“The word of God clearly states that the act of grace forgives our PAST sins”
Where does the Bible “clearly” say such a thing? You provided no Scriptural references.
And are you suggesting Christians have a bifurcated salvation wherein “an act of grace forgives our past sins” ONLY and we must work for the forgiveness we need for future sins, much as the Hebrews had to continually offer sacrifices?
If that is what you believe and are calling the “essence of the NT message” we don’t agree AT ALL.
You have a very selective reading process!
Our future salvation at the mighty trump of God is not a get out of hell free joy ride.
If it were, Hebrews 6 would not have been written!
Nor would John’s first epistle.
Without Torah written on out heart, there is no salvation possible. This has absolutely nothing to do with temple sacrifices; they were a type of Yeshua’s death, not of believers’ lives. That strawman has been beaten to a pulp.
Selective reading of the epistles is an element of strong delusion.
Why do you suppose Paul praised the Corinthians for their keeping of the ordinances in chapter 11?
Or do your eyes glide over words like that? Are they visible only to a select few? the NT is chock full of such words that churchians somehow fail to see.
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