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To: Petrosius
Yes, we all do sin from time to time but if we turn back to God with sorrow for our sins and a sincere purpose of amendment (no matter how imperfect we know our actual efforts will be) then through faith our sins will be forgiven.

Our sins are forgiven through Christ Jesus and through confession to God.

God never adds anything about intent.

Also, even if there are sins we have not confessed, we are still saved and going to heaven. Because....

Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 2:13-15 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

In the spiritual realm, those born again believers are already seated in heaven with Christ.

Ephesians 2:1-10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

656 posted on 06/07/2017 10:25:57 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom; Petrosius; All
In the spiritual realm, those born again believers are already seated in heaven with Christ.
Our home is in Heaven

12. John 18:36 Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

13. Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.

When we become a Christian we are virtually transported from this world into the Kingdom of God.

We are no longer of this world, just as Jesus isn't and never was.

Be imitators of Christ while you live on this Earth.

18. 1 Peter 2:11-12 Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world.

What does the Bible say?

1. John 17:14-16 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

2. John 15:19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

The above is from Not of This World

Did I miss by one?

665 posted on 06/07/2017 10:54:07 AM PDT by Syncro (James 1:8- A double minded man is unstable in all his ways-- Holy Bible)
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To: metmom
Calvinism is a warped theology that is equivalent to the chaos of the French Revolution. Matthew 4:17, hence humility not entitlement. As someone said upstream, faith/”works” = cause/effect. Bear good fruit against bad fruit.

Did not Christ preach that the ones who are unrepentant (Assumed to profess the faith but the fruit/works don't match up) are to be treated like tax collectors and pagans for refusing to repent? If their works bear bad fruit and claim to have the “faith” and we are told to shun the spiritual liars, then what do you think God will do at judgment time?

Essentially your theology is that there is absolutely no responsibility at all after claiming "faith". We can have faith, but can sin at will and absorb all that entitlement less trying to shun sin/repent would be futile “works”. Hooray, going to fornicate and just ask for forgiveness, “just in case”, after all, I have “faith” and is entitled to screw people over less I show work.

Needless to say, Christ expects humility. The Spiritual work Christ did to save us has expectations of a changed behavior that defaults against pride/sin, not perverse entitlement. God created us as an expression of love, not disingenuous creatures that exploit the avenue of faith (Which brings us back to cause/effect)..

671 posted on 06/07/2017 11:18:47 AM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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