why not?? if as you say, Christ's death covered all sin. Therefore, you are obviously not responsible for your actions. I merely maintain that while Christ did indeed die for the sins of mankind, and give us the gift of redemption....we are certainly free to reject His gift and that's exactly what those who continue to willingly commit sins are doing.
Then one has to question if one really accepted Christ and has chosen to follow Him.
why not?? if as you say, Christ's death covered all sin. Therefore, you are obviously not responsible for your actions. I merely maintain that while Christ did indeed die for the sins of mankind, and give us the gift of redemption....we are certainly free to reject His gift and that's exactly what those who continue to willingly commit sins are doing.
Christ's death on the cross covers all sins, past, present and future. Ephesians 2:1 notes that we were dead in our sins and trespasses. The word for trespass includes the following meanings:
3900 paráptōma (from 3895 /parapíptō, see there) – properly, fall away after being close-beside, i.e. a lapse (deviation) from the truth; an error, "slip up"; wrong doing that can be (relatively) unconscious, "non-deliberate."
this encompasses even errant thoughts we might have, even if they are fleeting for a moments time....which we are all going to have. we cannot live sin free no matter how hard we try.
so my question on this is: if you die after thinking one of these fleeting thoughts and you are unable to get to a priest in time to confess/ask for forgiveness, is that sin forgiven based on Christ's death on the cross?
if not, what was the point of His death on the cross?
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Eph 2:8-9