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To: Mr Rogers

You are funny, but on a serious note I’ve read that you don’t accept once-saved-always-saved. Is that true and if so how do you repent? Is there a process or formality to it?


39 posted on 10/15/2009 7:05:01 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: 1010RD

I’m actually mixed on ‘once saved, always saved’. As proponents discuss it, those who persevere to the end are the ones who were truly saved in the first place, which seems to make it a distinction without a difference.

As for repentance, the only formality is to go to God, confess and repent. Ask His forgiveness and for His strength to live differently. The only unforgivable sin that I know of is to reject Him thru to death.

A good Calvinist would say God needs to work the will to repent, but there again I tend to find it a distinction without a difference - for if I wish to repent, then God has already done so. If I do not, then I claim I do not wish to repent.

I think the predestination/free will debate is something that no human truly understands, because God hasn’t fully revealed it. But that is just my opinion.

But if someone needs to repent, they can do so. If they go to God and repent, God can lead them on the next step.


53 posted on 10/15/2009 7:17:03 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I loathe the ground he slithers on!)
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