Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins,so when you sin if you ask for forgivness God can forgive you
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Amen ...... you are right in what you say.
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it's not exactly a verse, but the theif who was crucified with Jesus(the one who repented) was forgiven and died soon after.
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The concept of someone dying for our sins goes against all the principles that God has laid on earth for us.  It throws the idea of accountability out the window.  If he truly died for our sins, then there shouldn't be anymore sin.  But the fact is, the world is more corrupt now than ever before.\n\nAlso, after he supposedly died on the cross, he allegedly rose from the dead.  Doesn't that nullify his death and thus nullify the sacrifice??  He's no longer dead, so my sins are no longer washed (that's assuming the concept hold to begin with).\n\nIt doesn't add up.  One day we will all face God and we will be held accountable for every little deed, good or bad.  God will ask Jesus whether he instructed people to worship him, and Jesus will say 'no'.\n\nAnd God only knows best.
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Jesus Christ's death on the cross for our sins. He paid the price for my sins and yours. He defeated death and opened the gates of heaven for all of us. That's how much He loves us!
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Yes, there is a God who loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us on the cross. When we accept Jesus into our lives, we dump all our past, present and future sins on Him. He becomes our scapegoat. In exchange, we receive life in Heaven after we pass away from this earth and escape the punishment of being in Hell.
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I would thank him for dying on the cross for our sins and enabling us to have forgiveness and eternal life...)(
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You used the word "if" in your question and that opens up the discussion to "if" 'Isa (Jesus) actually did die on the cross. In Islam there are two views on this. First that he did not die but was close to death when removed from the cross. He subsequently recovered and migrated to what is now Eastern Afghanistan. The second view is that he was smuggled out of Jerusalem by his companions and that someone else took his place to save his life.\n\nBe that as it may, what you are asking is to reconcile an irreconcileable mystery. This mystery is at the heart of many people's distrust of religion. But mystery is not something that can be answered with the rational mind. The answer only lies in the heart, as soon as we try to answer it with our mind it becomes confused and rejects. But when we ask with our heart then the way becomes clear.\n\nDo you, in your deepest part of your heart, belive that it is ok to sin? To murder? To steal? To heart other human beings? To commit adultery or fornication? No, I believe that in your heart you know the answer. If Jesus did die for our sins then God must feel that sinning is bad enough to show us unequivocally that it is so. And that we must, as God's vice-regents (from Quran) on earth, behave in a way that is without sin as much as we can.\n\nBut we are human, and as humans we will make mistakes and fall into sinning. When that happens we must remember our God and ask for God's forgiveness and turn back to the right way. If remembering the death of Jesus on the cross helps you to do that, than the purpose of that death is served.\n\nPeace and Blessings,\n\nSalim
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In my religion,{Christian, Baptist} God forgives all if they bow their heads in prayer and ask for forgivness and sincerely mean it that they are sorry for their actions one sin is just as bad as the other.
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Jesus died on the cross for you and I
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ask god to forgive you and beleive that he died for ours ins and believe in him and obey him
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because Christ's resurrection and death saved us and redeemed us from sin..
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if you accept jesus christ as your lord and savior he has forgiven all things if you go and sin and you die before you ask forgiveness i think it will be forgiven
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Jesus either saves completely or He does not save at all!\n\nThough the Christian who has committed suicide has committed a grave sin, he is still forgiven. But, in order to understand why a Christian who commits suicide is forgiven, we first need to understand what salvation is and what it is based upon.\n     Salvation is the state of being saved from God's judgment upon the sinner. The only way to be saved is to trust Jesus for the forgiveness of one's sins (John 14:6, Acts 4:12). All who do not trust Jesus alone, by faith (Rom. 5:1; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9) are not forgiven and go to hell when they die (Matt. 25:46; John 3:18). When Jesus forgives someone, He forgives all their sins and gives them eternal life and they shall never perish (John 10:28). He does not give them temporary eternal life -- otherwise, it would not be eternal. \n     Salvation is not based upon what you do. In other words, you don't have to obey any Law of God in order to become saved. This is because no one is saved by keeping the Law of God (Gal. 2:21; Rom. 3:24-28). But that does not mean that you can go and sin all you want. Rom. 6:1-3 expressly condemns such action. Instead, we are saved for the purpose of purity (1 Thess. 4:7). Our salvation is strictly by God's: "By grace through faith you have been saved…" (Eph. 2:8). Other than acting by faith in trusting and accepting what Jesus did on the cross, you don't do a thing (John 1:12-3) in order to become saved. Since you did not get your salvation by what you did, you can not lose it by what you do.\n     What about the unforgivable sin? Is that suicide? No. Suicide is not the unforgivable sin. Jesus spoke of the unforgivable sin in Matt. 12:22-32. The context is when the Pharisees accused Jesus of casting out demons by the power of the devil. Therefore, suicide is not the unforgivable sin.