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The Bible has already told us what repentance is for. It is to receive the Holy Spirit! Acts 2:38-39. Now think! How many times do you need to receive the Holy Spirit and become born again. Once He is in you, does he go away again, and then you sin? So need Him back again? Do you find yourself...

What you are describing is someone with a carnal nature still. That is not a true Christian. The power of the new conscience Jesus puts in us PREVENTS US FROM SINNING in the first place, leaving nothing willful and lawless to repent of.

Sweet dreams, sis!

EG, read this whole post. Do not just scan it, but open your mind. Just as long as you do not believe we still have the old one, which I think you do believe. To take away our sin, that is actually taking away our sin nature, not adding to it. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in...

The sin nature HAS been eradicated in the born again of the Spirit. This doctrine that Jesus did not take care of the problem of sin by creating a new nature in us is a false doctrine. But the true bottom line is do you practice what you preach, or do you actually follow your new conscience, not...

Do you believe that you sin willingly, that you go against your own conscience? I'm curious if you believe 1 John 1:6 describes yourself, and therefore is about a born again Christian filled with the Holy Spirit, and your interpretation of 1 John 1 is the right one, because it is confirmed in...

Hi GG, Most westerners with a Greek mindset like us, read 1 John 1, just as you do. But those who really study learn the "mindset" of the eastern apostle which can mean something quite different than the simple way a westerner grasps the words. 1 John 1 is TO Christians, warning them of the...

Doesn't it depend on if the Epistle of Barnabas was inspired or not? Is it really up to man? It was on 6 lists of books to include. Did the men who decided which books should be in the Canon actually have the Holy Spirit leading them? When I read it I felt that it was definitely inspired, and...

The question should be, when did God create water? In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”...

"Destroyed" That would be annihilation. Except for the devil and his angels which hell was made for (not us)

But I could read that as meaning "the place of eternal punishment." As I said, I hope I never find out for sure. And there are enough scriptures on either side of the issue for me to not get pompous and judge another denomination's beliefs on this issue. I rarely join these debates on this...

Right, Passover is on the 14th, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread starts on the 15th. But seeing as the Passover meal (the Last Supper) is at the beginning of the 14th at sundown, it is our western thinking evening of the 13th. Jesus was crucified on the 14th and died on the 14th at 3:00 pm, the...

Most of these scriptures refer to the fire burning forever; and not that they will burn forever. That is, except for Satan and his angels, but they will suffer forever because they are immortal beings. Humans are not, until we are born again and put on immortality. Unless when the unrighteous...

When you say "we are not holy as God is holy," then that means you don't believe we can be this side of death, again like most of the forum, even though Jesus and the apostle Peter said to be. 1 Peter 1:15-16. And glorification is the name of the long process you've been thinking is...

Actually, lying and murder are both mortal sins. I've never known a murderer. But I have been around pathological liars. Now I can't tolerate even someone not doing what they say they will do. I actually have PTSD against any lies, even white lies - changing their mind, but not telling me. 8...

cc: @GodsGrace No, that book is called The Gospel of Barnabas. The Epistles of Barnabas was written in the first century and quoted in the Didache.

and @Marymog I actually believe that the Epistle of Barnabas should have been included as canonical and part of the New Testament.

I was referring to the common responses on the forums of people believing that being in the flesh has to do with sin in our body. But "flesh" by Paul means CARNAL NATURE. They believe that as long we live in these bodies, we will always sin. Again, the post-Catholic belief of sin is sin. They...

That is sanctified. That is at the beginning of the road to holiness, not the end. Perfection is holinesss. If that is the entire definition of holy, then how is God Holy? God is holy because He is completely pure light. There is no darkness at all in Him. 1 John 1:5.

Yes, human reasoning places "practicing" there because of the lesser type of sin that has not been removed from our new nature, however, the Catholic church for hundreds of years understood there were two strong distinctions. They called the sins unto death mortal sins, and the sins not unto...