"Christ died for our sins"
....... and also Christians have a free gift of salvation.
These two statements are a big part of what Christians believe.
I was wondering what the root source is for those statements so I did a Bible search.
I found only one verse in the Bible that came up in my "died for our sins" searches.
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
That verse does seem to be a source for that statement.....sort of.
But, according to what scriptures is it referring to? It is not clear.
Further, the "our sins" suggest the sins of those at that time and also all future sins of everyone.
One could say that since we all sin we are "covered" (forgiven?) by Jesus' death by that Bible verse.
To exagerate a bit, one could conclude that because they believe in Jesus they can have a good time, do sinful things and not worry about it because they are "Saved".
Are we not accountable for our sins?
If so, we do not have this "Free Pass" to heaven as one might think.
I find it confusing and perhaps it is a misunderstanding of the verse or another translation issue that is going on.
For me, I do not believe that we get a Free Pass to heavan just because one is a Christian.
For the sins that we have committed we are accountable.
Thoughts/Opinions?