\n\nIs repentance necessary for salvation? \n\n     This is a good question and the answer is yes -- and no. Now, before you throw stones, hear me out. Repentance is a necessary result of the saving work of God, not the cause of salvation.  If repentance brought salvation, then salvation is by works; or rather, the ceasing of bad works.  That isn't how it works.  God grants repentance to the Christian (2 Tim. 2:25). The Christian then turns from his sin; that is, he stops sinning. He is able to repent because he is saved, not to get saved. \n     In 1 John 1:9 it says, "If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Confession of sin and its natural result of repentance are necessary elements of the Christian's life. But, what about the sins that we do not know we commit? If we do not confess them and do not repent of them, are we still saved? Of course we are! Otherwise, we would be forced to confess and repent of every single sin we ever commit. In effect, we'd be back under the Law, living by a rule of absolute repentance of every detail lest you be damned. This is bondage, not freedom. Jesus said His yoke was light, not hard (Matt. 11:27-30.  \n     So, repentance is not the cause of salvation, but it is a result of salvation.  The believer repents from his sins upon trusting in Christ and thereafter, continues to repent of further sins that the Lord reveals to him.\n\nBack to the suicide issue.\n\n     Suicide is, in effect, self-murder. The unfortunate thing about it is that the one who commits it cannot repent of it. The damage is permanently done. We can see in the Bible that murderers have been redeemed (Moses, David, etc.), but they had opportunities to confess their sins and repent. With suicide, the person does not.  But that does not mean the person is lost.  Jesus bore all that person's sins, including suicide. If Jesus bore that person's sins on the cross 2000 years ago, and if suicide was not covered, then the Christian was never saved in the first place and the one sin
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because Jesus died on the cross and was raised again so that we could be called the children of God.
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I believe that you can ask for forgiveness when you see god, because the bible promises everlasting life.  Even in hell you live forever so technically you do not die.
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its not literally the cross we cling to, it's what the cross reminds us of...How Jesus died for our sins.
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There are reasons why God could not save us from sin with a snap of His fingers.  His holy and just character would not allow it.  A payment had to rectify the transgressions committed.\n\nWhat He did though is offer a SOLUTION to the sin problem that  would also lead to eternal life.  The solution was Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son.\n\nCan man just do anything he wants and expect eternal life?  No.  Adam and Eve were given the opportunity to live forever and CHOSE to blow it.  THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES for blowing it, in every aspect of life.  Adam and Eve were no exeption, rather they were mankind's first examples to demonstrated that there are consequences for doing wrong.  Instead of being able to live forever, they would die.\n\nThe consequences to sin then is death.  So, what is the remedy?\n\nSomething had to remedy sin.  There is no darkness in God.  He is holy.  No man could ever see God and live.  He is too holy and full of pure light...beyond our scope of understanding.   Therefore, He had to make a way for us to be able to exist with Him forever in His magnificent glory, splendor, and light.  Sin is darkness and can not abide with light.\n\nIn Leviticus 17:11 God told the Israelites that the life of the body is in the blood. He gave them rules for pouring that blood on the altar. They had to do this in order to cover their sins. \n\nWithout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins Hebrews tells us.  The blood represents life.  If a sacrifice were made, it would remedy the sin...wash the sin away...cleanse the sinner from the sin.  Why? Because God said so.\n\nIn the TNK, this was temporarily accomplished through animal sacrifices...spotless animals.  The reason for Jesus Christ coming in the flesh was so that he could be the final sacrifice.  He would literally give His life, so that all might live.  He was blameless, he did no sin, therefore he qualified as the "spotless Lamb" of God.  He gave His only begotten Son who was willing to die for the world.\n\nIn the offering the priests shed animal blood, but that blood only provided a cover for sin. Only the blood Christ shed was able to put sin away (Hebrews 9:26)! \n\nCouldn't God have died for us?  No.  God is not a man.  Only a flesh and blood sinless person could be the exchange.  His Son was what He gave, with His Son willlingly doing so.\n\nJesus GAVE his life freely out of love.  It was not "taken" from him.  His blood poured out to cover the sins of all who believe and wash them...freeing them from the bondage of sin.  All sin was imputed to him to reconcile the world to God.  Jesus Christ, through His sacrifice, put the world in a position to be "reconciled" in actuality to God.\n\nReconciliation removes the hatred (Romans 5:10; Colossians 1:21; Ephesians 2:16); reconciliation makes a person clean. Through reconciliation God paid for our sins and put them away (2 Corinthians 5:19; Hebrews 9:26; 1:3). Reconciliation breaks down the walls between God and man (Ephesians 2:14). At one time you and I were the enemies of God. By faith in Christ we brought ourselves back to God (Colossians 1:21). The war is over! God signed a peace treaty in the blood of Christ (Colossians 1:20)! \n\nAnyone, who believes God and His Son can be washed clean by the spilled blood of Christ.  God then, by His loving grace, declares a person "righteous" who has this kind of saving faith.\n\nJust as God raised Christ from the grave to a new body and immortality, so will He do the same for all who believe.  At the first resurrection, and at the last trump, Christ will return.  All in Christ (true Christians) will be changed instantly to an incorruptible, immortal body and person never to sin again and fit to dwell in the light of God.