These questions are ones he already knows my answer, and has an agenda by asking.
No, because some of your answers have appeared to promote the idea that the God of the Old and New Testaments are not the same God.
Carefully worded. Not responsive. "Gotcha" sort of questions. I've played along for a long time.
I see that you realize that if you answer the question, I will have the ability to win the argument.
Do I think that the God of the Old Testament is the same God as the New Testament? Seriously? And this asked as a response to my comments on the words used in the Bible.
No, this is deflection, "gotcha", and is disengenuous.
Define "disingenuous"
If I thought you were having an honest conversation with me, I'd continue.
AS IF I've ever given you reason to think I'm polytheistic, of all things!
Genuinely curious if I believe in multiple Gods.
Yeah, totally believable! (not)
So, you are saying that you do not believe that the God of the Old and New Testaments are different Gods (since you have said that such a thing is not believable, I assume that you are telling us that it is also not true). I assume by this that you acknowledge that they are one and the same.
So, the question is on how God defines repentance. If the language word in the Old Testament is different than the language word in the New, does that mean that in the New Testament the same God does not define repentance according to the definition any longer that He gave us in the Old Testament? Has God changed (see Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8) so that He now defines repentance differently than He used to?
I believe that because He is the same God, His definition for repentance has not changed. And repentance is defined very clearly in Ezekiel 33:11-20.
And I don't know about others, but no, that's not what I see. More often what I see is a sense of condemnation in those whom God has justified. I attribute this largely to the plethora of false teachers leading away from Grace through faith, into legalist ideas like, You have to make sure you hold onto your faith to stay saved, or, you if you sin, you'd die again, or, well, just look over the posts on this forum!
Truly, if someone loses or throws away their faith, they no longer have access to grace (Romans 5:1-2) and therefore do not have salvation any longer (Ephesians 2:8-9).
And also, we must continue in God's goodness or else we will be "cut off" (Romans 11:20-22).
There are those who in time of temptation fall away (Luke 8:13).
It is heresy to think that such people continue to be saved; and yet some on these boards even promote that heresy.
That heresy is evidently in you,
@marks, in that you have said that it is a legalist idea (and therefore wrong) that you need to hold on to your faith to stay saved.
Again, the biblical concept is that if you lose or throw away faith, you lose or throw away salvation (Romans 5:1-2, Ephesians 2:8-9).
Really . . . show of hands . . . Which of you love sin? Which of you want to sin? Who here thinks sin is approved behavior?
Anyone?
. . . . crickets . . . .
Of course you are going to hear crickets.
If anyone loves sin, you can be certain that they are not going to admit it on a Christian forum.
Justbyfaithplusluckyrepentance accuses God Himself Of putting out False Doctrine such as
Romans 10:13 ...
No; I have dealt with your paraphrase of that verse that includes those who don't come to God through faith in Jesus Christ; wherein you have said that the verses says, "Anyone who asks to be saved, will be saved"....that is not exactly true. If someone asks Allah to save them; or God to save them apart from Jesus Christ: they will not be saved.
I will ask again, are you contending otherwise?
If this Tare can correct God...
There, you have judged my salvation once again, and are in violation of Luke 6:37. A Tare is someone who can never be saved.
Thus, by virtue of Matthew 7:1-5, Luke 6:41-42, you are only condemning yourself as unsaveable.
You don’t trust Christ.....you trust “ Lucky Repentance” .......you don’t believe the gospel of Paul in 1 Cor15:1-4 .....That first part where it says that Jesus “ died for your sins”....
I suggest that you read Revelation 21:8...because it teaches that you are going to be cast into the lake of fire over the fact that you are lying about me (even to my face).