Acts 5:32 Obedience before the indwelling

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Simpletruther

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zerinus said:
It depends on how you fail. If you fail due to natural human weakness, yes, you can repent again. But if you fail out of a willful and outright defiance of the will of God, that cannot be so easily repented of or forgiven.

Also, to repent means to stop sinning. Repenting and sinning, and repenting and sinning, and repenting and sinning, ... means that you had never repented in the first place. If you shoplift today, and repent of it tomorrow; and do it again the following day, and repent of it the next day; and do it again the following day, ... that means that you had never repented in the first place. You cannot deceive God. God knows what is in people’s hearts, and judges them accordingly.
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Do you sin regularly? Like daily? And consider yourself lost daily till you repent?
 
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zerinus

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Sethproton said:
Surely you cannot be saying that the meanings of words are irrelevant to a Biblical discussion?
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The meanings of words (lexical meaning) are relevant; but words also acquire special meaning by the context which they want to ignore.
 
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zerinus

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Simpletruther said:
Do you sin regularly? Like daily? And consider yourself lost daily till you repent?
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No, I don't. I follow this advice by James:

James 1:

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
 
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Simpletruther

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zerinus said:
No, I don't. I follow this advice by James:

James 1:

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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So you dont get frustrated on a regular basis like most humans?

Kids? Friends? Other drivers? Telemarketers?
 
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Sethproton

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zerinus said:
The meanings of words (lexical meaning) are relevant; but words also acquire special meaning by the context which they want to ignore.
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Glad you are saying that. If you don't know the meanings of words and various contexts, you limit your understanding of the Word.
 
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Howie

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zerinus said:
The meanings of words (lexical meaning) are relevant; but words also acquire special meaning by the context which they want to ignore.
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She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on do not sin any longer.” Jn 8:11.

If the definition of "repent" is "stop sinning," as you say, why didn't Jesus tell her, "Go, repent"?

You really ought to learn what the word means.
 
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Sethproton

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Howie said:
A link to post #304 .
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Ok. yes it did go there but I did not realize.
repent is basically to turn back.
Biblically it means to return to doing what is right, but seems to include the idea of being sorry for what you have done.
But I think that is standard understanding for most people. It would include the idea of turning away from your sin.
 
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