Growing up i had a very skewed understanding of what "Jesus died for the sins of the world" meant. I think a lot of the confusion comes in with the wording. Jesus died for the sins of the world sounds like Jesus died so everyone could go to heaven. The only problem with that is the bible…
The bible tells us that Jesus died for the sins of the world so that you COULD obtain right standing with God, because based on your own righteousness no one can stand before God. Here's where i was confused (where many people get confused)... there is something that must happen before that right standing can be applied to your life. We have to have faith.
Faith, not just cognitive assent to a belief in God. Or even actual faith in an "all religions lead to God" kind of god. Faith (by grace) in Christ Jesus as The Way, The Truth & The Life. A consistent hope that resides deep down in the sufficient sacrifice of Jesus alone for redemption of our trespass against God. That is the only way we can benefit from this great work of redemption.
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