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No. A lot of people reject the Gospel for years or even decades, even in church, then SURPRISE! SALVATION COMES! (they didn't expect it, thus the SURPRISE ! )
Then also , there are other sins that are unforgiven simply because someone never repented of their sins, they never turned to Yahweh (God) to be healed or helped or saved or delivered. Thus they could have been forgiven, like others were , but never did....
Rejecting the Gospel of Jesus is not the same as what Jesus calls the one unforgivable sin as written in the Bible. True though - if someone rejects the Bible Gospel all their life until they die, they do not enter heaven....[/QUOT
It seems we agree on many things these days.Especially the essentials of repentance and believing the Gospel thAt Christ gave to Paul in 1cor15:1-4. Leave either out and you are a goner.Here is where we may disagree .You often mention “ turning to God”.In my weak mind , I consider that in and of itself the repentance that saves.A heart - felt turning that mimics the Publican’s cry of “ Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner!” God constantly urges the lost to “ TURN to me and I will turn to you!” Paul reveals to us the “Turn to God with faith in Christ”. The Turn That can only be prompted by the convicting of sin by the HolySpirit.We both know that nobody comes to Jesus without the “drawing of the Holy Spirit “ Once one sees the need for a Saviour, his heart can be softened and made ready for receivin the Gospel thAt will save him"....the death,burial and resurrection of Jesus.After salvation there is an ongoing repentance that produces a Godly sorrow that God uses in His promise to “transform us into the image of His Son”, which is the point of all of this.That is my take on the true salvation experience. I believe it is Scriptual.I have experienced it in my life.Nowhere in the KJV does it say to repent from sins to be saved.Only the Blood Of Christ does that.The repentance that God demands is the “ contrite” or “repentant” heart that allows you to know that.
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