Romans 6: 6 - 11 NKJV
It's something which has always confused me. The very fact that Christ Jesus gave Himself on the cross for those sins I carried. Yet, I was told that I should keep in prayer just in case I had sinned since Jesus had bled and died to forgive all my sins. A real head scratcher that one. Believe me, Dennis and I have had numerous discussions on this topic. The fact that those sins which Christ died to free me of encompased ALL of my sins past, present and future. How then can we continue to pray for something which Jesus has already done away with? In his wisdom, Dennis once told me that I was "dead to that (sin)." Indeed, if Jesus has already become sin in our place, that debt has been paid {2 Corinthians 5:21}. We are dead to that. So, why do we continue to raise the dead? That is, why do we continue to seek to resurrect sin which is supposed to be dead? Trust me, there is NO resusitation for that which Christ has personaly put to death. Once it has been killed, it stays that way. I would think that if our sins were still valid, that the sacrafice of Jesus would therefore be invalid. As the apostle Paul tells us in Romans 6, the death that Christ died, He die to sin once for all. One sacrafice...one death...for all mankind. That "old man," sin nature we were once born with...we're now dead to that. There is no need for us to raise up what Christ has declared dead.
21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for eus, leaving fus an example, that you should follow His steps: 22“Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; 23who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose gstripes you were healed.
1 Peter 2: 21 - 24 NKJV
A simple Google search led me to 18 scriptures which assure us that we are indeed dead to sin, so it's not like there is no scripture verification that those sins which we once carried are now in the past. This was in fact the way it was supposed to be. This was the very purpose of Jesus giving Himself on that cross, that ALL might be saved {John 3: 16-17}. I have no explanation as to why we continue to be cautioned not to ignore those sins which we carry, that we are simply sinners saved by grace, but this is simply not true. For with the death and resurection of Jesus, each and every sin which we ever or ever will carry has been wiped clean. The filthy rags have been made white as snow {Isaiah 1:18}. We are victorious, spotless and blameless in our Fathers eyes as well as debt free. We just need to realize it! There is nothing we can ever do which will take away that which Christ Jesus has accomplished for us on the cross. Christ did this not because he expected us to repay that debt at some point, but because He loved us first {1 John 4:19}. There is no need for us to memorialize...or raise the dead.
When the final taps is sounded and we lay aside lifes cares
And we do the last and glories parade, on heavens shining stairs
And the Angels bid us welcome and the harps begin to play
We can draw a millon canteen checks and spend them in a day
It is then we'll hear Saint Peter tell us loudly with a yell
Take a front seat you soldier men, you've done your hitch in hell!
~Our Hitch In Hell by Frank Bernard Camp 1917~
~Scott~
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