Repenting From Sins Will Not Save You....Unless It Is A Trick !

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A lot of confused, poorly taught people believe sincerely that unless they “ Stop Sinning” , they can’t be Saved. This is what they take the word “ Repentance” to mean ......one has to Repent Of all of their Sins in order to be declared “ Fit For Heaven”

The True Repentance That Saves is the “ TURNING to God , with Faith in Jesus Christ.” Acts 20:22...... “ I told Jews and Gentiles to TURN ( Repent) to God and have Faith in our Lord Jesus) It is literally a “ change of mind” ( from the Greek Metanoia) .....you Change you Mind From thinking that you are “ good enough” to go to Heaven and thinking you can make it on your own somehow , to finally discovering that you CANT be good enough and you need HELP! BIG TIME ! You need a Savior! Then and ONLY then will you have the required Contrite Heart that God is looking for .....the Contrite Heart that cries out..... “ Lord have Mercy on me , a Sinner.....” Onecwill never cry out for the Savior until you see the NEED for that Savior.....

So now let me make my point: If one thinks that Repentance means “ Conquering or Stopping Sin”to Merit Heaven.....let’s go through that process .... I am qualified to teach it .....I tried it .....( spoiler alert— it did not work )

OK ....Lets pretend that I just got told by my Dr that I got one month to live ....it’s time to get serious with God ....I gotta quit all of my Sinning .....I have now officially declared “ I Repent! I will sin no more! Starting NOW! So......I start reading the Bible to find out all of the rules that I must keep and I give it my best shot ......I can sin no more between now and a month from now when I kick the bucket.I check out those Ten Commandments and for weeks I go without Murdering or Committing Adultery .....I grit my teeth , summon up all of my will-Power andxfind myself doing a pretty good job!

But then I made a big accidental mistake.....I got to The New Testament and stumbled across the Sermon on the Mount. Uh-oh. There I discovered refraining from murder and refraining from Adultery was not going to “ cut the mustard” . To continue my life of Repentance which meant to me in my mind I still had to “ not sin anymore” —— it finally hit me ! I could refrain from Adultery sure enough , but Jesus said that to just have a lustful thought was equal to committing Adultery. Well , a man’s gotta do what he has to do—— no more Lustful Thoughts for me !

Well, that worked for about 15 minutes.....in fact the more that I tried NOT to harbor bad thoughts, the more bad thoughts I entertained ......it finally hit me ......despite my good intentions , my attempts to “ quit Sinning” was a Sham. I could not do it ! The harder I “tried” to quit the harder it “ became” to quit . I was reminded of Paul’s struggle in Romans 7......I sincerely “ wanted” to be “ good” , but it just wasn’t in me..... “ Sin” always found a way to overcome the Best of my intentions....I had to “ come to an end of myself” ..... I could not stop Sinning .....what I “ could” do was to swallow my Pride, admit I was a hopeless, helpless Sinner who HAD to have a Savior or I was headed for Hell like a speeding Bullet! Now I understood how that Sinful Publican ( Tax Collector) felt....I had at last been humbled — All that was left for me to do was TURN TO GOD ( the REAL Repentance that God means for Salvation) and cry out , “ Lord Jesus, have Mercy on me, a Sinner.” Just like the Publican , I was Saved at that moment.....I went home JUSTIFIED —- just like he did.......simply because I “ Repented” ....I Repented God's Way....I finally Turned to Him ......God fulfilled His Promise —- “ Turn to me and I will Turn to You.”

So here is where the mistaken idea of “stopping Sinning” to Merit Heaven ( the erroneous view of repentance) can inadvertently lead to one’ s Salvation...If trying to conquer Sin leads you to see that you cant do it and the Holy Spirit That gave you the Self-Insight to see even “That” —— if that Spirit draws you with the CONVICTIOn Of SIN and the Awareness that you NEED a Savior you got Tricked .....the Route that you originally thought would Save you ( mastering Sin) turned out to be Lie.....but it lead you to your Salvation in spite of yourself and your self-Righteousness...... I you went on to put your Faith in Jesus to do FOR you what you discovered you could NOT do by yourself....you, my friend got “ Born Again” ....you got Saved.....Congrats!
 
