Featured Repentance

Remember, 2 Cor. 7:10 states that a godly sorrow worketh a repentance unto salvation not to be repented of.......so, one must feel sorrow for the sins they committed before a just and holy God to fit the biblical definition of repentance.

 

We probably are in agreement...just wanted to clarify a couple points. Hoping the Lorshipper's haven't gotten their hands on her

 

HEY! Mind your own business! :laugh:

WD and I have always fussed and somehow remained friends (at least on my part). No go stick your nose in someone else's thread! :tongue3:

Does this make you feel better?-----------------> :1_grouphug:

 

I think your hoping is a wittle too late....

 

yes, as that happens in life of believer, peter example of that!

Sinner need to repent chanhe their minds on just who jesus is, and how we can be saved by him alone, not works/efforts!

 

You've been listening to Hank Williams Jr. lately, haven't you?

He had a song titled "Why don't you mind your own business", ya know?


But you live in TN, so I guess that's par for the course, of course. :tongue3:

 

Agreed. :thumbs:

 

I'm not crazy about the way you've worded this, but in theory I agree with you. One must repent, to be saved. I would add, however, that we repent en masse, as it were. Christ's blood covers all our sins, even those we have not yet realized are sins. For instance, let's say you smoke and smoking is a sin. Do you have to give it up to be saved? No because you have not yet been taught/realized/been convicted that smoking is a sin. As you grow in the Lord there are things in our lives we repent from as we grow in the Lord. We can not turn away from something unless we realize it's sin. Here's an example from my own life. I used to read books and watch television shows that featured witches, wizards etc. (think Charmed, Harry Potter stuff). One day the Lord convicted me that it was sinful and that I needed to stop and never do it again. I ceased that day watching any television show/movie that featured witches, wizards, ghosts, etc., and BURNED every book (I would not even given them away) and video, music everything I had in my possession that featured witches, wizards, witchcraft, etc.

So, was I sinning...yes. Did I continue to sin? No, I repented and cleaned up this part of my life. Did I REALIZE I was sinning? Not until I was convicted of it by the Holy Spirit, so did I repent of it when I was saved? No, how could I have done? I repented of 100% of what I REALIZED was sin at the moment, I was 100% sorry for my SINFUL NATURE. As we grow and mature in the Lord we then repent of individual sins/acts as convicted. That part does not happen at the moment of salvation.

 

Very good post. When we are saved, we are new born babes in Christ. As we mature, we grow in knowledge, and learn to understand things more in-depth. This that you posted shows a maturity level that you didn't have at the point of your salvation. Again, a very good, and well articulated, post. Kudos. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

ha ha! You are so funny! I actually have never figured out Lordshipper salvation, so I don't think they have their hands on me yet. :laugh:

 

FTR, being in the FW camp, I do believe in LS and that faith is a gift of God....not to derail this thread though.....:tongue3:

 

FW?

You're a Lordshipper? Let the Webdog attack! grrrrr.....

 

Brother Willis hit a little turbulence with that one :laugh:

I don't really think he believes you have to exchange yourself for Christ for salvation, though.

 

Are you saying that one does not need to repent in order to get saved by Christ?

 

Repent:
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from 3326 and 3539; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction)


To repent of sin is to changes one's mind about it. To realize after gaining knowledge, that sin is wrong according to God.

Repent does not mean to stop your sin. We cannot stop the sin until we receive power through the indwelling Holy Spirit who is given at conversion. Saying that repentance is the "turning from sin" or "to stop sinning" is wrong as that is not what the word means.

So most definitely, according to scripture, we must repent. We must change our mind about sin. No one is going to seek forgiveness of sin until he repents (changes his mind) about it.

 

Its when we realise that our own efforts/good works cannot save us, and that we need to place faith in Christ to be saved!

 

Isn't the term "we need to place faith in Christ to be saved" also indicating some element of human effort?