You do not forsake your sins in order to get saved, rather, when you get saved you forsake your sin.
Jesus Christ came to call sinners to repentance
_________________Jimmy H
Jesus said, "repent and believe" and until a person does BOTH they are not under the mercy of God but are under the wrath of God.Unrepentant sin is unforgiven sin. Otherwise repentance is optional, not necessary.
Biblical faith is always fused together with repentance. They are two sides of the same coin. If one has Biblical saving faith, one will have repentance. Prior to faith, one trusted in nothing but themselves. But with faith, one has begun a life that trusts in the Lord.
KingJimmy wrote:Biblical faith is always fused together with repentance. They are two sides of the same coin. If one has Biblical saving faith, one will have repentance. Prior to faith, one trusted in nothing but themselves. But with faith, one has begun a life that trusts in the Lord.
Sanctification has a two fold meaning, the first is objective and outward sanctification, meaning to be set apart for God's service and the second meaning of sanctification is subjective and inward, to be made holy and pure in spirit, soul and body.Regeneration is sanctification begun and as we grow in faith and love for Jesus we progress in the life of sanctification.Sanctification begins at regeneration and ends at the time we die.There can be stages or crises of sanctifications but they are not definitly stopping points.We always will need to be made more and more christlike in our walk of faith, we will always need the blood of Jesus to cleanse as we walk in the light as he is in the light.From God standpoint we are sanctified thru the Spirit before the foundations of the world when he chose us to be in the image of his beloved Son.Blessings,RediP.S. Post edited
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