Hebrews 9:7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
11-12 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by HIS own blood HE entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13-14 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered HIMSELF without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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Only Jesus is worthy, for HE shed HIS blood for our sins.
You haven't shed your blood for your sins, but HE, Jesus, shed his blood for our sins.
And only by blood is restitution made in the sight of God for our sins.
So if you try to make yourself worthy by what you do, you will fail ... and by your sacrifice you deny the sacrifice made by Jesus Christ for your sins.
It is only by faith in the blood of Jesus paying for our sins, that we will be justified from the sins in the sight of God.
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If a woman consents to abortion and kills her baby, and later grieves over what she did, it avails nothing, for grief does not pay for sins.
But the blood of Jesus pays for that sin. And if she can enter in by believing the sin of abortion is paid for by the blood of Jesus, she will be healed and freed from the bad memory of what she did.
And it is that way for all sins, no matter what we do.
This is not a license to sin. God forbid. None of us who are real Christians want to sin. But if we do sin, then the blood of Jesus cleanses us of all sin. Certainly we repent, and repentance means we purpose to go another direction.
The sin we committed before we were born again is a horrible memory to us. But it is paid for by the blood of Jesus, when we enter in, and we do have to enter in.
Would any of us deliberately do those sins again that we once did? Certainly we do not want to do this after we are born again.
We must enter in, and refuse all contrary thoughts brought to us by spirits of the devil or by other humans.
I have had other humans, even church members, try to get me to look back on my sins after I was born again. I absolutely refuse to do this.
Nor do I speak of my sins in the past to other people, unless there is a teaching instruction which requires me to speak of this and if God specifically shows me to do so.
Often if you share your past sins with others, you put a burden on the other person.
I do not believe we should do this.
The church is not a secular talk show. The church should be very controlled in what they say, and it should bring edification, exhortation, and comfort to the other individual causing the person to grow in the grace of God.
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