When is enough enough? When are sins of the past forgiven?

When you read this article Lawsuit Seeks Reinstatement of KY Teacher Dismissed for Appearing in Adult Film you begin to wonder: at what point does forgiveness start for past sins?

Oh, that's right, most people will continue to judge this lady even though she may have cross the line doing bad things.

From my standpoint, God does allow U-turns!!

The point is: when?

When reading Luke 23:39-43 you find one of the thieves confessing to Jesus to "remember me when You come in Your kingdom!" But is that all there is? Is there anything else that can help us with this picture?

Now read Matthew 27:44 and you find "And the robbers also who had been crucified with Him, hwer caseting the same insults at Him." (robbers is plural, my emphasis added) and again in Mark 15:32 "And those who were crucified with Him were casting the same insults at Him."

So, when you look at Matthew and Mark you find that both of the robbers/thieves were insulting Jesus, but one of the thieves in Luke decided that what he had done was wrong and changed his attitude toward Jesus and became a believer in who Jesus was: the Son of God and Savior of the world. And he did it on his "death bed" and did NOT do any good works, join a church, give money to a charity of church, or even was baptised to be saved!!

Since salvation has to be the same for every person, and there is only one sin that is unforgiven (rejecting the Holy Spirit's convicting you of needing Christ as your Savior), then all others can be forgiven and you can move forward. So for the Unbeliever, it's at the point of Salvation. For the Believer, it's at the point of confession of the sin.

So what is with the teacher? She should not have been fired. But what should be done is for the parents to talk with their kids about what her decisions have been, what she did to overcome them, and where is she now. It's also MOST important the "righteous" or "religious" Chrisitans and others don't smear her for changing her direction. While a judgement may remain for the sin that has been committed, once that judgement is over you're free.

You without sin cast the first stone............. yea, I thought so, you can't throw a stone either because you're a sinner as well.

As it has been stated "broken people" should never be considered "second-class citizens in the family of God" by Southern Baptist evangelist Ted Stone. There are three aspects that most people are not aware of. Judgement, Mercy, and Grace. Judgement is getting what you deserve, Mercy is NOT getting what you deserve, and Grace is getting something you DO NOT deserve.

Your thoughts?