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1 | Are these essentials for Salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | CDBJ | 167503 | ||
We don’t stop repentance, as it were. It’s just that the object is different for the unbeliever and the believer. The unbeliever turns from the way they’ve been going and doing a 180 degree switch they turn toward the Living Word; Jesus Christ for indwelling and salvation. Repentance for the indwelt, saved believer, is turning from a sinful or carnal way of life toward the Written Word, or the Bible, for fellowship, and God control. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. As believers in time we are always 100 percent one or the other. We are either under the control of the Spirit or we are under the control of our old sin nature, called the flesh; and the war goes on! No such thing as a little bit of each!! Many misuse the following verse as though it were pointed at unbelievers, when actually it’s pointed at believers for fellowship and control and the eliminating of the discipline process that follows carnality. 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. This invitation, to get back in fellowship, is accomplished by opening the door with the function of 1 John 1:9 coupled with the intake of Bible doctrine on a routine basis. “Not open for debate” Have a great day, CDBJ |
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2 | Are these essentials for Salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | atdcross | 167510 | ||
Hi CDBJ I don't see in the Bible the act of repentance is different for the unbeliever in relation to the believer, at least, that is not how I read it in the Bible. For the believer and the unbeliever, Biblical and genuine repentance involves a turn from disobedience to obedience towards God. Although 1 Jn 1:9 is written to believers, it does not demand that it be limited to believers; if an unbeliever confesses his sin and turns from it, God is still "just and may be trusted to forgive our sins and cleanse us from every kind of wrongdoing" (NRSV). If one is under the control of the, what you call, "sin nature", there is cause to question their salvation. There is no such thing as a believer being enslaved by the "sinful nature" (Rom 8:7, NRSV). That many misinterpret Rev 3:20 is no reason to suppose that the meaning and act of repentance is different between believer and unbeliever. |
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3 | Are these essentials for Salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 167517 | ||
"True repentance is always accompanied by sorrow. "Repentance is a deep, radical, fundamental, lasting change; and you will find that, whenever you meet with it in Scripture, it is always accompanied with sorrow for past sin. "And rest assured of this fact -- that the repentance which has no tear in its eye, and no mourning for sin in its heart, is a repentance which needs to be repented of. "In such false repentance, there is no evidence of conversion, and no sign of the existence of the grace of God. "The man who knows that his sin is forgiven, does not cease to mourn for it. No, brethren, his mourning becomes deeper as his knowledge of his guilt becomes greater. His hatred of sin grows in proportion as he understands that love of Christ by which his sin is put away. "In true believers, mourning for sin is chastened and sweetened, and, in one sense, the fang of bitterness is taken out. "But, in another sense, the more we realize our indebtedness to God's grace, and the more we see of the sufferings of Christ in order to effect our redemption, the more do we hate sin, and the more do we lament that we ever fell into it. "The man who has led the purest life, when he is brought before God by the humbling influence of the Holy Spirit, is the man who almost invariably considers himself to have been viler than anybody else. "'Repentance is to leave The sin we loved before, And show that we in earnest grieve By doing so no more.'" --Charles Hadon Spurgeon "Behold, I am vile!" Job 40:4 "I abhor myself!" Job 42:6 "Woe is me! For I am undone!" Isaiah 6:5 "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!" Luke 5:8 "A certain immoral woman heard Jesus was there and brought a beautiful jar filled with expensive perfume. Then she knelt behind Him at His feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing His feet and putting perfume on them." Luke 7:37-38 "What a wretched man I am!" Romans 7:24 "Does the recollection of past transgression make you sorry? Does the memory of the sins of your youth, the transgressions of riper years, the sinful infirmities of old age, humble you in the dust? "Holier and more precious tears were never shed than those wept for having sinned against God, at Christ's feet." --Octavius Winslow |
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4 | Are these essentials for Salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | mark d seyler | 167518 | ||
Amen, Doc! The seasons of sin are deep and dark and miserable night, from which I sometimes can hardly believe that I can truly be cleansed, for sin is so vile. But as a child of God I can say with Paul, 1 Cor 15:10 "by the grace of God I am what I am," and the tears that flow most freely from my eyes are those that come with each realization of the depths that our Lord Jesus traveled to find me, even such as I am, and the heights He has lifted me up to, and will lift me up. God bless you me brother! Love in Christ, Mark |
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5 | Are these essentials for salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | lionheart | 167519 | ||
Mark,Doc, Here here my dear brothers! All I have to do is look back on my own salvation to remember how much God has brought me out and how much I have to be gratefull for today as a result. Humbling isnt it? I love you guys. |
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6 | Are these essentials for salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 167561 | ||
Dear Lionheart, In my current class I was listening to a lecture by Paul David Tripp. He argues that repentance and change are always linked. He sort of summed it up in the points "Wake up, own up, shift weight). Following is an excerpt of my notes from the conclusion of Tripp's lecture. Change begins when your heart turns to Christ's grace. 1. Wake up! (This is a Sovereign work of God) God is gracious where we need it: In the Past, grace is for you; in the Present grace is in you (Holy Spirit); in the Future grace is before you (our certain hope). 2. Own up. (See, think, feel accurately -- i.e., Scripturally) There is a growing persuasion that life is a moral drama, shifting from the thorn bush to Godly fruit (Jeremiah 17). We make repentance intelligent; i.e., “I do what I do, no one makes me.” We take these things with a great seriousness before a holy God. 3. Shift Weight Saying and doing what needs to be done, to the One whose opinion matters and whose mercy helps. (A) Confess the sin. Name it explicitly. Say clearly what is wrong. (B) Seek tangible mercies; i.e., ask Him. (C) Rely upon it as a refugee; i.e., He is our refuge. The end of repentance and change is joy and gratitude! In Him, Doc PS Numbered points give the implication of steps and methods. Scripture is not presented that way. The numbered points simply help us organize the what the whole Scripture says on a given topic in order that we might better learn it. |
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7 | Are these essentials for salvation? | Bible general Archive 3 | lionheart | 167573 | ||
Doc, Well put my friend. It's not as complicated as we oft times make it. In Christ, lionheart |
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