See for more themes. | ( 401 ) Jas 5:20 Let him know , that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death , and shall hide a multitude of sins "chatta'ah".
.. hide a multitude of sin-offering ..
A multitude of sin-offering implies the packaging of sins or errors again and again.
( 402 ) 1Pe 2:22 Who did no sin "chatta'ah", neither was guile found in his mouth :
.. sin-offering ..
Jesus never did any sinning thus never required a sin-offering of His own.
( 403 ) 1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins "chatta'ah" in his own body on the tree , that we , being dead to sins "chatta'ah", should live unto righteousness : by whose stripes ye were healed .
.. .. self bare our sin-offering .. being dead to sin-offering ..
( 404 ) 1Pe 3:18 ¶ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins "chatta'ah", the just for the unjust , that he might bring us to God , being put to death in the flesh , but quickened by the Spirit :
.. once suffered for sin-offering ..
Jesus suffered once for sinning packaged into a sin-offering...for all mankind....
( 405 ) 1Pe 4:1 ¶ Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh , arm yourselves likewise with the same mind : for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin "chatta'ah";
.. flesh hath ceased from sin-offering ..
( 406 ) 1Pe 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves : for charity shall cover the multitude of sins "chatta'ah".
.. cover the multitude of sin-offering ..
Love covers over sin-offering. A profound statement for salvation.
Notice love does not cover sinning over, but sin-offerings over.
What the difference ? A sin-offering is a package of sinning with
confession , repentance and true remorse of sorrow for that sinning.
Anybody in love with such a person making such an action will love
them in response. A person who does sinning, with no confession
to GOD, cannot expect a person to to love you, especially if the
sinning was directly or indirectly against them. You are asking the
offended person by your sinning to love you as a human and forgive
you. But if the sinner confesses his sinning to GOD and the offended
person sees the repentance and confession witnessed in the sinner,
than the offended person is able to forgive and love the sinner who
offended him or her, because the love reponse is in kind to GOD as
well as to the sinner. Since all love comes from GOD, the offended
person sees the sinner on equal terms as the offended person who has
a relationship also with GOD.
What about loving and forgiving a person who offends but never
confesses his wrongdoing, and never seeks GOD or is made to feel
guilty by GOD for the sinning that offended you ? Since all sinning
is a relationship concept, the offended person can still relate to GOD
in his relationship. The person who sinned and offended him or her,
has no relationship to GOD that is working, but still has a broken
relationship to you, who was offended. In this case the offend person
receives the gift of forgiveness from GOD, for Jesus died for mankind
while we were yet sinners. Our love for relationships. even to those who
offend us is no less. The consequences of that offence resided with GOD
and the person who has yet to be made guilty by the offence or feel like
repenting for that offence and approach you to make things right.
Often we feel sorrowful when our hurt is not fixed by others right away.
Sometimes we play GOD and seek revenge or pray for consequences
on those who wrong us. At times it seems unfair that our hurt is never
brought to the attention of those who offended us. These feelings are
real and the Bible does not answer them directly. Here is a couple of
verses for those affected by offending people....
Ro 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Hab 1:2 O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
Trust GOD in your relationship to HIM.
When others sin against you, do not break your relationship hold on Jesus.
Let HIM deal with the relationship problems. You just focus on your own
relationship with Jesus, and the good things flowing through you. Shalom
( 407 ) 2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind , and cannot see afar off , and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins "chatta'ah".
.. from his old sin-offering ..
The sin-offering comes with power....sinner's slow down in wilful sinning...
and soon even ignorant sinning slows down ....
( 408 ) 2Pe 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery , and that cannot cease from sin "chatta'ah"; beguiling unstable souls : an heart they have exercised with covetous practices ; cursed children :
.. that cannot cease from sin-offering ..
( 409 ) 1Jo 1:7 But if we walk in the light , as he is in the light , we have fellowship one with another , and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin "chatta'ah".
.. us from all sin-offering ...
John says the same thing as Peter. The sin-offering comes with power.
( 410 ) 1Jo 1:8 ¶ If we say that we have no sin "chatta'ah", we deceive ourselves , and the truth is not in us .
.. that we have no sin-offering ..
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