Do Christians today no longer have any consciousness of sins?

[tonychanyt]

Hebrews 10:

1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities,

OT law was a shadow type of the true type in Christ's sacrifice.

it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

Strong's Greek: 4893. συνείδησις (suneidésis) — 30 Occurrences

BDAG:
① awareness of information about someth., consciousness
② the inward faculty of distinguishing right and wrong, moral consciousness, conscience

It was more about the conscience.

Berean Literal Bible:

Otherwise, would they not have ceased being offered, because of those serving having been cleansed once, no longer having conscience of sins?

let's follow through with the verses:

Jesus came to do the will of God, to sacrifice himself on the cross for sinners.

10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

We have been sanctified, not that we no longer have any consciousness of sins.

15 The Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,”

We are subject to the laws on our hearts. We are conscious of the laws on our hearts.

17 then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

God will not be conscious of our lawless deeds.

22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience [G4893] and our bodies washed with pure water.

We have been cleansed from a consciousness of sin, i.e., we no longer have an evil conscience or a conscience toward sin. Now my conscience is toward Christ and his righteousness.

 

[Hoping2]

Hebrews 10:


OT law was a shadow type of the true type in Christ's sacrifice.


Strong's Greek: 4893. συνείδησις (suneidésis) — 30 Occurrences

BDAG:
① awareness of information about someth., consciousness
② the inward faculty of distinguishing right and wrong, moral consciousness, conscience

It was more about the conscience.

Berean Literal Bible:


let's follow through with the verses:

Jesus came to do the will of God, to sacrifice himself on the cross for sinners.


We have been sanctified, not that we no longer have any consciousness of sins.


We are subject to the laws on our hearts. We are conscious of the laws on our hearts.


God will not be conscious of our lawless deeds.


We have been cleansed from a consciousness of sin, i.e., we no longer have an evil conscience or a conscience toward sin. Now my conscience is toward Christ and his righteousness.

I hope you are not saying that even if one sins they won't have a conscience of that sin.
The reason one has no conscience of sin is because they have no sin to be conscious of !

 

[tonychanyt]

I hope you are not saying that even if one sins they won't have a conscience of that sin.

Define *conscience of that sin*.

 

[Hoping2]

Define *conscience of that sin*.

Awareness.
Knowledge that the sin one has committed, is in fact a sin.

 

[tonychanyt]

Awareness.
Knowledge that the sin one has committed, is in fact a sin.

Can you rephrase your statement without using the term conscience of that sin?

 

[Hoping2]

Can you rephrase your statement without using the term conscience of that sin?

Hmmm...
OK...
"The reason one has no consciousness of sin is because they have no sin to be conscious of !"

Hope that makes it clearer.

 

[tonychanyt]

"The reason one has no consciousness of sin is because they have no sin to be conscious of !"

I agree with this statement