Nothing depends on you, except your acceptance of God's gracious gift. Jesus did everything because you can do nothing to earn your salvation. And even faith is a gift from God. Ephesians 2:8-9.
Forgiving one another is entirely separate from being absolved of sin. Further...
If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive. (Luke 17:3-4)
Being forgiving only means forgiving someone who ASKS for forgiveness, after ADMITTING what they did wrong AND repenting for it.
If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive. (Luke 17:3-4)
No. When you truly repent, you are forgiven, when you give your heart to Jesus Christ, you are born again and saved. The two go hand in hand. Should you sin knowingly post receiving Christ, you still need to repent of that sin to be forgiven. God’s forgiveness and man’s are two totally different things. Should you sin against another, you must seek theirs and God’s forgiveness. When someone is saved, they will want to serve the Lord unless they have wandered or are insincere to begin with.
Don't take words too seriously, ultimately words are sounds we use to communicate and no matter how much we identify and feel that certain words spoken in a certain way make sense, they are still just words. You will never truly feel a relationship with God, Christ, Earth, Reality, The Universe, whatever you call it, so long as you get caught up in caring about words which are a completely different thing than the reality they are used to represent. In other words when it comes to matters of God quit trying to make sense of everything with words, you'll never be able to, it's a circular and never ending task as to define a word it takes other words and you cannot escape this simple fact. Words only have as much meaning as we give to them, as if you can't understand the words being spoken they may as well just be any other noise. Focus on what is real and don't get distracted by what is not.
Tl;dr Words are meant to guide you in a certain direction, not be the final destination themselves.
Nothing depends on you, except your acceptance of God's gracious gift. Jesus did everything because you can do nothing to earn your salvation. And even faith is a gift from God. Ephesians 2:8-9.
Amen
Ephesians 4:32 “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”
Forgiving one another is entirely separate from being absolved of sin. Further...
If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive. (Luke 17:3-4)
Being forgiving only means forgiving someone who ASKS for forgiveness, after ADMITTING what they did wrong AND repenting for it.
Yes
Precisely. Read about the thief on the cross. He was taken up to paradise with Christ because he trusted and believed. It's as simple as that.
You do have to change, you can't carry on as usual.
You are correct. Repentance is necessary.
If another believer sins, rebuke that person; then if there is repentance, forgive. Even if that person wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, you must forgive. (Luke 17:3-4)
And we should want her to be.
No. When you truly repent, you are forgiven, when you give your heart to Jesus Christ, you are born again and saved. The two go hand in hand. Should you sin knowingly post receiving Christ, you still need to repent of that sin to be forgiven. God’s forgiveness and man’s are two totally different things. Should you sin against another, you must seek theirs and God’s forgiveness. When someone is saved, they will want to serve the Lord unless they have wandered or are insincere to begin with.
Don't take words too seriously, ultimately words are sounds we use to communicate and no matter how much we identify and feel that certain words spoken in a certain way make sense, they are still just words. You will never truly feel a relationship with God, Christ, Earth, Reality, The Universe, whatever you call it, so long as you get caught up in caring about words which are a completely different thing than the reality they are used to represent. In other words when it comes to matters of God quit trying to make sense of everything with words, you'll never be able to, it's a circular and never ending task as to define a word it takes other words and you cannot escape this simple fact. Words only have as much meaning as we give to them, as if you can't understand the words being spoken they may as well just be any other noise. Focus on what is real and don't get distracted by what is not.
Tl;dr Words are meant to guide you in a certain direction, not be the final destination themselves.