Romans 4:8
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.”
2 Cor. 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.”
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Philippians 3:9
And be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
Romans 4:5
And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
I could go through the night listing scripture after scripture just as you have.
It’s all through the lens of God’s grace in Jesus. Clearly you see God as harsh. I see God as loving and merciful.
I could go through the night listing scripture after scripture just as you have.
How about just addressing the few that I listed? Is that to difficult?
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Speaking about PAST sin. When you are saved, the slate is wiped clean and it is as if you had never sinned. God will not count PAST sins against you. Now what is expected of you?
"Will not impute sin. That is, the Lord will not charge or reckon his sin against him. This is the negative side of justification, the forgiving of past sin. The positive side, as expressed in vs. 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 22, is the imputing of righteousness. The two are inseparable. To emphasize only the first, to think of justification as only pardon and forgiveness, may rob this experience of some of its reconciling and life-giving power. The positive realization that God has not only forgiven me but has also imputed to me the righteousness of Christ fills me not only with gratitude but also with hope and aspiration for the future. God is concerned not simply with my forgiveness but with my restoration of fellowship with Him. To think of justification as simply pardon is perhaps to look too much to the past. God wishes me to know that He has not only forgiven me but is also prepared to treat me as if I had never sinned (see SC 62). My past will not be held against me. From now on I am to be treated as a friend, even as a son (1 John 3:1, 2). Thus He gives me a fresh, new start. He has done everything possible for my complete reconciliation. And this awareness by faith of the meaning of the experience of justification inspires me with courage and determination for the future. I know that the perfect character of Christ, which has been imputed to me in justification, may from now on be imparted to me in sanctification, to transform my character into one like His. Thus, while justification deals primarily with the past, it represents not only the end of a life of alienation and rebellion but also, and even more importantly, the beginning of a new life of love and obedience."
"The evangelical Heidelberg Catechism, first published in 1563, explains justification in these words: “How art thou righteous before God? ANSWER. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ; that is, although my conscience accuse me that I have grievously sinned against all the commandments of God, and have never kept any of them, and that I am still prone always to all evil, yet God, without any merit of mine, of mere grace, grants and imputes to me the perfect satisfaction, righteousness, and holiness of Christ, as if I had never committed nor had any sin, and had myself accomplished all the obedience which Christ has fulfilled for me, if only I accept such benefit with a believing heart.”
SDA Bible Commentary
Don’t forget 2 Corinthians 5:17.
God wants to save us.
He’s not a harsh task master watching our every move so He can rap our knuckles when we mess up and threaten us with hellfire and brimstone.
So people present a God who is just looking for opportunities to damn us, as if we were ever good enough in the first place that we were owed a place in heaven.