Through the years, I’ve meet folks who have made some bad choices and then struggled with believing that God would forgive them.
I think this comes from a misunderstanding of God’s holiness and what Jesus’ blood accomplished for us.
First, every time we sin or choose against God’s will, we make a bad choice.
The difference in sins is found in their consequences.
Each sin is evidence of the corrupted human nature of the unbeliever or the battle between the flesh and the Spirit in the believer.
Only a 100% holy person can stand in God’s presence.
This is why Jesus was the only option to die in our place.
His shed blood was accepted by God to pay the penalty for all of the sins of all of mankind.
It’s what we call Unlimited Atonement.
Now, there are some folks who take the position of Limited Atonement: that Jesus’ blood only paid for the sins of believers.
Personally, I think that His blood paid for all of sin because of what Paul wrote in Romans 6:10, “For the death that He died, He died to sin; once for all…”
Jesus does not die each time a person sins.
No, He died once for all sin.
Every sin ever committed is paid for in full.
Now, this does not mean that every person is automatically saved and bound for heaven.
No, it’s still each person’s responsibility to respond to the gospel message either in faith or in unbelief.
When a person responds in faith, they enter into the very life of Jesus and His atoning blood washes them of all unrighteousness even the sins they have yet to commit.
Beloved, it’s all paid for in full!
If it wasn’t, then Jesus would have been crucified over and over again.
His grace and mercy cover all of our sins and transgressions.
In the same chapter, Paul challenges us not to fall for what some call ‘cheap grace’ or the idea that since we are under grace, we can sin up a storm, after all, it’s all forgiven.
May it never be!
How can we who have died to sin, still go looking to it for life?
The more we grow in grace, the less we will choose the sins of the world, the flesh and the devil.
Why? Because life in Jesus is so much better than anything Satan can offer us instead.
Also, once we realize that we are new creations in Christ Jesus — saints — sinning really bothers us, and we are quicker to repent and seek to root out the lies that trip us up and replace them with God’s truth.
Beloved, don’t let the enemy beat you up for your failures.
All of your sins are paid for in full.
Rest and receive His love everyday.
Put on the armor of God and defer all battles to Jesus — He wins every time!
Blessings!
Robyn