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so a sinner can be saved without forgiveness of sins? And this forgiveness can be without repenting? You have misread the Bible!

you are playing games with the Word of God. Typically of the "Reformed", they tend to choose the Scriptures that suit their theological bias, and either ignore or disregard those that are against what they believe. Listen, if you will, to the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, to ALL sinners...

can a sinner be "forgiven" before they "repent"? can a person be "saved" before they are "forgiven"? These are very important steps in the salvation of all sinners.

but can you provide Scripture that says the Holy Spirit has to "enable" the sinner, in order they can repent? How can this be the case, when Acts 17:30 says, "God commands all men everywhere to repent", which is something that these have to DO to respond to this command. Unless God is not...

Repentance and faith are a must as Jesus taught. How else can a sinner receive the forgiveness from God to save them, if they do not repent first? How can they be forgiven if there is no repentance? What are they being forgiven of?

So, do you then agree that the sinner must repent of their sins, before they can be forgiven and saved?

However, Jesus tells us, "REPENT and BELIEVE (faith) in the Gospel" (Mark 1:15). "And that REPENTANCE for forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem" (Luke 24:47). Which means that a sinner cannot have "forgiveness" of their sins, till the time...

I do agree that all sinners are totally lost. However, I do not believe that the Calvinistic/Reformed understanding of this is Biblically correct. It is not that the sinner is so dead, that they cannot respond to the Gospel call; but, as the Bible says, "our sins have separated us from God"...

Thanks for sharing how the Lord worked in your life. Truly we serve a Wonderful God!

just to help you out, The Five Points of Calvinism, TULIP

Martin, can you tell me what the T and U in TULIP means?

You make a very bold and silly remark about me not understanding what the Bible says on repentance and faith. I can only conclude that you are either a Calvinist, or Reformed? This is usually the way they go about things, especially when they know their "system" is faulty, and shown to be from...

Firstly, I see no NT evidence for the Lord's Supper to be restricted to members of any Church. Secondly, it is something for ALL truly born-again believers to part-take in, as it is very possible for someone to be a "member" of a Church, and not even be born-again! Thirdly, it should be the duty...

Hello Steve, I don't understand what you mean by, "I must point out that what you talk of is already addressed by doctrine, just not in the way you frame it."? What I have said in the OP is what the Bible very clearly says, and not my own. It is Biblical Truth.

But, the Holy Bible, the Infallible Word of Almighty God, disagrees. "Come now, and let us REASON together, saith Jehovah: though your SINS be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be WILLING and OBDEIENT, ye shall eat the...

firstly, I do not write anything for "amens". Secondly, I have never said, because I do not believe. that a sinner can repent of their own, as this is impossible. it is ONLY when the sinner is CONVICTED by God the Holy Spirit (see John 16:8-9), that they can do so. Thirdly, it is Biblically...

You think that Joshua 24:15 is for no purpose? "And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the LORD, CHOOSE this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will...

"The point is, I did not truly repent until many years later", then the Bible says that you were not really saved till you did REPENT!

you don't understand the Bible you read, because you do so with your Reformed BIAS!

Firstly, read my response at #87. Secondly, you say that there is not a single verse in the Bible, on free will to salvation? Do you really understand what this means? I mean, apart from your Reformed bias, could you accept that your "system" does not always teach what the Bible says? Let me...