[metmom]

*defects* my foot.

Sin is sin.

It’s either forgiven by God, not to be counted against us any more ever, or it’s not.

There is no middle ground.

While it may feel good to the person who is bearing condemnation and guilt to think that they are paying for their sins, it’s NOT Scriptural. All that does is soothe the conscience, doing NOTHING in the meantime to actually remit the sin.

One of Satan’s biggest lies is the guilt he saddles us with over the sin that God has forgiven, keeping us in bondage to ever increasing demands to do more, to suffer more, to whatever else more to try to clear our conscience.

Our response to guilt over sin committed ought to be, *Yeah, I did do that. I sinned but it’s covered by the blood. Take a hike Satan, I’m not listening to you any more.*

If God isn’t going to credit it to our account, we are in no position nor do we have the right to keep beating ourselves up over it.

[smvoice]

And why would Satan want to saddle us with guilt. IN ORDER TO EFFECT OUR COMMISSION. If we are wrapped up in guilt over sin that has already been paid for, then we are not preaching the reconciliation of 2 Cor. 5:14-21.

Our issue with the Son is settled. Satan's only chance with us is watering down our witness to others. That's it.

[CynicalBear]

>>If God isn’t going to credit it to our account, we are in no position nor do we have the right to keep beating ourselves up over it.<<

Hebrew 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Yet the RCC teaches that people need to keep making sacrifices denying what is clearly written in scripture.>

[presently no screen name]

Take a hike Satan, I’m not listening to you any more.

Exactly. Get thee behind me, satan.

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus," Romans 8:1

[count-your-change]

What really gets tortured in the attempts to explain the doctrine of purgatory are the Scriptures. They are twisted and bent until they figuratively scream, “Enough of this nonsense!”.

But getting souls out of purgatory has long furnished an income stream to the Catholic church by extortion of money from the living to benefit the dead.

[RnMomof7]

While it may feel good to the person who is bearing condemnation and guilt to think that they are paying for their sins, it’s NOT Scriptural. All that does is soothe the conscience, doing NOTHING in the meantime to actually remit the sin.

Hbr 10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.