Forgiven and made righteous forever because Christ "offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective forever...

Believers, consider Luke 18:9-14:

"Jesus taught this parable to those who were convinced they were morally upright and those who trusted in their own virtue yet looked down on others with disgust:

10 “Once there were two men who went into the temple to pray. One was a proud religious leader, the other a despised tax collector. 11-12 The religious leader stood apart from the others and prayed, ‘How I thank you, O God, that I’m not wicked like everyone else. They’re cheaters, swindlers, and crooks—like that tax collector over there. God, you know that I never cheat or commit adultery; I fast from food twice a week and I give you a tenth of all I make.’

13 “The tax collector stood off alone in the corner, away from the Holy Place, and covered his face in his hands, feeling that he was unworthy to even look up to God. Beating his breast, he sobbed with brokenness and tears saying, ‘God, please, in your mercy and because of the blood sacrifice, forgive me, for I am nothing but the most miserable of all sinners!’

14 “Which one of them left for home that day made right with God? It was the humble tax collector and not the religious leader! For everyone who praises himself will one day be humiliated before all, and everyone who humbles himself will one day be lifted up and honored before all.”

Believer, we are forgiven of all our sins (past, present and future) and made right with God not because of our human effort at living morally upright lives but because Christ "offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective forever..." See Hebrews 10:12-14:

"Christ, however, offered one sacrifice for sins, an offering that is effective forever, and then He sat down at the right side of God. 13There He now waits until God puts His enemies as a footstool under His feet. 14 With one sacrifice, then, He has made perfect forever those who are purified from sin."

One sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Believe Right and you will Live Right.

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