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To: Ol' Sparky
Grace ONLY applies to those that accept the gift and repent.

Ok. So, how long do you give them to repent? Your post sounds like you have a time table. And I don't remember anywhere in the Bible, a story where Christ advocates stoning a sinner for their sins, do you? As I said, condemnation & hate of the sinner has NEVER won anyone to Christ. There's a big difference between hating sin and hating the sinner. God hates sin, not us.

28 posted on 02/02/2002 8:22:43 AM PST by DJ MacWoW
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To: DJ MacWoW
If after telling any sinner of God's love and forgiveness, there is no sign of repentance, it's time for tough love. Having no tolerance for behavior that is destroying an individual is real love. Applying grace to someone that doesn't want to repent makes a Christian an enabler.
31 posted on 02/02/2002 8:33:15 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
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To: DJ MacWoW
"OK so how long do you give them to repent?"

To "repent" means to "change direction" as in "turn from your wicked ways." The Bible makes clear that the unrighteous will not see the Kingdom of Heaven. Grace is for believers who do not "practice" sin. Nobody is sinless, but if you are a Thief, Murderer, prostitute, homosexual, and etc., and you indulge in this as a lifestyle, then you are "practicing sin."

43 posted on 02/02/2002 8:58:01 AM PST by dagoofyfoot
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