Is Christ's shed blood able to wash away all sins or not?

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We've had a thread about naming the sins for which Christ did not die in CH for a while now. As the discussion in that thread progresses a sin - at least one - was pointed to as one for which Christ did not die. That sin was the unforgivable sin - the sin that the Lord Jesus Christ referred to as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Stopping to consider what is meant by "sins for which Christ died" is worth while. If Christ died for your sins do we mean that he shed his blood on the cross so that your sins would be washed away by his shed blood? Or is something else meant? If your sins remain and you are finally condemned by God on the last day by God were your sins washed away or not? Are you condemned for your sins including the sin of not believing in Jesus Christ even though they were washed away or were they not washed away? In brief did Christ shed his blood to wash away all sins of everybody or did his shed blood not wash away the sins of some people?
 

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They are washed away if you accept His offer and repent. Then you get a new nature, the old one died with Christ and He took our sins in His body. If you reject Him His blood can't wash your sins away.
 

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We've had a thread about naming the sins for which Christ did not die in CH for a while now. As the discussion in that thread progresses a sin - at least one - was pointed to as one for which Christ did not die. That sin was the unforgivable sin - the sin that the Lord Jesus Christ referred to as blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Stopping to consider what is meant by "sins for which Christ died" is worth while. If Christ died for your sins do we mean that he shed his blood on the cross so that your sins would be washed away by his shed blood? Or is something else meant? If your sins remain and you are finally condemned by God on the last day by God were your sins washed away or not? Are you condemned for your sins including the sin of not believing in Jesus Christ even though they were washed away or were they not washed away? In brief did Christ shed his blood to wash away all sins of everybody or did his shed blood not wash away the sins of some people?

Those who reject the forgiveness of sins do not receive forgiveness. They prefer to keep their sins and instead are judged by what they've done and since they do not have faith, they will fail and hence, damn themselves.

Christ has taken our sins to the cross as scripture states and in our baptisms those sins are washed away. Yet, we can turn away from God at any point as scripture warns. Law Gospel issue :)
 

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Yes. Jesus IS the Savior ( I know that's denied by many Catholics - another subject for another thread). So, yes - he died for all sins. Now, it's silly and absurd and illogical to argue that THEREFORE all sins are forgiven since forgiveness not only mandates that forgiveness be earned and offered but also accepted and applied.
 

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One wonders if "law/gospel" is a mantra :p

Evidently law-gospel bifurcation leads to the conclusion that the Lord Jesus Christ's shed blood is unable to wash away sins whenever the sins are not covered by faith. I guess the next question is "is faith a gift or a work?"
 
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