We know that God told us to repent, but did God tell us that if we don’t repent, we will not be forgiven?
Psalms 51: 17 The sacrifices of god are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
God hears our repentance, but is it a requirement?
“For
if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die:
but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
Romans 8:13 KJV
these are what the works of the flesh are like and thier consequence
“Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
of the which
I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Galatians 5:19-21
if we keep serving sin and expect salvation we’re being Decoeved by men and thier doctrine
“For this ye know, that no whoremonger,
nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Be not ye therefore partakers with them.”
Ephesians 5:5-7 KJV
we’ve been warned from the beginning of time about sin , it hasn’t changed now we can repent and live before onceyou sinned you were a dead man walking
now even though we all have sinned we have grave and forebewrance so we don’t die while we repent and escape the devils snare we’ve been caught in
repentance is what God is waiting for from all of us
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.”
2 Peter 3:9-14 KJV
our belief needs to be against sin completely like we’re taught , then when we stumble and fall into a sinful thing our belief isn’t going to low
And embrace it as acceptable . If we have the belief “ sin doesn’t matter I’m saved anyways “ we’re never going to come to repentance which is salvation
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I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
Luke 5:32 KJV
That’s the call brother That leads here
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”
Romans 8:28-30
and then there are those who won’t repent even faced with the true gospel and calling of Jesus out of the world into the kingdom where righteousness reigns
it’s really important that we come first to the understanding that sin is poison to our living soul , that sin isn’t for us , it isnt our master we need to turn against sin inwardly in our understanding before we’re going to find repentance often we enjoy the pleasures of the flesh and are internally simply refusing to let repentance in
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look at those who don’t repent