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Hey BB . If anyone is preaching an all inclusive gospel , ya know like rome and most our churches do now ,
they preaching in essence your works or aka love saves ya . That means the all inclusive unity stuff
and everyones path is valid , YEAH its FALSE . mind helping me warn out against that .
I get hammered on most other sites for telling , these so called love christains , That no other religion is gonna save anyone .
Yeah . they actually believe that this love and doing good works will save them .
I got full grown folks , old folks , young folks , all claiming i preach a false gospel , cause i tell them , YA HAVE TO actually
BELIEVE IN and CONFESS JESUS To be saved . They just say NO , that i dont know GOD . HE is love , muslims know him
buddists know him , if they have love . WHAT A PILE OF DUNG LIE that one is .
HERES the gospel . THAT IF YOU BELEIVE from the heart that GOD has raised HIM from the dead and confess JESUS by mouth
YE SHALL be saved . POPEY is WRONG my friend . AND any love that allows other religoins to remain in that religion
And says OH they gods kiddos too and are saved , IS A FAT LIE . I HOPE you understand what i am saying my friend .
 

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Hey BB . If anyone is preaching an all inclusive gospel , ya know like rome and most our churches do now ,
they preaching in essence your works or aka love saves ya . That means the all inclusive unity stuff
and everyones path is valid , YEAH its FALSE . mind helping me warn out against that .
I get hammered on most other sites for telling , these so called love christains , That no other religion is gonna save anyone .
Yeah . they actually believe that this love and doing good works will save them .
I got full grown folks , old folks , young folks , all claiming i preach a false gospel , cause i tell them , YA HAVE TO actually
BELIEVE IN and CONFESS JESUS To be saved . They just say NO , that i dont know GOD . HE is love , muslims know him
buddists know him , if they have love . WHAT A PILE OF DUNG LIE that one is .
HERES the gospel . THAT IF YOU BELEIVE from the heart that GOD has raised HIM from the dead and confess JESUS by mouth
YE SHALL be saved . POPEY is WRONG my friend . AND any love that allows other religoins to remain in that religion
And says OH they gods kiddos too and are saved , IS A FAT LIE . I HOPE you understand what i am saying my friend .


I understand completely ....Truth is ALWAYS easy to see.....its so simple.....” Jesus Saves.” Period ......it’s just like the Song says....” Nothing But The Blood”..... Nice Post.
 
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to finally discovering that you CANT be good enough and you need HELP! BIG TIME ! You need a Savior! Then and ONLY then will you have the required Contrite Heart that God is looking for

I agree with this. Becoming sinless is not something we can do on our own, but that seems to be what you think we are saying, or what I'm saying. Yes, we need a Savior. So let me ask you this question. When we come to Jesus humbly as a sinner, what do you believe Jesus does about our sin nature which is the source of our sins that have separated us from God?
 

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I agree with this. Becoming sinless is not something we can do on our own, but that seems to be what you think we are saying, or what I'm saying. Yes, we need a Savior. So let me ask you this question. When we come to Jesus humbly as a sinner, what do you believe Jesus does about our sin nature which is the source of our sins that have separated us from God?
The blood of Christ . It does what nothing else can . It actually purifies our conscious . OH yes sister .
Enjoy this next saying too . Being then MADE FREE , YE became servants to RIGHTEOUNESS . THAT is what JESUS does to a soul .
SING IT SISTER . SING IT .
HE took our sins upon himself , on that tree , that we being MADE DEAD TO SIN , SHOULD LIVE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS .
Yeah peter said it too . Its a beauty . Now leap up and praise the glorious KING JESUS .
 

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I agree with this. Becoming sinless is not something we can do on our own, but that seems to be what you think we are saying, or what I'm saying. Yes, we need a Savior. So let me ask you this question. When we come to Jesus humbly as a sinner, what do you believe Jesus does about our sin nature which is the source of our sins that have separated us from God?

