I believe heaven is what our lives turn in to when we repent of our sin, and yes, life is eternal.
AmenFrom that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matt 4:17 RSV
I think most people miss the point of what Jesus is saying here. I believe he’s telling us that heaven comes to us the moment we repent of our sin.
I believe that, in true facts, our eternal life begins the moment we accept Christ as our savior.From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matt 4:17 RSV
I think most people miss the point of what Jesus is saying here. I believe he’s telling us that heaven comes to us the moment we repent of our sin.
If I repent of lack of knowledge, that may require study and access to good sources of information. It could take years of hard work to realize the fruits of wisdom. A grain of wheat does not bear fruit the same week it is planted. A fruit tree from a nursery (grafted) might take four years to bear a small crop. It takes more years before the fullness of production is realized.From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matt 4:17 RSV
I think most people miss the point of what Jesus is saying here. I believe he’s telling us that heaven comes to us the moment we repent of our sin.
Certainly repentance gives us a new life.I see then we will just have to beg to disagree then. I believe in a new heaven and new earth personally but that's me. I believe now upon repentance, baptism, Holy Ghost reception we simply enter a spiritual kingdom on Earth that Jesus has set for us. But yeah tons of different views on this verse when you think about it and what it implies
But there comes the time the Lord asks us to repent of our sin, and if we do ...I believe that, in true facts, our eternal life begins the moment we accept Christ as our savior.
If that is what you mean by heaven coming to us, well, I guess.....But, I don't believe we are in paradise. We just begin our time of eternal life. Nothing can take it away or snatch us from His hand.
I have come to realize that repenting of our sins and being born again......will save you and give you eternal life but does not always open your eyes to your faults and/or keep you from behaving in a manner that you have done since your childhood....Some saved people are more Christ like than others.... saved but not so obvious to the world.But there comes the time the Lord asks us to repent of our sin, and if we do ...
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matt 4:17 RSV
I think most people miss the point of what Jesus is saying here. I believe he’s telling us that heaven comes to us the moment we repent of our sin.
i wouldn't say after repentance alone I would say after being saved. Like once you're born again fully then you truly have that new life. That's also how you enter the kingdomCertainly repentance gives us a new life.
Is that not part of accepting Christ as our savior? When we are saved? We accept we are sinners, confess to Christ, ask for forgiveness and repent.... all as part of attaining eternal life?But there comes the time the Lord asks us to repent of our sin, and if we do ...
It doesn't sound to me like your wife has repented of all her sin.I have come to realize that repenting of our sins and being born again......will save you and give you eternal life but does not always open your eyes to your faults and/or keep you from behaving in a manner that you have done since your childhood....Some saved people are more Christ like than others.... saved but not so obvious to the world.
As is the case with strong willed people, like my wife. A true saved person, yet blind to (or refusing to accept) things that are bible based that she is not following.
Saved or not, when we sin, we bring fear into our lives. Repentance removes fear from our lives.i wouldn't say after repentance alone I would say after being saved. Like once you're born again fully then you truly have that new life. That's also how you enter the kingdom
That's my point reprence is just a change of heart.. repentance alone is just a means of having a change of heart aka mind on sin. Baptism washes the sins away, and then the Holy Spirit enables an indidivual to resist sin. There's a reason peter pushes all 3 they all together save one without the other isn't enough. As we see with anything determination alone isn't enough but it's a start. Sure you may end up sinning a few times after that still but then you just can yeah repent.Saved or not, when we sin, we bring fear into our lives. Repentance removes fear from our lives.
When we first accept the Lord as our Savior, we don't know yet exactly what sin is. The Lord, over a period of time, will show us what changes we need to make in our lives.Is that not part of accepting Christ as our savior? When we are saved? We accept we are sinners, confess to Christ, ask for forgiveness and repent.... all as part of attaining eternal life?
At that point.
No, repentance is not just a change of heart. The Lord isn't telling us to change our heart. He's telling us to stop sinning.That's my point reprence is just a change of heart.. repentance alone is just a means of having a change of hear of sin. Baptism washes the sins away, and then the Holy Spirit enables an indidivual to resist sin. There's a reason peter pushes all 3 they all together save. Sure you may end up sinning a few times after that still but then you just can yeah repent.
If you have a changed hear aka mind you will strive to stop sinning but not be able to do that much until you have sins washed away through baptism and Receive the Holy Ghost on the inside to help you resist sin. I mean they just had repentance in the OT and look where that got them. But in the NT we also have The Holy Ghost and baptism. Repentance is a change of mind.. its determination and an established FEar of God... determination and a changed mindset does something.. but only so much it's 1/3rd of the salvation process.No, repentance is not just a change of heart. The Lord isn't telling us to change our heart. He's telling us to stop sinning.
I disagree.When we first accept the Lord as our Savior, we don't know yet exactly what sin is. The Lord, over a period of time, will show us what changes we need to make in our lives.
We can never "stop sinning"No, repentance is not just a change of heart. The Lord isn't telling us to change our heart. He's telling us to stop sinning.
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