FORGIVENESS
Forgiveness is God cleansing the mind of idol values, values that esteem something higher than God referred to as the desires of the flesh or of the mind in Eph.2:3 which cause sinful sinful thoughts, sinful emotions/sinful passions and sinful actions. Thus sinful idol values in the mind causes the person to sin in thought, emotions and actions. However Eph.2:1-3 speaks of the idol value as being a thing of the past in the person who is quickened or made alive from being dead in sins and trespasses. Remember Mark 7:21-23 clearly tells us out of the heart/mind of man proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness etc.
Eph. 2:1-3
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Mark 7:21-23
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Forgiveness of past sins are dealt with in the investigative judgement, where on account of a person being made sinfree and lived sinfree God exercises forbearance, and forgives the person and blots out the record of their past sins in the books of iniquity. Remember even though God cleanse your mind now of the idol values you are still held accountable and responsible for th wrong of the past and is worthy of the punishment of death (Rom.6:23). We are now in a probationary period and according to if we accept to ourselves renewing and empowering grace now we may obtain mercy in the time of the judgement.
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