The Bible’s Gospel fits reality - Summary.
The Two Sin Problems are universal.
- 1. Who we are is broken.
- 2. What we do is broken.
God's Two Solutions applied to believers are:
- 1. Fix who we are Change our broken nature to God’s Righteousness.
- 2. Fix what we do Fix the invisible effects of past sin, especially redemption and justification
by Jesus’ shed and sprinkled blood.
- The visible effects of a believer's sin remain the person's responsibility.
Going forward, it is possible for each believer to make the best choices.
Because of Jesus’ work at his cross, God solved both universal Sin Problems … no corrupted human could help.
Jesus is the only human who was uncorrupted in conception and in birth.
All a corrupted human can do is believe (seeing Jesus lifted up, crucified on the cross and believing into him).
Believers receive God’s Solutions to the Two Universal Sin Problems and are changed.
The Third Sin Problem is not universal … only believers have it.
The Solution to Sin Problem #3 has this difference from the Solution to Sin Problem #2:
the changed believer has an active part in its solution … they make good choices.
- God’s part is Jesus’ life’s blood, which remains effective for cleansing.
- The believer’s active part is in making two good choices:
- confession (to all as needed) of present, personal sin and
- forgiveness toward others who have wronged us, etc.
- From the believer's perspective, all people have a ‘clean slate’ with the believer.
Yet, the unbeliever (still having the first two universal Sin Problems) cannot relate to God
and cannot receive His help/cleansing from the two choices above as the believer can.