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To: D-fendr; Cvengr
One can enter Heaven with sins they do not repent of? Is there a limit here, either qualitative or quantitative?

No. No sin can enter heaven. When this body dies, the sin is gone. The new nature is without sin and can therefore enter the presence of God. That explains Romans 7&8.

For the unbeliever, there is no new nature, so when the body dies, the sin condemns them.

For the believer, the death of the body is counted as already having happened.

Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Salvation is a done deal.

132 posted on 01/24/2014 12:30:19 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: metmom

Great point.

I suspect it segues into the studies of being refined like fine gold, with all the dross being removed.

Our eternal self is continually sanctified by God the Holy Spirit while we are alive, and at the bema seat we have eternal rewards/crowns given us as resources for all eternity future.

Somebody who sins and doesn’t confess after salvation isn’t getting away with anything, rather they are losing eternal rewards.

I suspect those who are preoccupied in attacking “Easy-Belief-ism” perceive an injustice occuring where a sinner gets the same thing as a saint. They misunderstand which rewards will be missed by those remaining in sin.

The unbeliever loses an opportunity for a crown of life, because they never appear at the bema seat judgment. The Great White Throne Judgment consults the Books of Names and Works for justification.


134 posted on 01/24/2014 12:44:21 PM PST by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: metmom; Cvengr

So, if I’m understanding you, you can commit any and all sin, not confess any and also be completely unrepentant of same...

And still be with God in heaven?


135 posted on 01/24/2014 1:12:28 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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