this is what happens in our day to day life...we konw that God wiped away our sins when we repented...but as we live our lives if we find sin we must confess them and turn from them....that is repenting...not laying foundation..
Read Heb 6:1 again. That foundation was repentance from dead works of self righteousness through works of the law.
And remember that whatever the law says it says to those under it (Rom 3:19).
But all who believe on Jesus have died to the law, Rom 7:4. Christians are NOT under the law hence we cannot be charged with its transgression.
Thus Christians repented of those former dead works of self righteousness and we no longer turn back to the law and hope to repent again as that would be to put Christ to open shame, Heb 6:6.
This is the foundation of repentance that we move on from.
but Kenneth is stuck on this repentance, out of ignorance I suspect.
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1 John 1:8-10King James Version (KJV)
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8 [/SUP]If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us...
read 1John 1 from the beginning and note it's
evangelical context. It declares eternal life (believe on Jesus, John 3:16) so that those it addresses may also have fellowship.
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what makes you say a christian cannot be charged with sin??? you are saying you can sin and it will not be charged to you?...where does the scripture teach that? Then why is this scripture in the bible...
1 John 5:15-17King James Version (KJV)
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15 [/SUP]And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death...
I've quoted many scriptures confirming that Christians cannot sin (Rom 8:33, 1John 3:9, 1Pet 4:1, 1Pet 4:18, Gal 2:15, John 8:34-36, Rom 6:2, Rom 6:7.)
As for 1John 5, the sin unto death is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, which we all know will not be forgiven.
The sin not unto death is unbelief which is not so final as non-believers still have opportunity to receive Christ. Christians pray for the lost and God hears us.
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you cannot abide in Christ with sin....you are dead to sin as long as you do not sin....
Romans 6:1-3King James Version (KJV)
6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin said:
2 [/SUP]God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?.
What you suggest above seems like a see-saw where you are in and out of righteousness depending on whether you obey the law perfectly on any given day.
As for Rom 6:2 I agree with it. When we receive Christ we've died to sin. Satan, the accuser, can no longer charge us with sin, Rev 12:9-11,Rom 8:33.