God does not try to “ Reform” that Old Nature.....He gives you a New Nature, and “ reckons” that Old Man as dead.......Your Nature as one that is “ Born Again” becomes “ Two- Fold”...... you have two Natures....
It has been put like this: Within you, there exists Two Dogs— one Black and one White.....the Dog that you choose to “ Feed” the most will be the one that dominates...Feed the White Dog with studying the Bible and by Living the way Paul said to live....how did he say to “ Live?” ....we finish our Christian Walk the same way we started it —- BY FAITH .......” the Righteous by FAITH shall live”....
God never takes our Freedom away because we are Saved.....you can choose to feed the Black Dog anytime you want to....and there will be plenty of times that you “ want to” .... it’s that “ sin that so EASILY besets us”
thingy.....we are in a Battle now, and NOT against Flesh and Blood.....Wise Believers will feed the White Dog and be blessed....Unwise
Believers are Free to be Foolish ,sin up a storm and suffer the Consequences....God will chastise Errant Believers and Perhaps they will wise up and start feeding the White Dog to receive blessings instead of punishment....that Black Dog will never go away this side of Heaven....if you think he’s“ gone” just because you have matured as a Christian and he does not show up as often....BEWARE ! He might just surprise you!
We have been told to “ put on the New Man and reckon the Old Man as dead”.....The Holy Spirit is defined as our “ Helper” — not our “ Do Everything For Us Guy” ......so.....do the best you can to live a Holy Life That pleases God and rely on the Holy Spirit to shine a Light for us and “ blow the whistle “ on us when we get out of line......realizing that NONE of this has anything to do with Salvation.....that was a “ GIFT “ , remember? Only the SAVED go through this Battle ....The Unsaved never battle....They just go merrily along their way....no struggle at all......God Bless
 
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God does not try to “ Reform” that Old Nature.....He gives you a New Nature, and “ reckons” that Old Man as dead......

No.

You must reckon the old nature dead by not fulfilling the desires of flesh and of the mind (Ephesians 2:3)

"Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:11)

"Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." (Romans 6:12)
 

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despite my good intentions , my attempts to “ quit Sinning” was a Sham. I could not do it ! The harder I “tried” to quit the harder it “ became” to quit .

These also could not stop sinning:

2 Peter 2:12-15
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray...

I was reminded of Paul’s struggle in Romans 7.....

Paul was describing the struggles of an unregenerate man in the flesh:

"For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death." (Romans 7:5)

Not the new man in Christ; for he says afterwards:

"But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." (Romans 8:9)
 
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God does not try to “ Reform” that Old Nature.....He gives you a New Nature, and “ reckons” that Old Man as dead.......Your Nature as one that is “ Born Again” becomes “ Two- Fold”...... you have two Natures....
It has been put like this: Within you, there exists Two Dogs— one Black and one White.....the Dog that you choose to “ Feed” the most will be the one that dominates...Feed the White Dog with studying the Bible and by Living the way Paul said to live....how did he say to “ Live?” ....we finish our Christian Walk the same way we started it —- BY FAITH .......” the Righteous by FAITH shall live”....
God never takes our Freedom away because we are Saved.....you can choose to feed the Black Dog anytime you want to....and there will be plenty of times that you “ want to” .... it’s that “ sin that so EASILY besets us”
thingy.....we are in a Battle now, and NOT against Flesh and Blood.....Wise Believers will feed the White Dog and be blessed....Unwise
Believers are Free to be Foolish ,sin up a storm and suffer the Consequences....God will chastise Errant Believers and Perhaps they will wise up and start feeding the White Dog to receive blessings instead of punishment....that Black Dog will never go away this side of Heaven....if you think he’s“ gone” just because you have matured as a Christian and he does not show up as often....BEWARE ! He might just surprise you!
We have been told to “ put on the New Man and reckon the Old Man as dead”.....The Holy Spirit is defined as our “ Helper” — not our “ Do Everything For Us Guy” ......so.....do the best you can to live a Holy Life That pleases God and rely on the Holy Spirit to shine a Light for us and “ blow the whistle “ on us when we get out of line......realizing that NONE of this has anything to do with Salvation.....that was a “ GIFT “ , remember? Only the SAVED go through this Battle ....The Unsaved never battle....They just go merrily along their way....no struggle at all......God Bless

