1 Kings 6, 1 Kings 7: 1-22, Acts 13: 13-41, Psalm 91: 1-8
Acts 13: 38-39 (ESV)
“Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through
this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who
believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law
of Moses.”
Verse 38 from Acts 13 talks about the promise that Jesus
offers to anyone who believes in him. Because Jesus was the son of God and he
died for our sins, he offers the forgiveness of sins to anyone who believes in
him. Believers of Christ are freed from everything that could not be offered under
the law of Moses. With Jesus there is a new covenant for us, different from the
original covenant God made with his people. We do not keep the law of Moses. We
do not need to earn our forgiveness. Forgiveness of sins is given freely by
Christ because he paid for our sins when he died on the cross. You could say in
today’s modern parlance, Jesus paid forgiveness forward for all of us by his
death. We only need to believe in him. We do not have to earn our forgiveness
from him. We need do nothing except believe in Christ, but that may be the
hardest thing of all for some of us to do because we’ve been conditioned and
taught that nothing is free.
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