This is indeed a blessed promise.
The blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin, delivers us from all condemnation.
Yet if you grew up in the legalistic household which I grew up in, you would think that the blood of Jesus did not accomplish anything at all.
The falsehoods I was taught - they were just terrible.
In so many churches -- if they can be called churchces today -- the blood of Jesus means nothing, and oftentimes people do not even preach or teach about the ever-wonderful powerful cleansing of the blood.
It is really astonishing to me, after all these years, that I was reading and reading the Bible, yet I was believing such false doctrine.
God Almighty has provided the perfect pardon for all our sins -- all of them -- at the Cross.
The Alcoholics Anonymous cult would have us believe otherwise, that we have to keep ourselves clean, that we have to stay in check over ourselves and our perversions.
Since when did anybody get the idea that they could keep short accounts with God?
No sins are imputed to us. Even if we do something wrong, we need to recognize that God is not a fault finder anymore looking for ways to punish us.
Sin does bring forth death in our lives. If anyone claims that he is under grace, yet continues to live in sin -- he is lying, pure and simple.
This life given to us is not about staying one step ahead of our sicknesses. It is about living life, and that more abundantly. His life in us is about living in great power, and having all things provided to us and for us through Christ Jesus.
I will not say no to any of that.
As for AA, I will continue to rail against the frauds of this terrible cult.
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