Our Greatest Need Ron Spear - The Eternal Gospel Church

OVERCOMING CONFUSION65tionary death was a completed or final atonement then Christ’s resurrectionwould have not been essential for man’s salvation.And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, andyour faith is also vain. 1 Corinthians 15:14.For Christ’s blood to atone, it had to be applied as well as shed.Prior to His death on the cross, it had been applied and atonementmade only by faith. When He ascended to heaven He began in realitymaking atonement for the sins of the world in the Holy Place. Whenwe come to Christ and confess our sins, we are pardoned, justifiedbefore God. We are placed on probation with access to Christ’senabling and transforming grace to reform us into His likeness. Onlythus, with the new birth experience, can we complete our probationarylife successfully. The completed and final atonement takes placewhen He presents His shed blood to the Father in the Holy of Holies inthe antitypical day of judgment/atonement which began in 1844. Whenthe day of Atonement is completed, those who have ended their probationarytime abiding in Christ—by His grace obeying all of His revealedwill—will have their sins blotted out and they will be placedupon Satan. All sin and sinners will be blotted out with Satan in thelake of fire.Those who, at one time had accepted Christ and had had sins forgiven,but later returned to a life of sin and thus are not participating inthe day of atonement’s full cleansing from sin, will have their once pardonedguilt placed back upon them. Their names will be blotted out ofthe book of life and their sins will be reckoned to them “in full.” Theywill have to bear the full weight of their sins to the lake of fire reservedfor the devil and his angels:For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in thatsame day, he shall be cut offf from among his people. Leviticus23:29.Will sins which have once been forgiven, ever be chargedagain to the sinner’s account? If the soul whose sins have beenforgiven abides in Christ, he remains justified, and he is sanctifiedby the Holy Spirit; but if he continues in sin, he cuts himselfoff from communion with God, and, unless he repent, his sinsare reckoned unto him in full, and the wrath of God abideth