Jesus died for our future sins!

[Nelka]

I have a Protestant friend who states that Jesus died for all our sins past, present and future which of course is part of his once saved always saved doctrine.

I tried to explain that Jesus dying for us doesn’t give us the right to sin when we like and without repentance.

How can I explain it better?

Is there a good Bible verse for this?

Thanks.

 

[sudy]

2 Peter 2 19-22 ‘They may promise freedom but are themselves slaves to corruption; because if anyone lets himself be dominated by anything, then he is a slave to it; and anyone who has escaped the pollution of the world by coming to know our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and then allows himself to be entangled and mastered by it a second time, ends up being worse than he was before. It would have been better for them never to have learnt the way of uprightness, than to learn it and then desert the holy commandment that was entrusted to them. What they have done is exactly as the proverb rightly says: The dog goes back to its vomit and: As soon as the sow has been washed, it wallows in the mud.’

 

[sudy]

1 John 3 5-8 Now you are well aware that he has appeared in order to take sins away, and that in him there is no sin. No one who remains in him sins, and whoever sins has neither seen him nor recognised him. Children, do not let anyone lead you astray. Whoever acts uprightly is upright, just as he is upright. Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil, since the devil has been a sinner from the beginning. This is the purpose of the appearing of the Son of God, to undo the work of the devil.

1 John 3 9-10 No one who is a child of God sins because God’s seed remains in him. Nor can he sin, because he is a child of God. This is what distinguishes the children of God from the children of the devil; whoever does not live uprightly and does not love his brother is not from God.

Therefore we can choose not to remain in him, and we can be led astray, and we can carry on sinning.

'Whoever lives sinfully belongs to the devil."

 

[sudy]

Revelation 3 4-6 'There are a few in Sardis, it is true, who have kept their robes unstained, and they are fit to come with me, dressed in white. Anyone who proves victorious will be dressed, like these, in white robes; I shall not blot that name out of the book of life… ’

This suggests that names can be blotted out of the book of life, therefore ‘once saved, always saved’ is questionable.

 

[MT1926]

I am having this same problem with my son. This is the way it was taught to me. My son just ignored me, I don’t think he was ready to hand over his Get out of Hell free card, but you are willing to give it a shot.

The Church teaches in agreement with Scripture that Christians “have been saved” through faith and baptism (Mark 16:16; Eph. 2:8-9; Romans 6:3-4), they’re “being saved” through cooperation with grace (I Cor. 1:18, I Cor. 15:1-3; II Cor. 6:1), and that they “shall be saved” if they persevere in the Faith (Matt. 10:22; Romans 2:6-7; Gal. 6:7-9).

Mark 16:16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God— 9 not because of works, lest any man should boast.

Romans 6:3-4 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried[a] therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 15:1-3 Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved,** if you hold it fast**—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,

2 Corinthians 6:1 Working together with him, then, we entreat you not to accept the grace of God in vain.

Matthew 10:22 and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Romans 2:6-7 For he will render to every man according to his works: **to those who by patience **in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Galatians 6:7-9 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart.

I hope this helps. I bolded the key words of the verses that point to past, present and future.

Matthew 19:26

 

[Sirach2]

Nelka,

That false concept goes all the way back to the Reformation, unfortunately, and still circulates among non-C’s today. I’m thinking of one evangelist in particular who has made it his pet doctrine of grace that once a person is “saved”, he can never lose his salvation. Jesus has already forgiven all of the person’s sins that he may commit in the future. Not to worry.

It was formally condemned by the Council of Trent in this decree:

Canon 27.
If anyone says that there is no mortal sin except that of unbelief, or that grace once received is not lost through any other sin however grievous and enormous except by that of unbelief, let him be anathema.

As you can predict, a non-C will not accept a Catholic Council or its teachings, but if you would like to have a scripture from Christ Himself, maybe this will help.

“Rejoice with me because I have found my** lost sheep**.’
I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance”.

Jesus tells us that a sheep can get ‘lost’ and needs to repent. God’s grace seeks out this lost one in order to bring it to repentance and restoration, but as we know, this grace can be rejected. And one who does not believe Catholic teaching in favor of their own interpretation will insist they are correct in their understanding. We all know such hard-line fundamentalists, sorry to say.

 

[sudy]

Hebrews 10 26-27 If, after we have been given knowledge of the truth, we should deliberately commit any sins, then there is no longer any sacrifice for them. There is left only the dreadful prospect of judgement and the fiery wrath that is to devour your enemies.

Figured this verse was appropriate too.