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I Will Take Away Their Sins

****Rom.11:27 This is my covenant to them, when I will take away their sins."{Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34}

So many Christian's and Jew alike live in sin, their sins have not been taken away unless they meet some rule of their group they are associated with. Still others have set up a ladder of works for gaining forgiveness, like a saving account at a local bank, putting in deposit from their good works towards man and God hoping their saving will account them righteousness before God blotting out their sins.

Romans 11:6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

This false belief has caused Jew and Christian's alike to seek the kingdom of God by self-righteousness instead of Christ righteousness. Here Paul is making the point of why Israel, the majority of them missed the mark and were shut up in disobedience to God. One cannot be obedience to God as a sinner! But we all have sin, and if we say we don't we are a liar, so how do we please God? Once again this is the whole point of the books of Romans, not by works but grace, that is, undeserved kindness.

1 John 3:5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.

1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Romans 7:11 for sin, finding occasion through the commandment, deceived me, and through it killed me.

The nation of Israel understood from its conception blood of atonement was needed to be delivered by God's power, the first delivery was based upon God's commandment to slaughter the passover lamb. It was not about Israel specialness, not about those in Israel trying to be devout, nor what they had done good or bad, it was about if they put the blood of a passover lamb on their door post as God commanded them! Their pride, their heritage, their wants and needs did not come into play, were they going to get on board or not? Were they going to take the free ticket to a newly formed nation and worship God or not? That gift was held out too all in that great mix company It was not revocable on God's part, it was held out to all, if you wanted it do as commanded, if not suffer the severity of God that was the choice, nothing in between.

Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;

Rom. 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 8:6 For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace; 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be. 8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God. 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

God again offer deliverence and freedom to Israel by his Son Christ Jesus the passover lamb, did they want to be deliver from sin, or remain under the condemnation of God's righteous law, having no deliverance into Spirit and truth? Did they want true freedom to worship God, without religious barriers and bars, did they love truth, did they want to approach heavenly mountain Zion or worship a mountain on earth? There was no in between, choose life or death that is our choice, let our yes mean yes and no mean no for whats in the middle is from the evil one.

Matt. 5:37 But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

Rev.18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don't receive of her plagues, 18:5 for her sins have reached to the sky, and God has remembered her iniquities.

Those choosing the Passover Lamb their sins were blotted out in oneday, never to be recounted again, those staying in false worship would have their sin brought up daily and accounted against them for payment to some organization and/or group. They would stay in disobedience remaining in their sin, refusing to seek God's freedom through the irrevocable gift of the passover lamb Jesus Christ.

Matthew 1:21 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

Matthew 26:28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

John 8:24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am {or, I am} he, you will die in your sins."

God is creating all things new, new, starts with us, we are created new in Christ Jesus, given freely his life as our life, being taught by Holy Spirit, so we are accounted sinless. We must seek Christ by faith, he is our invisible head, so we are lead not by works of law, or man's approval, but solely and wholly by Spirit approval, We have been washed clean, declared righteous, which is not a feeling, or a doctrine, but truth, we must walk on water, knowing we are not deserving of God's kindness, there is not middle ground, we walk by Spirit or be put to death by our flesh. We cannot come to God in our righteousness and plead our case as the flesh practice, we stand not in our words, but the Word of God, the Christ, Christ has justified us by his righteous and good action, his fruit.

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

Those seeking the kingdom of God by any other door will not find it, they will be like blind men groping for a wall in the noon day Sun, stumbling over ever word of God, not even seeing the nose on their own face. Made to look foolish for pride of self-justification. The more they seek peace by self-will, the greater will come a lack of peace found in the works of the flesh.

Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am Yahweh, who does all these things.

Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.

Rom.8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
8:8 Those who are in the flesh can't please God.

1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

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