Repentance is the Gift Of God !

[justbyfaith]

No they can't, it's applied to them. God gives it, applies it.

It must be received in order for it to be applied.

Are you saying that you did not make a decision to repent when you came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ?

If you didn't, then maybe you need to make such a decision.

Don't think that you have been saved if you haven't repented. That would be a lire of the enemy.

 

[brightfame52]

It must be received in order for it to be applied.

Are you saying that you did not make a decision to repent when you came to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ?

If you didn't, then maybe you need to make such a decision.

Don't think that you have been saved if you haven't repented. That would be a lire of the enemy.

It's given applied without their consent. It's Gods will not there's.

 

[justbyfaith]

It's given applied without their consent. It's Gods will not there's.

So the Holy Spirit is not a gentleman? He forces His way into people's lives?

I think that respectfully, I will have to agree to disagree with you.

 

[Reggie Belafonte]

I asked a mates mum had her son changed his Spots ? she said No ! directly. I had not seen him in years and I was at their place and he was on his way coming over.
So do people change their Spots ?
So ok we can see that the general view is that Repentance is said to be to change ones mind. ok they claim to be changed person ? now that can be true.
But have they changed their spots and is it because of a one off point of view that they are on about or is it that such as they will openly wilfully admit that they are sorry for doing or such that they are not proud of and repenting such with an open heart always from then on.

Or is it just a demand statement like one I know up the road, claiming to be saved regardless from that point on, but makes claims that he can kill whoever he wants regardless as he is saved due to a statement that he once claimed was his Repentance Gift. is it a one off get out of Jail card that he claims.

I say it is a free Gift but one has to hold dear to the Gift or to embrace the Gift within your Soul, it's not a worldly Gift at all.
If one has not Charity in Christ Jesus you have no Gift worthy of God in fact.
The Holy Spirit is the Gift and one abides in that, outside of that such is not the Gift.
Worldly works does not cut it at all, making claims that one is saved due to worldly works, like this dude claims because he said some words to another who claimed by saying such words bingo he has made the grade. that's not true at all, that's only something like water baptism.

One is not truly born again until the Holy Spirit comes upon you.

 

[brightfame52]

So the Holy Spirit is not a gentleman? He forces His way into people's lives?

I think that respectfully, I will have to agree to disagree with you.

Errant unbiblical statement. Repentance is given by God. Acts 5:31;11:18

 

[justbyfaith]

Errant unbiblical statement. Repentance is given by God. Acts 5:31;11:18

Jesus is indeed a gentleman (Revelation 3:20).

 

[brightfame52]

Jesus is indeed a gentleman (Revelation 3:20).

More errant unbiblical comments. Jesus as Saviour gives repentance Acts 5:31

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.

 

[farouk]

John 6.29:

"Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."

 

[farouk]

It is indeed a work of God truly to believe, with all that this implies.

 

[brightfame52]

It is indeed a work of God truly to believe, with all that this implies.

Repentance is also the work of God in the person to whom it has been given.

 

[farouk]

Repentance is also the work of God in the person to whom it has been given.

@brightfame52 Indeed so...

 

[justbyfaith]

More errant unbiblical comments.

And yet, right there is the scripture to substantiate the comment (Revelation 3:20).

How then can it be unbiblical?

 

[brightfame52]

And yet, right there is the scripture to substantiate the comment (Revelation 3:20).

How then can it be unbiblical?

Christ gives repentance Acts 5:31

 

[justbyfaith]

Christ gives repentance Acts 5:31

It must be received to be apprehended (Joshua 24:15, John 1:12, Revelation 22:17, Revelation 3:20, 2 Chronicles 7:14).

 

[brightfame52]

It must be received to be apprehended (Joshua 24:15, John 1:12, Revelation 22:17, Revelation 3:20, 2 Chronicles 7:14).

It's received because Jesus gives it, applies it.

 

[justbyfaith]

It's received because Jesus gives it, applies it.

It must be received by the person who makes the choice to receive Him.

 

[brightfame52]

It must be received by the person who makes the choice to receive Him.

False, it's given, wrought in them by the Spirit of God.

 

[justbyfaith]

False, it's given, wrought in them by the Spirit of God.

Not without a man's permission.

I can go like this all day.

 

[brightfame52]

Not without a man's permission.

I can go like this all day.

False, God doesnt need permission, that sounds crazy. Does God need permission to create something, to cause someone to be born ? You can e defiant all day !

 

[justbyfaith]

False, God doesn't need permission, that sounds crazy. Does God need permission to create something, to cause someone to be born ? You can be defiant all day !

If I can choose to be defiant all day, then so can people who are given the offer to repent.

Maybe God doesn't need permission; however, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Corinthians 3:17). And therefore, God gives the liberty (freedom to choose) as concerning whether we will receive Him, or not.

So, He operates under the paradigm that says, "I will not violate your free will and force you into the kingdom."

Otherwise, have you thought about the fact that if God forces His way on people, the people that He doesn't force His way on, He has apparently chosen them to be cast into the lake of fire?

This is not a God of love that you worship, sorry.