Remission of Sins
(posted on social media by someone I don't know) I heard something today that resonated with me... and actually made me want to curl in a ball and almost cry as the Lord impressed upon me the truthfulness of the statement and the state of the church (Christianity as a whole). It is this : We don't preach the remission of sins. We preach forgiveness of sins, but not remission. We live our lives often by what we may have done in the past rather than for what Jesus Christ did for us. We must remember that the purpose of Christ coming wasn't just so we could be forgiven, but so that we could live forgiven that we understand we are set free because of Him, we are pardoned, our sins ought not bind us anymore - our past ought not control our present or future- we are made free through and in Jesus Christ and by faith in His name. My pleading is this- don't just believe you are forgiven, begin to believe He came so our sins might be remitted. No longer can they bind us- He ...