“…that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” [2 Corinthians 5:19-21]
“…and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.” [1 John 2:2]
I’m not sure how to put to words what I am thinking about these scriptures, but I’ll try. Jesus didn’t count men’s sins against them. This behavior had nothing to do with whether they accepted Him or not. John explicitly states that Jesus didn’t just die for the sins of believers but for the sins of the whole world. The implications of these passages are profound. They are a direct violation of what nearly every evangelical Christian is taught regarding what is necessary to be forgiven by God. Nothing is required to receive God's forgiveness. I can’t help but think about how good and gracious that makes God look.
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