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Insight from God’s Word:  The Doctrine of “Once For All!”

     “Once for all,” a phrase that occurs in Romans 6:10, Hebrews 9:26, 10:10 and 1 Peter 3:18, teaches the central doctrine of the Christian faith, namely that Jesus Christ died once to pay for the sins of all people:

      1. “The death He died, He died to sin once for all!” (Romans 6:10a)

      2. “For Christ died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.”  (1 Peter 3:18)

      3. “He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.”(Hebrews 9:26)

      4. “We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.“ (Hebrews 10:10)

    If you believe this doctrine, then you are a Christian with sins forgiven and a certain and sure place in heaven.  If you do not believe this doctrine, then you are an unbeliever with sins unforgiven and on your way to hell, because of your unbelief and unforgiven sins.  But God calls on you to believe the “once and for all” through the power of the Holy Spirit, so that your sins might be forgiven!  The world and the unbelieving “church” ridicules this doctrine of “once for all” as the superstition of the dark ages.  But the Church stands or falls depending on whether it believes and proclaims this doctrine of “once for all.” 

May you be a “once for all” Christian and share this doctrine of “once for all” with others!

-Pastor Brechbuhl