I know what you are saying, and agree to a point about feeding your spirit. But think about this: if the old nature is dead, how is it still alive? It's not, but our free will to choose is still alive, along with our new nature. We do not have two natures at the same time. It is just like Lucifer when he was an archangel. He was perfect, but chose to rebel. Then he became all bad. He did not have two natures. But God would not allow him to repent.

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

See, we are free to be righteous. And we can stay free as long as we walk in the Spirit. This is why Christian fellowship is so important, Hebrews 10:25. And why Paul gave the command to not quench the Spirit. This ability to go back like a dog to his own vomit makes the staunch doctrine of OSAS very dangerous if you don't know the conditions. It gives sinning Christians a false sense of security, when they have actually chosen a new master, sin and death. But Jesus gives those who truly repent of their weakness to sin, His own Spirit, the Spirit of Christ to walk in sinlessly.
 
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Addressing the OP,
God require the sinner to change one's mind/repent, on hearing the Good news, but never require the sinner to confess their sins in order to be saved.
when saved, we GROW in this GRACE. one learn of him. because sin takes place in the mind, and he will not remember it, when we have a change of mind, hence the reason for "forgivness". Jeremiah 31:34 "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

that's why we have 1 John 1:8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."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."1 John 1:10 "If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."

the cleansing is in our heads. this is why Baptism is so important, "washing away of sins", that are passed. not the washing of the body, but as the apostle said, 1 Peter 3:21 "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:"

that's why God promise this in Jeremiah 31:34 "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

sin take place in the head/mind, and iniquity take place in the body...... that's why we're getting NEW BODIES also.

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the cleansing is in our heads. this is why Baptism is so important, "washing away of sins", that are passed. not the washing of the body, but as the apostle said, 1 Peter 3:21 "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:"

Seeing as I was baptized 3 times before I was actually born again of God, and THEN God told me to NOW get baptized, the order in which we get baptized is not as important as what baptism represents: The dying of our nature on the cross, and the resurrection of the new nature, being born again. We cannot have a good conscience toward God until that old man is dead and what we now do naturally is from righteousness. 1 John 3:21-24. But baptism in water is important as an outward witness to an inward death and burial and resurrection. Like Jesus, we must be obedient in all things.
 
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Well, that worked for about 15 minutes.....in fact the more that I tried NOT to harbor bad thoughts, the more bad thoughts I entertained ......it finally hit me ......despite my good intentions , my attempts to “ quit Sinning” was a Sham. I could not do it ! The harder I “tried” to quit the harder it “ became” to quit .

That is why you must be born again.

.Wise Believers will feed the White Dog and be blessed....Unwise
Believers are Free to be Foolish ,sin up a storm and suffer the Consequences...

Yes, foolish virgins will be left behind when Christ comes back; even according to the parable of the wise and foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13).
 
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Some passages on repentance:

Eze 33:11, Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Eze 33:12, Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
Eze 33:13, When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Eze 33:14, Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
Eze 33:15, If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Eze 33:16, None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
Eze 33:17, Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
Eze 33:18, When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
Eze 33:19, But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Eze 33:20, Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

2Ch 7:14, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.


These passages define repentance for us.

Then there is,

Luk 13:1, There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Luk 13:2, And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
Luk 13:3, I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Luk 13:4, Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Luk 13:5, I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
 
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The KING of kings (kings made by Him) and LORD of lords did say:

Luke 18: v. 8 -
Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?

Shall He?

The Earth is infested of apostasy - the plague is already running against all nations in whole world and the worst is to come.
 

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GINOLJC, to all.

the topic states, Repenting From Sins Will Not Save You....Unless It Is A Trick !

but "FORGIVNESS", will save you.

