Jesus did come to deliver us from the painful consequences of our sins, but it is by God’s Perfect will that the consequences even exist.  Disobedience brings the consequence of pain, which prepares the soul for healing.  The cure is in the cause.  You cannot be delivered from the consequences of sin while that sin still exists.

But we seem determined to hold onto the teaching that Christ came to save us from the punishment of our sins.  This concept has corrupted the true teaching of the gospel.

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