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Summary: A brief look at the forgiveness of sins, past, present, and future

The Born-Again Christian does conditionally sin because they are still a sinner, but now saved, justified, and sanctified positionally in Christ, and has “an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation (Gk:”hilasmos” = atonement) for" their "sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world."

“And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him (i.e., Bad Tree), but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected (i.e., Good Tree). By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.” That is why ‘there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ" (Rom. 8:1).

Forgiveness has two aspects. One is the justification and regeneration of judicial forgiveness God grants as Judge. It's the forgiveness God purchased by Jesus atonement for sin which frees them from any threat of eternal condemnation because it is immediately complete. Everyone “who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins (Acts 10:43; 13:38; 1 Jn 1:2).

The other aspect is relational forgiveness God grants as their Father (as in the marriage analogy). He is grieved when His children sin. The forgiveness of justification takes care of judicial guilt, but it does not nullify His fatherly displeasure over one's sin. He chastens those whom He loves, for their good, and deals with the conditional consequences of sin via the throne of grace because His merciful kindness leads to repentance (Heb. 12:5-11; Rom 2:4).

The Bible reveals in a very practical sense, God's divine displeasure with one's daily sins and demonstrates His love for them through discipline (training) and reproof (Heb 12:5-11).

A healthy Born-Again Christian shows conciliatory remorse over sin through daily confession, and a continual attitude of repentance so that they are conditionally purified and cleansed from the consequences and effects of sin.

"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).

The Born-Again Christian is forgiven, not because they are actively confessing their sins each day, but because God had declared them to be perfect and alive positionally, and no longer dead, the moment they became Born-Again (Eph 2:4-6; Col 2:13, 1 Jn 2:12; Eph 2:4-6). The Greek word for ‘forgiven” is ‘aphiemi,' a perfect participle which refers to something that has occurred in the past and is continuing into the present. This means that all of the past and present sins of Christians have been forgiven – period! They will never be remembered again.

God could not declare the Born-Again Christian as absolutely perfect if they still sinned positionally in His eyes. God treats them as if they were perfect even though they are still a sinner conditionally.

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