Jeremiah 31:34 "And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

Jeremiah 33:8 "And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me."

that word "Pardon" in the Hebrew is, H5545 סָלחַ calach (saw-lach') v.
to forgive.
[a primitive root]
KJV: forgive, pardon, spare.

well it looks like many need to look to the Lord for a Pardon, where there is no admission of Guilt, (only confess Jesus as Lord). NOW THAT'S A PARDON. with no strings attached. ...... :p YEA!.

if any sinners are still out there come to the "KING" and get a real Pardon........

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I agree with this. Becoming sinless is not something we can do on our own, but that seems to be what you think we are saying, or what I'm saying. Yes, we need a Savior. So let me ask you this question. When we come to Jesus humbly as a sinner, what do you believe Jesus does about our sin nature which is the source of our sins that have separated us from God?

The blood of Christ . It does what nothing else can . It actually purifies our conscious . OH yes sister .
Enjoy this next saying too . Being then MADE FREE , YE became servants to RIGHTEOUNESS . THAT is what JESUS does to a soul .
SING IT SISTER . SING IT .
HE took our sins upon himself , on that tree , that we being MADE DEAD TO SIN , SHOULD LIVE UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS .
Yeah peter said it too . Its a beauty . Now leap up and praise the glorious KING JESUS .

What prevails is the Word of God. The Word is God. Yeah, the powerful Word is God, the Almighty.

He that sat upon the throne says: Behold, I make all things new. Write: for these words are true and faithful. It is done.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,
and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still:
and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still(will no longer be cleaned):
and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Remember: JESUS said: João 7:v.37-39

37 In the last day (by the way, we get in another last Day, the seventh and last Day, or seventh and last millennium, the Millennium of Christ), the great Day of the feast
, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:
 
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A lot of confused, poorly taught people believe sincerely that unless they “ Stop Sinning” , they can’t be Saved. This is what they take the word “ Repentance” to mean ......one has to Repent Of all of their Sins in order to be declared “ Fit For Heaven”

The True Repentance That Saves is the “ TURNING to God , with Faith in Jesus Christ.” Acts 20:22...... “ I told Jews and Gentiles to TURN ( Repent) to God and have Faith in our Lord Jesus) It is literally a “ change of mind” ( from the Greek Metanoia) .....you Change you Mind From thinking that you are “ good enough” to go to Heaven and thinking you can make it on your own somehow , to finally discovering that you CANT be good enough and you need HELP! BIG TIME ! You need a Savior! Then and ONLY then will you have the required Contrite Heart that God is looking for .....the Contrite Heart that cries out..... “ Lord have Mercy on me , a Sinner.....” Onecwill never cry out for the Savior until you see the NEED for that Savior.....

So now let me make my point: If one thinks that Repentance means “ Conquering or Stopping Sin”to Merit Heaven.....let’s go through that process .... I am qualified to teach it .....I tried it .....( spoiler alert— it did not work )

OK ....Lets pretend that I just got told by my Dr that I got one month to live ....it’s time to get serious with God ....I gotta quit all of my Sinning .....I have now officially declared “ I Repent! I will sin no more! Starting NOW! So......I start reading the Bible to find out all of the rules that I must keep and I give it my best shot ......I can sin no more between now and a month from now when I kick the bucket.I check out those Ten Commandments and for weeks I go without Murdering or Committing Adultery .....I grit my teeth , summon up all of my will-Power andxfind myself doing a pretty good job!

But then I made a big accidental mistake.....I got to The New Testament and stumbled across the Sermon on the Mount. Uh-oh. There I discovered refraining from murder and refraining from Adultery was not going to “ cut the mustard” . To continue my life of Repentance which meant to me in my mind I still had to “ not sin anymore” —— it finally hit me ! I could refrain from Adultery sure enough , but Jesus said that to just have a lustful thought was equal to committing Adultery. Well , a man’s gotta do what he has to do—— no more Lustful Thoughts for me !

