Who ever said anything about sin, in this exchange or in that video clip? The truth is so in front of your face you cannot see it. You are on the cusp of a great understanding. When you get it, yer gonna' get it good. It will knock you on your ass, and your mind will be blown.
Was listening to this sermon this morning and I think it clarifies the meaning of repentance very well. I added boldness and large lettering: And so faith and repentance are the hallmarks of evangelism. You must emphasize both. And it’s just two things: You must call a sinner to repent, turn away from his sins, and turn to all that the Lord Jesus has done on the cross. …..The Lord holds forth the same promise of mercy to sinners for repentance and faith. And sometimes you’ll find it, as you read through the Bible, that the emphasis is on repentance but it’s the same mercy, the same promise. And sometimes it’s faith alone, but it’s the same mercy and the same promise. Peter’s sermon with the promise of the remission of sins…he said, “this promise is unto you” but he was preaching about repentance. Then in Acts 3:19 “Repent ye therefore and be converted.” This is true because repentance and faith are the same turning. Now, before we wind up tonight, someone will perhaps be tempted to think and raise the objection that when you emphasize repentance you’re going to put a barrier for a poor sinner to be saved……you’re going to hold them back by insisting upon true genuine repentance over all known sin. Now, I want to say clearly tonight that the call to repentance does not close the door to seeking sinners who want to be saved because the call to repentance is not self-reformation. We’re not telling the person, “Go and make yourself better and when you’re better come back and I’ll talk to you about believing in the Lord Jesus. That’s not the gospel. That’s not repentance. We’re not calling a person to change themselves. We’re calling a person to recognize that their ways are contrary to God’s will and law. That they cannot be continued and be in a good relationship with God, to renounce them in heart as terrible, wicked, sinful, and to plead with the Lord for power to change and be changed. Now in your hymnal, Number 222 there is a hymn by Joseph Hart and it sums up what is required and here you will see the tremendous balance between repentance with faith and the free offer of the gospel. Now we are all about the free offer of the gospel. We do not want to tell anyone that you cannot be saved until something else. If tonight you’re burdened, if tonight you’re feeling the weight of sin, if tonight you want to be changed and you want to be living a new relationship with God, you may come immediately to the Lord Jesus. And here’s the hymn, Joseph Hart: Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore, Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity, love and power. Come ye thirst, come and welcome, God’s free bounty glorified. True belief and true repentance, every grace that brings you nigh. Come, ye weary, lost and ruined by the Fall. If ye tarry until you’re better, you’ll never come at all. Let not conscience make you linger, nor of fitness fondly dream. All the fitness He requireth is to feel your need of Him. And that’s where we draw the line. But we’ve had the discussion: repentance of all sin and faith toward God. Or, as we preachers like to put it sometimes: All you need to know is the Lord Jesus is a great Savior and you are a great sinner. If you know that and want to be saved from your sin, from your sin, not in your sin, then welcome. Come, tonight. And I say that to any soul here this evening. If you’re living under a burden of sin and your faith is in the Man of Calvary and that blood that He shed upon the cross: Tonight, come! Come as you are! Come repenting and come believing and you are promised full salvation! Excerpt 33:22 to 39:14 Evangelism-To Make the Way of Faith and Repentance known Rev. Ian Goligher June 17, 2022 https://www.sermonaudio.com/saplayer/playpopup.asp?SID=61722203356340
yuk but do always remember that Christian message kids, If You Don't Sin, Jesus Died For Nothing! Go forth and sin - for tomorrow may ye repent (or next day if more convenient)
Student reminds me of a door to door salesman trying to sell a faulty product, even as he attempts to keep his foot in the door which I'm trying to close. I once bought his product, but like cheap Chinese rubbish toys, the product looked good at the time, but under the test of being put into practice, failed to work as promised and broke down. Why would the customer want to buy again, that which is wanting. Unfortunately for the door to door salesman, the bad reputation for the product goes before him, making it more and more difficult for him to sell to the gullible public. The only way forward, the product needs a facelift, a rebranding, it needs to change. But besides, the customer may not have an interest, they have moved on, like trying to sell crypto or gold today, the customer doesn't want the product no more. The customers maybe are searching for a product, but not yesterdays faulty model.
The flaws in your christianity product: The bible is 100% Gods word. All other religions are false. No other religion leads to enlightment but christianity. Fear: christianity uses fear and guilt as a motivator. Division: Divide and rule. Unbelievers are our enemy, they are lost and of the devil. Cultism: The church wants you to conform to their ways only, brainwashing, group think, it's our church way or the highway (to hell). Truth of the matter imo, everyone is of God, we are all of the one same universe. Everyone is a brother and sister, we all came from the same place and we all go to the same place. The message of eternal hell afterlife is 100% nonsense.
He (She) persists in using false reasoning. He is trying to show, quite indirectly I might add, something that everyone already agrees with, namely that we do not yet have a complete understanding of how biological life began on Earth and that all we have are a number of unproven hypotheses. Any that have been categorically shown to be false have already been rejected. We can understand why he is doing this. He thinks that if he can blow holes in the various evolution hypotheses, that he has somehow bolstered arguments in favor of the Christian Creation myth being not a myth but actually true! But that of course is false reasoning. Even were all of the current evolution hypotheses shown to be wrong, the truth of Christian Creation myth would be unaffected. It would still be wrong. Perhaps I am being unfair here, and "Student" is actually brain damaged in some non-obvious way.
Tell us your story Mickey. When you "bought the product" what do you mean? Did you actually once believe as Student does? What failed to work? What do you mean when you say you "put it into practice"? Explain how it "broke down" for you?
Sorry, I wont go into details, it involves family, violence, breakups, anger, sexual infidelity etc. Christianity brought dysfunction, not victory.