Repenting and giving your heart in surrender to Christ is a choice that people make.
Joshua 24:15, John 1:12, Revelation 22:17.
Revelation 3:20.
Joshua 24:15, John 1:12, Revelation 22:17.
Revelation 3:20.
Repentance is the Gift Of God !
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Scripture?
I have given scripture to substantiate my pov, are you going to give scripture to substantiate yours?
Again Christ gives repentance as the risen Saviour Acts 5:30-31
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Two Gifts of the risen Saviour, that come from/out of Him are Repentance and Forgiveness of sins.
Now Jesus Himself commands that these things be preached in His Name, because they flow from Him Lk 24:46-47
Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Neither repentance nor forgiveness of sins have their source in man, but in Christ and His finished work !11
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Two Gifts of the risen Saviour, that come from/out of Him are Repentance and Forgiveness of sins.
Now Jesus Himself commands that these things be preached in His Name, because they flow from Him Lk 24:46-47
Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: 47 and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Neither repentance nor forgiveness of sins have their source in man, but in Christ and His finished work !11
God commands all men everywhere to repent. It is a command; and it is something that must be done by man.
If I tell you to turn around, you have the option of continuing to walk in the same direction.
In the same way, people who are commanded to repent have the option of not repenting.
Repenting is therefore a choice that is made by people in this world; and I would say that the choice is pivotal as to whether or not they will receive salvation.
The Holy Spirit, and the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, can be resisted:
Act 7:51, Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
If I tell you to turn around, you have the option of continuing to walk in the same direction.
In the same way, people who are commanded to repent have the option of not repenting.
Repenting is therefore a choice that is made by people in this world; and I would say that the choice is pivotal as to whether or not they will receive salvation.
The Holy Spirit, and the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, can be resisted:
Act 7:51, Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
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I'm choosing not to repent of my belief that some people choose not to repent when given the opportunity.
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Repentance accompanies redemption by the blood of Christ. Isa 51:11
11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Now even though this may have a historical fulfillment with children of israel, it also has an analogous fulfillment for Spiritual Israel, the Church/Body of Christ whom He redeemed by His Precius Blood 1 Pet 1:18-19
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Now notice the promise of the redeemed in Vs 11 they shall return. The word return here is shuwb and means:
to return, turn back
to turn back (to God), repent
And the same is said of the redeemed in 1 Pet 2:25
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
The word returned epistrephō:
Represents the subject as being the recipient of the action. e.g., in the sentence, "we were comforted" the subject "we" receives the action
So they were being returned by the redemption in Christ Jesus, which is their repentance towards God.
So all whom Christ died for and redeemed by His Blood, shall be given repentance and returned back to God.16
11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Now even though this may have a historical fulfillment with children of israel, it also has an analogous fulfillment for Spiritual Israel, the Church/Body of Christ whom He redeemed by His Precius Blood 1 Pet 1:18-19
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Now notice the promise of the redeemed in Vs 11 they shall return. The word return here is shuwb and means:
to return, turn back
to turn back (to God), repent
And the same is said of the redeemed in 1 Pet 2:25
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
The word returned epistrephō:
- to turn to
- to the worship of the true God
- to cause to return, to bring back
Represents the subject as being the recipient of the action. e.g., in the sentence, "we were comforted" the subject "we" receives the action
So they were being returned by the redemption in Christ Jesus, which is their repentance towards God.
So all whom Christ died for and redeemed by His Blood, shall be given repentance and returned back to God.16
A person can reject the gift that God has given to them.
Unless you have scripture that teaches otherwise.
False. There's no such scripture says that you can reject a gift given by God. When God gives a gift it's given.
Scripture says that repentance is given Acts 5:31;11:18 so you made a false statement.
All the glory for salvation belongs to God, He has done all that was necessary for the salvation of a man, including the granting of the gift of repentance . Repentance is given furnished in and through Christ because it was necessary for mans Salvation experience. There's a verse that says with Christ, God freely gives us all things Rom 8:32
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
So with Christ He gives repentance Acts 5:31;11:18
The word grant or give in these verses is the word didōmi and means:
to supply, furnish, necessary things
So is repentance necessary for the Salvatiion experience ? Absolutely, its necessary for repentance to be towards God Acts 20:21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
But no worries since through Christ God furnishes, supplies this needed repentance repentance, and it will be applied by Christ.
Christ is a full Saviour ! 19
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
So with Christ He gives repentance Acts 5:31;11:18
The word grant or give in these verses is the word didōmi and means:
to supply, furnish, necessary things
So is repentance necessary for the Salvatiion experience ? Absolutely, its necessary for repentance to be towards God Acts 20:21
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
But no worries since through Christ God furnishes, supplies this needed repentance repentance, and it will be applied by Christ.
Christ is a full Saviour ! 19
That repentance is given in no way precludes that it must not be received to be owned by a man; or that man does not have a choice to receive or reject the command to repent so that the gift is either received or rejected.
They can receive or reject it when it is given; just like any gift can be received or rejected by the one to whom it is given.
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