The Little Chorus Has it Right
Gone, gone, gone, gone,
Yes my sins are gone.
Now my soul is free and in my heart’s a song.
Buried in the deepest sea
Yes, that's good enough for me.
I shall live eternally,
Praise God! My sins are g-o-n-e, gone!
Not some, a portion, or even most, but all my sins are gone. Sound like heresy? Think of it; when Christ died on the Cross, we had no past or present sins. We did not exist, all our sins were future. There is no longer sin on us, although sin does still remain in us. Once saved,God does not deal with us as sinners unto condemnation, but as a Father with His wayward children, chastening us in this life. That we may not be condemned with the world.
In the Old Testament, Aaron, the High Priest, on the day of atonement, would lay both his hands upon the head of a scapegoat. He would then confess “all the iniquities,” “all the transgressions,” and “all the sins” of God’s people. Then the animal would be sent away into the uninhabited wilderness, bearing their sins.
In Paul’s gospel he tells us how "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures." We hear a lot about the death and resurrection of Christ, but very little of his burial. This, to our great chagrin.
Could it be the Tomb is where He left our sins? That is, He went in with them, and came out without them. That He, like the scapegoat, took them into a no-man's land, never to be found. Or as the songwriter put it, "...buried, He carried our sins far away." I think so!
b y an Old Disciple