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God says he will forgive my sins and I believe that Christ died to pay for my sins, but why are we still called in Scripture to pray that God forgive our sins every day if he says all our sins are already forgiven us (Rom. 8:2)? On the cross Jesus Christ purchased forgiveness for us. His blood is the basis or the ground of the forgiveness of our sins. Our sins were blotted out or removed at the cross. Scripture calls that the atonement or redemption. Forgiveness is not the same thing as...