It continues to perplex my why so many have trouble with this man. I have yet to read anything bad from his pen.
"Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense." -- Robert A. Heinlein
I have a question. As a Baptist, many of my fellow Baptists claim to believe in a "penal substitution atonement." They also claim to be what is called here Armimian or Calmanian. But, Arminianism claims that Jesus' death was for all mankind and unlimited in nature.
How is it possible for both to be true? Jesus' sacrifice was punitive and substitutionary and it was also universal and unlimited. I just don't understand how both can be true.
Colin.
Precisely what Jesus said to do ........
John 20:22 - the Lord "breathes" on the apostles, and then gives them the power to forgive and retain sins. The only other moment in Scripture where God breathes on man is in Gen. 2:7, when the Lord "breathes" divine life into man. When this happens, a significant transformation takes place.
John 20:23 - Jesus says, "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained." In order for the apostles to exercise this gift of forgiving sins, the penitents must orally confess their sins to them because the apostles are not mind readers. The text makes this very clear.
Matt. 9:8 - this verse shows that God has given the authority to forgive sins to "men."
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins, because of Your just punishments, but most of all because they offend You, my God, who are all-good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen.
This is a good place to start:
Biblical definition of sin: I John 3:4, "Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness."
Don't believe I saw this mentioned....once.
Believe in Jesus
There, that was easy