. Seeing as we cannot even repent without the enabling of the Holy Spirit, I don't see it as a legal work of the flesh.
You are the one literally telling people not to repent,
Well, you do give me a lot to correct.
So,; thank you.
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1.) The Holy Spirit does not enable you to repent.....as repentance is just like faith....Its up to you.
This is FREEWILL.
What the HS does, is enlightens the unbeliever, ..He brings them to the "knowledge of the TRUTH"< but from that edge they have to make the Leap of Faith.
If they do, then God accept its as : "justification BY Faith".
2.) You are not telling the truth, when you say i tell people not to repent.
What i teach, as does Paul, is that Romans 4:8 is in the NT.
And 1 John 3:9 is true.
So, when a person is trying to get God to take them back, or to get God to have fellowship with them again, then they try to do this by works of the flesh.. and that wont work.
See, confessing and repenting is a SELF WILL and SELF EFFORT.
Its useless, and the reason is, God is always at peace with the born again, based on the "eternal one time sacrifice of Jesus's blood".
Its THAT BLOOD ATONEMENT, that keeps you saved, just like it keeps you RIGHTEOUS, at all times.
Do you see what im showing you?
Its very simple, SongontheWind.
Its this.
If you are already made Righteous, and kept Righteous, by the Blood of Jesus, then do you need to confess to get God to make you righteous again, or save you again, or restore fellowship, when in fact its never lost, once you become "ONE WITH GOD, IN Christ".
The born again are always ""Made Righteous", and "IN Christ".
This does not change because you committed some carnal deed AGAIN.
"where sin abounds, GRACE more abounds'".
See, the Blood of Jesus, never stops keeping you RIGHTEOUS.
This is why its called ETERNAL LIFE.
So, if you are confessing and repenting, ....yet it can't restore what isn't lost.
See it?
So, to repent and confess in the right knowledge, is to just tell God you messed up, and forget about it.
You dont do it to be "re-saved" or to "restore fellowship", as that can't be lost because of the Blood of Jesus.
Now, im just tottering on the brink here, as im giving you the endgame, for the sake of your question, but to get to the understanding of being made righteous and kept so, involves, a bit of theology.
And ive taught some of this, in about 15 Threads, i posted recently.
So Whatever the work of the flesh is, that you are confessing for the 56th time, was forgiven 2000 yrs ago.
And when you understand this, when you can see this Spiritual Reality, then you will have taken your first step into REAL FAITH. As to understand this, is to have the renewed mind.
The renewed mind, is how you walk in the Spirit.