Reactions received by Chester

  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Agree to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    Jesus died for the sins of all people: maybe that is what you are saying here? Forgiveness is available for everyone for sins they...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Agree to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    The error in what you say above is that he goes to heaven "as long as he repent". Yes, the believer does need to repent and it is part...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Happy to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    When Jesus died all of my sins were yet future - quite obviously . . . And none of those sins were forgiven before I was born - and...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    Agreed, except I would say it is not just "positionally" -- it is reality! And God keeps on sanctifying and making us more like Himself.
  • SoulWeaver
    SoulWeaver reacted Useful to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    OK, good - I like that your answer is clear. So you believe that a Christian who kills someone and repents and confesses two hour later...
  • SoulWeaver
    SoulWeaver reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    The Greek word metnaoieo (repent) means literally to "think differently" - Yes, at initial salvation we changed our way of thinking...
  • reacted Useful to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    The Greek word metnaoieo (repent) means literally to "think differently" - Yes, at initial salvation we changed our way of thinking...
  • Blue_Of_Lake
    Blue_Of_Lake reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    The Greek word metnaoieo (repent) means literally to "think differently" - Yes, at initial salvation we changed our way of thinking...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    The Greek word metnaoieo (repent) means literally to "think differently" - Yes, at initial salvation we changed our way of thinking...
  • G
    Guojing reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    OK, so if a Christian committs murder, but then two hours later he repents and confesses it as sin. What would happen to him if he died...
  • S
    soggykitten reacted Agree to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    I actually prefer to read the good news in the Bible: and that good news is that Jesus Christ came to Earth, and lived a perfect...
  • mailmandan
    He didn't miss your point - He was just bouncing around it! (My opinion, at least!) :oops:
  • B
    Bbrdrd reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    If you think carefully about the four questions I gave you will realize that every one of those is a sin. No sin is going to get into...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Winner to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    If you think carefully about the four questions I gave you will realize that every one of those is a sin. No sin is going to get into...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Happy to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    Matthew is in the New Testament. Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy...
  • Blain
    Blain reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread Ways to draw near to God.
    One of my favorite ways is to hop onto my small motorboat and go out to my favorite island in the middle of my favorite river. I go out...
  • CS1
    All the promises you quote are completely secure and true for the believer in Christ Jesus. But for the unbeliever they do not have...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Like to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    I am in agreement that I do not like to have doctrinal statements as the basis of my faith. It is interesting though that you have...
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Happy to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    I think she said it comes from the Bible - :);)
  • Just_Jo
    Just_Jo reacted Agree to Chester's post in the thread By Works.
    We come to Jesus by God''s grace through faith. We continue to be saved not because of the works we do, but because of God's grace...