Hebrews 8:12
"For I will be Merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more."
We should never forget that our justification before God was wholly accomplished "...through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24). When the justified, regenerated sinner's conscience cries out, "What about my sins?" the answer from the Word of God is, "They are no more!"
Did the LORD Jesus Christ once and for all put away sin, or was sin merely passed over? Did Christ merely atone for (cover) sin? Is God ignoring sin? But isn't God just? Doesn't He demand absolute satisfaction?
No, our sins were not merely passed over or simply covered. Scripture states that God forebore the sins of His elect from the fall to the cross, passing over their sin UNTIL Christ came and put it away, "Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation, through faith in His blood to declare His righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God” (Romans 3:25).
Christ did not merely atone for the sins of His people. In the Old Testament atonement was a temporary covering for sin through animal sacrifices only lasting until Christ came. His death did not simply atone for sin, or cover it up. His death TOOK SIN AWAY!
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29); "And ye know that He was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin” (1 John 3:5).
The sin question demanded an absolute answer and the matter was settled for God's elect in the doing and dying of the LORD Jesus Christ: "Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of One the Free Gift came upon all men unto justification of life” (Romans 5:18). The law demanded that sin be punished. The cross at Calvary is where redemption and justification were accomplished and applied upon completion of Christ's death.
The 'sentimental theology' so prevalent today, which proclaims a god who overlooks human fault and sin, is contrary to the Word of God. Redemption means deliverance through a ransom—a release from God’s claim of justice through a satisfactory settlement of that claim. Righteousness was not imputed until the ransom was paid. Rather than overlooking sin, God sent His Son as the Substitute and punished Him in the place of His chosen sinners.
What about my sins? If Christ died for you, they are no more!
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