Past Due - The Role of Confession in the Christian Walk
Some years ago as I was reading in my personal devotions, I was reading in Romans 3 and verse 25 really jumped out at me, but just a few words in particular. At that time, I was reading the King James Bible almost exclusively, so I will use that version here as well, since it is from that translation that this article will make the most sense. Romans 3:25, in the King James Bible, reads, "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;". The "whom" at the beginning of this verse is talking of Jesus Christ, through whom the propitiation, or appeasement to God is brought. This verse is telling us that God withheld His punishment of our sins at the times that we committed them so that we would have the opportunity to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus’ sacrifice. If God had smote us in the moment of our sin, then there would be no chan...