so God does the repenting for the sinner?
God grants repentance, THEN one can recover from the snare of the devil:
23 But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.
24 And the Lord`s servant must not strive, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves;
if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
26 and
they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him unto his will. 2 Tim 2
...those Jewish Christians that fell away back to the apostate system that murdered Christ were NEVER to be granted repentance from God:
4 For as touching those who were
once enlightened and
tasted of the heavenly gift, and were
made partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,
6 and
then fell away,
it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. Heb 6
...which I believe to be related to this offense to which no repentance was to be granted:
31 Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but
the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. Mt 12
