Wrong Thinking:
John 1:29: The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “"Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”"
To go beyond the teaching of the Scriptures is to transcend the Word of God and communicate a theoretical reality beyond what is scripturally and spiritually discernable; therefore when preconceived ideas, opinions, or theories are taught as biblical truth, the instructors of such heresy are treading on unholy ground. These pseudo teachers and preachers are following a well worn path trampled down by the heretical footsteps of their predecessors; teaching for truth unbiblical doctrine for their own self-advantage.
According to the Scriptures, Jesus died to take away the sin of the world; but men, wise in their own estimation, and guided by human wisdom, have twisted the Scriptures, advocating a disparaging interpretation of John’s epistle, which surmises that Jesus died for the past, present, and future sins of the world.
According to Vine’s expository dictionary, the Greek word hamartia, is used of sin as a principle or source of action, or an inward element producing acts of sin, and is used as virtually equivalent to a condition of sin, i.e., John 1:29, “the sin (not sins) of the world.” The Bible tells us that Jesus died for our past sins (Romans 3:25), not for our present and future sins; for if we sin, subsequent to being born again, we have an advocate with the Father (I John 2:1); our responsibility is to confess and repent of any such sins.
This heretical belief stands in stark contrast to biblical repentance and confession of sins; and is not only a divisive issue, perpetrated by unspiritual and undiscerning minds, but is a concept imagined by unspiritual, undiscerning men, and the means which bring continued reproach on the Word of God.
The detrimental consequence of such heresy is its exclusion of individual culpability. For if past, present, and future sins are forgiven, why is there any need for confession and repentance of sinful actions subsequent to one’s conversion? It appears to exempt individual responsibility of obedience to the commandments of God, as well as negating the apostolic injunction of the Apostle’s epistles concerning confession and repentance of sins.
Anyone who accepts that which a man teaches as truth without first having personally examined it prayerfully in the light of the Word of God, is building their house on the sand; it may appear to be sound and have a solid foundation, but beneath the foundation, destruction lies dormant, and when the rain and wind and floods come, the house will fall, and great will be its fall, (Matthew 7:26).
II Peter 2:1: “But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies…”
