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Have you guys considered what is more important than salvation when it comes to Christianity?
Repentance is the Gift Of God !
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You bring up an important point. Human repentance means nothing if not motivated by a proper fear of God. All Christians are admonished of God to "13. Make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but rather let it be healed.
14. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
15. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God: lest any root of bitterness springing up troubleth you, and thereby many be defiled.
16. Les there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears."
Let me give some advice to Calvinists who must be saved like all other Christians and to whom this is written as it is to all Christians:
Give diligence to make your calling and election sure lest there be any fornicator among you who fails of the grace of God and cannot hope to ever find repentance again.
And your verse in Acts 20:21 , says Jews and also to the GREEKS /HELLEN means GRECIANS , not Gentiles >
The Greek word for GENTILES / is ETHNOS .
The Greek word HELLENS is used also in John 12:20 , Acts 14:1 , Acts 16:1 and 3 , Acts 17:4 , and in Col 3:11 and in many other verses .
Gentiles / ETHNOS is the where is it most PROMINENT is in Acts 28:28 which shows that God has set Israel aside and the message of GRACE is now going to the GENTILES / ETHNOS !
dan p
beloved57
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You just want to show off. Did you understand the points ?
When will you believe , that there is a difference between HELLEN and ETHNOS ? Scared to check VINE'S DICTIONARY ?
I will not hold my BREATH !
dan p
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True repentance toward God Acts 20:21
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Repentance here is spiritual and evangelical, with a view towards the Gospel, the Truth of God. This repentance must be given to the sinner, without the gracious bestowal of it to the sinner, the sinner would never repent, and could never repent, towards God.
Acts 5:31; 11:18;2 Tim 2:25. This evangelical repentance always culminates into belief of the truth 2 Tim 2:25
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth[The Gospel];
God not man decides who will repent and believe the Truth, otherwise man remains captive to the devil !
Mans will isnt free in this matter, he is bound by satan, the devil, to do his will !
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Repentance here is spiritual and evangelical, with a view towards the Gospel, the Truth of God. This repentance must be given to the sinner, without the gracious bestowal of it to the sinner, the sinner would never repent, and could never repent, towards God.
Acts 5:31; 11:18;2 Tim 2:25. This evangelical repentance always culminates into belief of the truth 2 Tim 2:25
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth[The Gospel];
God not man decides who will repent and believe the Truth, otherwise man remains captive to the devil !
Mans will isnt free in this matter, he is bound by satan, the devil, to do his will !
Do you believe that if Christians instruct the wicked in meekness then Jesus might peradventure give them repentance?
beloved57
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What did I just quote ?
You quoted a verse. Now can you answer the question? What do you believe that verse teaches?
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