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1 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | Morant61 | 45030 | ||
Greetings John! Let me respond to your brain twister by twisting it back to you. If number 2 is correct, then why does the Bible command the elect to repent? Haven't their sins already been paid for? Or, why are we commanded in 1 John 1:9 to confess our sins? Aren't they already forgiven? My answer is simply this: 1 John 2:2! However, Scripture makes it clear that reception of this gift is conditioned upon faith and repentance. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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2 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | CDBJ | 45039 | ||
Hi Tim, believers repent to get back in fellowship, it's not that they are lost again. The verse in Rev. 3:20 that everyone uses out of contex. Rev. 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Christ is talking to believers here not unbelievers. Now I will have both you and Joe after me, CDBJ |
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3 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | Morant61 | 45084 | ||
Greetings CDBJ! I agree! I was simply trying to respond to John's point. Many believe that if Christ died for all, then all must automatically be saved. However, Scripture is clear that salvation is conditioned upon several things: Faith and repentance being the most prominent. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | CDBJ | 45206 | ||
Hi Tim, the way I see it faith and repentance, when referring to salvation, cannot be separated because they are two sides of the same coin. Metanoia carries with it in the changing of ones mind a direction, from something to something; that something to which one must turn is (faith) in the Lord Jesus Christ as God's Son. People are converted from one religion to another every day and that won't do them a speck of good as far as salvation goes. The sad part is that a lot of people don't realize that Christianity isn't a religion it's a relationship that we have with God through his Son Jesus Christ. I have heard people give a testimony about how they were this, that and the other thing and then they found this great wonderful church or what ever, and there was never any mention of Jesus Christ in their life or how they found Christ; well I don't know if anyone else caught it but it stood out to me like a sore thumb. The worst part is that they will sit in services year after year and will never really trust in the finished work of Christ and they just assume that everything is alright because here they are in church. I have a real burden for some of these people but I don't know quit how to reach them; then the Lord will bring me back to reality with, Matthew 16:17 (KJV) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. Do you ever feel this (flustration), that is a word that I coined, meaning flustered and frustrated at the same time? CDBJ |
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5 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | Morant61 | 45221 | ||
Greetings CDBJ! Good points my friend! I was just thinking of a sermon series the other day entitled 'Got Jesus?' which would deal with the same sort of issue - calling people to examine who the Biblical Jesus is and how their attitudes and relationships match up with the Biblical Jesus. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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6 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | CDBJ | 45227 | ||
Shalom, Tim I have found out that there is a lot more meaning in the word PISTIS then there is in the word believe and I think that most that claim to be Christians don't fully know what is means to believe in Jesus. What I am saying is that there are those that believe they believe but they are not believers. I am sure you know what I mean but there are some that wouldn't have a clue. What I would like to see more of in our churches, at least in mine is a full breakdown of the Koine Greek and Hebrew words, so that people could get the full meaning of what God is conveying to us in his word. Just giving mental assent to the person of Jesus Christ that he existed isn't going to hack it and I really think that this is the idea that people in many churches have when the Bible say to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. A good example too that most believers don't know would be when the Bible speaks about the coming of the Lord. Most would think that the word coming, (PARSOUIA), is a verb, but is not, it's a noun and expresses an event that will involve an extended period of time just like Christ first coming. What do you think, CDBJ |
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7 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | kalos | 45230 | ||
CDBJ: Excellent post, my friend. I agree with you completely when you say, " . . . most that claim to be Christians don't fully know what is means to believe in Jesus." I quote here the best, clearest, most concise and accurate answer I've ever heard to the question: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO *BELIEVE* IN JESUS CHRIST? (Note that what I am posting is NOT the entire Plan of Salvation. It is NOT Steps to Salvation or How to Be Saved. I hope no one feels the need to write and tell me that I left out part of the Plan of Salvation. The focus of this quote is limited to the question "WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO *BELIEVE* IN JESUS CHRIST?") "To believe in Jesus Christ is to have a confident conviction that: 1) He is who the Bible says He is. 2) He will do what He promises. 3) Upon placing my trust in Him, I enter into a personal, eternal relationship with the Son of God." (Quoted from a sermon by Charles Stanley, In Touch Ministries) |
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8 | Aren't the elect commanded to repent? | Hebrews | CDBJ | 45234 | ||
Did you ever hear what it means to believe by sitting in a wheel barrow??? You heard it right, but please save me the time if you have and I won't be mad. CDBJ |
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