THE MAIN IDEA
All of our sins are forever forgiven when we receive Jesus as Lord. 

THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST IS FOR YOU
We are all born with a sinful nature (Psalm 51:5). Therefore, we are all inclined to sin (Psalm 14:2-3). But the real problem for us is that because of God’s holiness, righteousness, and justice, a reckoning is required for every sin that has ever been committed in this world, and that reckoning is called the wrath of God. Hell is the  place where the ultimate fury of God’s wrath is unleashed. The wrath of God entered into the world the moment sin entered into the world. God allowed sin to enter the world because the reality of sin could not be avoided—not if God was going to give humanity free will. Free will was necessary because God is love, and love requires the freedom to choose God or to choose  the world. Adam and Eve chose the world, and sin and death and the wrath of God have been  here since. But God sent His own Son to the cross to absorb all the wrath that is due to all of humanity. In Christ Jesus, the wrath of God has been fully satisfied, and the blood of Christ has completely cleansed us of all of our sins through faith—past, present, and future. 

THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST IS FOREVER
The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) was to be observed year after year, and so the Jewish people still observe it today after 3,500 years. The point of Yom Kippur is to make atonement for the sins of the people year after year.  But the fact that the earthly high priest had to make atonement for himself and all the people year after year automatically tells us that the atonement that Yom Kippur offers is imperfect (Hebrews  10:1). On the other hand, the atonement that Christ offers is perfect (Hebrews 9:24-26). And that  means that our forgiveness in Him is perfect, and it is forever. Therefore, the forgiveness of all our sins—past, present, and future—can never be taken away, because it never depends upon what we do, but it only depends on what Jesus Christ has already done on the cross once for all—for all people and for all time. And so we can be confident in approaching God because of  what He has done (Hebrews 10:19-23). And we can confess our sins to God knowing that He  will forgive us through faith (Psalm 32:5). 

THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST IS FOR ALL
The Day of Atonement was to be observed  by both Israelites and Gentiles. Throughout the Bible, we see that God’s great plan of  reconciliation in Christ Jesus was for the whole world (e.g. Isaiah 51:4-5). In fact, God’s plan  from the very start was for His people to fill the earth with His glory in Christ Jesus through God-fearing, God-honoring, God-worshiping, God-loving communities and families, which is  the church (Genesis 1:28; Matthew 28:19-20). But Adam and Eve rebelled against God, and  instead of going to the ends of the earth with God, feasting on the tree of life, they wanted to stay  in the garden with the devil, feasting on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And so sin  entered into the world and made a mess of everything. In fact, the reasons God hates sin so much is because sin destroys our lives so much. And so sin isn’t going to stop God’s great plan of  atonement to fill the earth with His glory in Christ Jesus. And He has given to us the good news of Jesus Christ to share with sinners just like us so that they too might escape the ultimate reckoning of His wrath—that is hell. God wants to save everyone from that reckoning. That is  why Canvas does everything that it does—to save someone, anyone, from that reckoning. 

DISCUSSION QUESTION
It is not my pleasure to offend anyone or to force anyone to do anything. But I  am accountable to God to explain His will to people so that we might know His blessings.  Why is it important for our HCs to multiply? – PS