Bible Question:
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 |
Bible Answer: 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 |