08-22-2008, 02:23 AM
Baptistic Wrote:
The "sin unto death" section has to do with how God will punish a believer for certain wrongdoings he does in his Christian walk. God will punish a believer with death. It does not mean the believer is not saved; but physical death is his punishment. [color=red]Wrong
Turning away from God(apostacy)is worthy of death having been once enlightened.
How do you, as a hell doomed sinner, rise up to heaven, into the presence of God, approach the blood of Christ there in the true temple, and apply the blood to your life? How do you thrust aside the power of God in the person of the Holy Spirit, and do all this yourself?
I do not know where this thinking comes from but read below what I wrote about applying the blood of the Lamb.
At what point after taking communion do you become unsaved again?
Scripture states and Jesus said that this is the blood of the new testemant--this is my blood and this is my body.
We are never completely saved until the end so as He says He will come as a thief in the night and becareful where He may find us and in what state we are found in---This may actually determine our final outcome as far as salvation is concerned.
RE: The "sin unto death".....
1 John 5:16
Apostle Paul listed many sins that are worthy of death. BUT this is not THE SIN unto death.
Read Romans 5, Paul takes you from Adam's trangression that fell upon all flesh (this is the curse of death) --to Christ and how Christ made away for ALL mankind to receive life by following Him through death burial and resurrection whereby remiting the curse through regeneration.
Once the curse has been removed through baptism Jesus further made a way for us to remain right with Him as He knew we would make mistakes and feel guilty in our walk with Him.
This is accomplished through communion but communion has rules.
If you continually purposely sin and take communion unworthily you are drinking damnation unto yourself. AND this is why there are many weak and sickly in the church.(scriptural)
BUT, if you examine yourself before you take communion and truly repent and ask for forgiveness with a pure heart you will receive remission of your sin. (not for the Curse - this is removed once at baptism) this is for our daily short comings.
If you are in a situation that you have not fully removed yourself from DO NOT take communion until you have ended your sinning ways.
Therefore a believer that has been baptized into Jesus/Yesha has already applied the blood of the Lamb to their life--we do not enter into heaven to do this -- It is accomplished here during baptism.
1 Corinthians 10:16
Matthew 26:28
Hebrews 9:22