In Christ, God is offers to mark all your sin debt "PAID IN
FULL."
There is no longer a record of sins and offenses for all who
trust in Jesus Christ. When our Lord Jesus went to the
cross, He paid the price in full. As incredible as this
truth may seem to some of us (I can remember when I first
understood it), it is exactly what God says in Scripture.
The apostle Paul said it this way:
"And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of
your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he
forgave us all our trespasses, erasing the record that stood
against us with its legal demands. He set this aside, nailing it
to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and
made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it."
(Colossians 2:13-15, NRSV)
But Paul is not the first to bring up the subject. None
other than the Lord Jesus Himself preaches the same truth to
crowds of people before He was ever crucified.
"For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even
so the Son gives life to whom He will. For the Father
judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, that
all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who
does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes
in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into
judgment, but has passed from death into life." (John
5:21-24, NKJV)
Jesus Christ is a true Savior for all who dare to believe God.
When He died on the cross He made it possible for lost sinners
to become perfectly righteous in God's sight. Again, Paul
writes to early Christians, saying:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old
things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself
through Jesus Christ ... God was in Christ reconciling the world
to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them ... For He
made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become
the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:17-19,
21, NKJV)
The Bible message about God's love for all human beings, and
about His willingness to forgive us and make us clean is truly
good news. When we trust in Jesus, we gain the right to be
called children of God (see the Gospel of John 1:10-13).
In Christ, all our sins are forgiven, removed forever, and
forgotten. No wonder millions of holy angels and redeemed
human beings join together in praising His name forever.
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