Colossians 2:13-14: "And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross."My sins, which deserve judgment, were nailed to the cross with Christ. I was already found guilty and deserved to die: "The wages of sin is death."Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
But, thanks be to Christ, the gift of God is eternal life. Christ paid MY penalty for MY sins, and took upon Himself MY punishment.
Christ only had to die but once. When Christ takes the saints (the believers) with Him, it is not to judge whether or not I have eternal salvation. Indeed, I have passed through judgment and have been given eternal life. Rather, those who are believers will have their works judged to determine whether deeds subsequent to salvation deserve reward or whether they will be destroyed as through fire.
(Romans 5:18-21, NRSV):"Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification (unto acquittal which brings with it the bestowment of life) and life for all. For just as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. But law came in, with the result that the trespass multiplied; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, just as sin exercised dominion in death, so grace might also exercise dominion through justification leading to “eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”.
1 Corinthians 3
11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. 14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. 15If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
Thanks for sharing those passages. I disagree with none of it!