Lesson: Remission

Be sure to read the whole chapter and the related verses in your KJV Bible before starting to answer these questions.

1. What does the word remission mean? Write out the verse in which our study word is found.
2. Prior to the cross work of Christ, what type of forgiveness were men offered?
3. After the cross, through the ministry of the Apostle Paul, what type of forgiveness are men offered?
4. In Old Testament times, what were men told to do in order to have their sins forgiven? Was this forgiveness temporary or was it permanent and complete?
5. Read Leviticus 1:1-4. What were these people (the nation of Israel) told to do in order to make atonement for their sins?
6. Did God truly accept this on their behalf? (see Lev. 1:4)
7. Why did they have to keep bringing sacrifices each time they sinned?
8. Read Leviticus chapter 16. Explain how the two goats, brought by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement, pictured the forgiveness.
9. This whole ceremony was a type of what?
10. Under the ministry of John the Baptist and the twelve Apostles, remission of the sins was offered through ___________ and _____________ _______________. See Matthew 3:1-6, Mark 1:4, Acts 2:38.
11. During the dispensation of Grace (the age in which we now live) forgiveness of sins is offered on the base of what?
12. What part, if any, do animal sacrifices play in the forgiveness of sins today?
13. Could the blood of bulls and goats ever take away sins?
14. Read Ephesians 1:7, Ephesians 4:32 and Colossians 2:13. Based upon these verses, if you are saved do you need to ask God to forgive you of your sins or has He already forgiven you of all of your sins?
15. Do you really believe that all of your sins have been totally, completely, and forever forgiven by God?
16. If your sins have really been forgiven totally and completely by God, should you carry around any guilty feelings for your sins?