to be forgiven, and I assume that baptism is in someway related to fogiveness of sins (possibly pre-baptism), which is kind of in line with this position, giving it some credibility, I suppose. But it essentially destroys the Gospel, at least as I have always understood it. If prayers are all that's needed to forgive sin, then why should Jesus die. So now I find myself in a position where I must reevaluate everything, in light of this idea.
Why would we naturally pray for forgiveness of sins if sins are already forgiven?
What sins did Christ die for?
Grace and Peace,
Yesha