"He has forgiven you for every sin you will ever commit, past, present and future."
Steve McVey
"He forgave us all our sins."
Colossians 2:13 (NIV)
Christ already forgave us ALL our sins. God was in Christ, forgiving the sins of the whole world, not counting their wrongs against them. Christ took away the sin of the world at the cross. So we can say that in that eternal moment, sin was wiped out, all sin was forgiven, and we were made innocent. That eternal moment of the cross is like an event that is timeless, outside of time, for Christ the Lamb was 'slain from the foundation of the world.' So all the sins of the whole world, past, present and future, were taken away and forgiven by Christ at the cross. Because the cross is effective throughout all of time, we were actually born forgiven, cleansed, and innocent! Every moment of our lives we are continually clean and innocent, washed and forgiven. We can tend to see failure and then forgiveness, but God only sees the impact of the cross. He only sees clean, holy, innocent, beautiful children without any flaws or imperfections. Paul wanted to present every man perfect in Christ, because that is exactly how we are to God because of the wonderful cross, where Christ cleansed the world for all time!
A Thought: Christ forgave my sins before I ever committed them!