Well, that worked for about 15 minutes.....in fact the more that I tried NOT to harbor bad thoughts, the more bad thoughts I entertained ......it finally hit me ......despite my good intentions , my attempts to “ quit Sinning” was a Sham. I could not do it ! The harder I “tried” to quit the harder it “ became” to quit . I was reminded of Paul’s struggle in Romans 7......I sincerely “ wanted” to be “ good” , but it just wasn’t in me..... “ Sin” always found a way to overcome the Best of my intentions....I had to “ come to an end of myself” ..... I could not stop Sinning .....what I “ could” do was to swallow my Pride, admit I was a hopeless, helpless Sinner who HAD to have a Savior or I was headed for Hell like a speeding Bullet! Now I understood how that Sinful Publican ( Tax Collector) felt....I had at last been humbled — All that was left for me to do was TURN TO GOD ( the REAL Repentance that God means for Salvation) and cry out , “ Lord Jesus, have Mercy on me, a Sinner.” Just like the Publican , I was Saved at that moment.....I went home JUSTIFIED —- just like he did.......simply because I “ Repented” ....I Repented God's Way....I finally Turned to Him ......God fulfilled His Promise —- “ Turn to me and I will Turn to You.”

So here is where the mistaken idea of “stopping Sinning” to Merit Heaven ( the erroneous view of repentance) can inadvertently lead to one’ s Salvation...If trying to conquer Sin leads you to see that you cant do it and the Holy Spirit That gave you the Self-Insight to see even “That” —— if that Spirit draws you with the CONVICTIOn Of SIN and the Awareness that you NEED a Savior you got Tricked .....the Route that you originally thought would Save you ( mastering Sin) turned out to be Lie.....but it lead you to your Salvation in spite of yourself and your self-Righteousness...... I you went on to put your Faith in Jesus to do FOR you what you discovered you could NOT do by yourself....you, my friend got “ Born Again” ....you got Saved.....Congrats!
While repenting of sin does not save someone, not repenting may be damning.
 
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1 John 5

We know that we are of God,
and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

If we receive the witness of men,
the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: --->
John 3:v.36 - He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

These things were written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the NAME of the Son of God. ---> It is written: Acts 4:v.11-12 - 11 - JESUS is the stone which was set at nought of the builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other NAME under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us:

And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself,
and that wicked one toucheth him not.

1John 2:v.28-29
28 And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He
shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

29 If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him.
 
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Repentance (after having become a believer on Christ Jesus) involves a 'walk' with Him. That means when we do... mess up, we are to ask Him forgiveness, just like a loving child would do with a parent. It's that simple. This is actually one of the things holy communion with Christ is for, to work things out with Him, to inspect ourselves, to repent and ask forgiveness and help in overcoming.

The 1 John 1 chapter is specifically about this matter for a believer on Christ. It's not for the unbeliever who has yet to believe on Jesus; it is for us who have already believed.

1 John 1
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

John starts out showing that he is talking to believers on Christ here.



5 This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.

It's about our walk, whether we walk in the light with Jesus, or instead walk in darkness. So John shows there is a 'condition'. IF... we walk with Jesus in the light, then He cleanses us from all sin. Just how that works John explains next:



8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.


A thorough study in the Book of Romans, especially Romans 7, shows a struggle we all have between the law of sin that is in our flesh, vs. the law of God after the inward man. While we are in this flesh we will have sin, because we all have been concluded under sin for this world so the Promise of Salvation would be to those who believe on Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:22). So anyone who denies that they have no sin, deceives theirself, and the truth is not in them, per John above.


9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

IF... we confess, which also means repent, of our sins, even after we have become Christians, then Jesus is faithful to forgive us (like a good parent will for their child), and He cleanses us from unrighteousness. That's a 'condition' again that John reveals, we need to repent for sins after being baptized.



10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
KJV


Thus first coming to Christ Jesus and believing doesn't mean that's all we are expected to do. That's just the start of our walk with Him. And you will... still sin at times, simply because you are still in a flesh body. Only with the release from this body will we stop sinning, which means at death. That is especially why we need to repent while here on earth, and try to stay in His Grace.
 
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