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<blockquote data-quote="jbearnolimits" data-source="post: 68805031" data-attributes="member: 348451"><p>Kimbie, I don't know if you have found your answer yet but I wanted to share this with you and everyone else who may be in your position. You mention that you know you are going to sin again and that it keeps you from wanting to come to God. You mentioned that you enjoy sin even.</p><p></p><p>Want to know something that is going to make you thrilled? The Bible says God seeks people who will worship Him in spirit and in truth. You already have the truth part down. You are willing to admit the truth that you enjoy sin and know that even if you say you will never sin again it would be a lie.</p><p></p><p>Though many here may be confused by what I am about to say, since I am known as someone who preaches that repentance is not just changing your mind, it is turning away from sin. I still hold to that and always will. But there is a difference between repentance and being perfect.</p><p></p><p>You say you are afraid you can not truly repent because you know you will want to sin again. But let me ask you this...<strong>Do you want to not want to sin</strong>?</p><p></p><p>This is ultimately what real repentance is. Because the Bible says a righteous man may fall 7 times, but he gets up. No man in the Bible is able to say that he never sinned again (even willfully and joyfully) after he came to Jesus. Even Paul said that he wished he would not sin...but that he did sin. Yet he didn't think he needed to repent again. Why?</p><p></p><p>It's because even though he wanted to sin in his flesh, he didn't want to want to sin in spirit. This is why he said that he served the law of sin and death with his body but the law of God with his mind.</p><p></p><p>Our natural flesh will ALWAYS want to sin! Repentance is when we decide we will fight against that temptation...but repentance doesn't mean we will always win.</p><p></p><p>So here is the question I want you to ask yourself:</p><p></p><p>Do you want to keep wanting sin even though you know it will lead to hell? Or would you rather not want to want to sin and as a result fight against the temptation even if you may lose?</p><p></p><p>The first leads to hell...the second leads to life everlasting. Because a broken and contrite heart will not be rejected by God. Jesus is asking you to run after Him. He is not telling you that you can never fall again if you hope to make it.</p><p></p><p>And is this truth or opinion? Well...It's the central theme of repentance found in the Bible, and I think you already know it is truth. The question now is will you believe it and act on it by simply trusting Jesus when He says that if you will turn to Him and come after Him then He will clean all the bumps, bruises, and scrapes you may get as you fall along the way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbearnolimits, post: 68805031, member: 348451"] Kimbie, I don't know if you have found your answer yet but I wanted to share this with you and everyone else who may be in your position. You mention that you know you are going to sin again and that it keeps you from wanting to come to God. You mentioned that you enjoy sin even. Want to know something that is going to make you thrilled? The Bible says God seeks people who will worship Him in spirit and in truth. You already have the truth part down. You are willing to admit the truth that you enjoy sin and know that even if you say you will never sin again it would be a lie. Though many here may be confused by what I am about to say, since I am known as someone who preaches that repentance is not just changing your mind, it is turning away from sin. I still hold to that and always will. But there is a difference between repentance and being perfect. You say you are afraid you can not truly repent because you know you will want to sin again. But let me ask you this...[B]Do you want to not want to sin[/B]? This is ultimately what real repentance is. Because the Bible says a righteous man may fall 7 times, but he gets up. No man in the Bible is able to say that he never sinned again (even willfully and joyfully) after he came to Jesus. Even Paul said that he wished he would not sin...but that he did sin. Yet he didn't think he needed to repent again. Why? It's because even though he wanted to sin in his flesh, he didn't want to want to sin in spirit. This is why he said that he served the law of sin and death with his body but the law of God with his mind. Our natural flesh will ALWAYS want to sin! Repentance is when we decide we will fight against that temptation...but repentance doesn't mean we will always win. So here is the question I want you to ask yourself: Do you want to keep wanting sin even though you know it will lead to hell? Or would you rather not want to want to sin and as a result fight against the temptation even if you may lose? The first leads to hell...the second leads to life everlasting. Because a broken and contrite heart will not be rejected by God. Jesus is asking you to run after Him. He is not telling you that you can never fall again if you hope to make it. And is this truth or opinion? Well...It's the central theme of repentance found in the Bible, and I think you already know it is truth. The question now is will you believe it and act on it by simply trusting Jesus when He says that if you will turn to Him and come after Him then He will clean all the bumps, bruises, and scrapes you may get as you fall along the way. [/QUOTE]
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