Call-In Classic Christianity Radio – Bob George P856 (07-28-23)
God is Not a Forgiveness Vending Machine
~ Most people believe the lie of ongoing forgiveness by God. They refuse to place faith in the finished work of Jesus on the cross and even calling Jesus a liar by their very actions. They wrongly believe and teach that 1 John 1:9 means to ask for forgiveness from God. First off, the word confess in the Greek means to agree with God. It never meant to ask for forgiveness. Yet that is still how the word confess is improperly understood in the world today and the worst offenders of that false teaching is within the organized church. Most people believe they plop in their prayer requests to God for forgiveness and out magically pops forgiveness by God. They even believe in several types of forgiveness, “positional forgiveness” and “experiential forgiveness” or whatever terms people are assigning to the various forms of forgiveness being taught today. Can you imagine going up to Jesus in the flesh today, and say, “Jesus, I know you forgave me positionally at the cross, now please forgive me experientially today.” Can you imagine what the response of Jesus … Listen to Broadcast & Read More