Jesus Christ "our High Priest offered Himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time."

Believers, Jesus Christ "our High Priest offered Himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time" (Hebrews 10:12.) Our past, present and future sins are all overpaid. We are forever made perfect by His one offering. See verses 14-17:

"For by that one offering He forever made perfect those who are being made holy." 15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For He says,

16 “This is the new covenant I will make

with My people on that day, says the Lord:

I will put my laws in their hearts,

and I will write them on their minds.”

17 Then He says,

“I will never again remember

their sins and lawless deeds.”

In Christ, God does not remember our sins. The wages of sin is death and Christ died that death- "a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time." With Him as our righteousness and strength, we get the "goodness of God" that we do not deserve, even when we sin, because He got the bad that we deserve. This is where many "religious" people lose it and act like everyone except them is just looking for an excuse to wallow in sin. But most sinners are looking for the Way out of sin. But we are not forgiven so that we can continue to wallow in sin but His goodness towards us is so that we might be free from sin. Let's see how - 

In many places of worship, many beloved of God who are held captive by sins are told to redouble their efforts to stop sinning and obey the law "better" in order to be accepted by God, usually by those who think they have some good in them and think that they can keep/transform sinners with the law. This is as useless as a person with HIV expecting to be cured by putting plaster on a festering sore that is is as a result of a sickness caused by the virus within. See this in Romans 7:4 (MSG)

"The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. And now what the law code asked for but we couldn’t deliver is accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us."

Law-keeping to get right with God causes sin to have dominion- "For sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under law but under Grace." Romans 6:14. It is also the way to get cut off from Christ, "For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God's grace." Galatians 5:4.

But this "goodness of God" is not a license to sin. He is the Way to right living: it is the goodness of God that leads to repentance. We see this in Romans 2:4- "Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?"

Even when we sin, we remain righteous in His sight; not because God has gone soft on sin (He will punish sin to the uttermost) but because Christ paid the price for our sins. God punished our sins to the uttermost in His body. But in Christ, we do not continue to live in sin! When we receive God's abundance of Grace and His gift of righteousness to us in Christ, we get to live in triumph over sin and death. See this in Romans 5:17-

"For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one Man, Jesus Christ."

This is the only way to live in triumph over sin and death. The letter kills. Try to obey the law and sin will have dominion. But mouthpieces of Satan the Accuser are pushing this agenda straight from some pulpits in order to keep people under sin's dominion. Believers, watch what you are hearing. Is it "righteousness by works of the law" or "righteousness by faith?" The law is not of faith. Grace stops sin.

For all who believe, Christ is "The Lord our Righteousness." God cannot punish the same sins twice- in the body of our Saviour and a second time in the believer. He corrects/chastens us when we err but never with the punishment that Christ took for us (death and all of its symptoms of fear, anxiety, stress, sickness, oppression, lack, earthly ills, etc.) According to Hebrews 8, His discipline is so that we might "live," "share His holiness" and that we might "yield the peaceful fruit of righteousness." His discipline brings life and causes us to live right, never death. 

This is Grace- undeserved, unearned, unmerited favour. Grace is for sinners, not those who can save themselves from their sins or obey the law in order to earn a ticket to heaven. Salvation is a gift, not a reward for the good things we have done: see Ephesians 2:

"8 God saved you by His grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for us long ago."

See Christ's love for His sheep in Psalm 23. Without Christ our Shepherd, we are hopelessly lost; but how so loved and so protected are we in Him. When we look to Him for our everything, even our receiving and giving is planned and executed by Him, but many think we have to shear ourselves and distribute our wool to the needy all by ourselves in order to make the Lord our Shepherd take care of us and like us:) Let's trust in Him to lead us on the path of righteousness and do everything else He does according to this wonderful Psalm. In Him, the thoughts of the Holy Spirit become our action.

If you could read up on Jewish shepherds of old and their sheep, you'll get a glimpse into our Saviour Jesus' "so strong, so deep, so wide" love for us His sheep.

Come to Christ with your baggage of sins and addictions and experience what He came to do: "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matt. 1:21. Why don't you ask Him to rid you of every wrong theology and wrong believing today? He will help you. He is Saviour.