"Repent means to stop the sinning" OK, well in my bible God repents more than anyone. So now what? You have like 7 steps to be saved. Why? Because you are trusting in yourself to "stop doing bad" or "starting something good" (lordship salvation heresy). Repent means to change your mind....about what? THE GOSPEL. Turn from your unbelief to belief. Stop believing in false Gods! Is it faith alone? Everyone agrees it is. What kind of Faith? Like a child. It doesn't have to be much faith, but it all must be on him for eternal life. Do you believe in eternal life? How do you know you repented enough when you got saved? Which sins must we repent of to be saved? These are all questions that prove the muddiness of this salvation doctrine. 1John says we may know that we have eternal life. How? Believe in the record that God gave of his son, and that record is eternal life. ETERNAL life meaning when I get it I can't lose it. Salvation is a free gift, if you try to pay for it by being good then Christ is of no effect unto you. Our willingness can't get us saved. John 1:12-13
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2Jn 1:9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
2Jn 1:10
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
2Jn 1:11
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
2Jn 1:10
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
2Jn 1:11
For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
Jas 2:14
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith [alone] save him?
Jas 2:15
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Jas 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Jas 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jas 2:18
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Jas 2:19
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jas 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jas 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled [when Abraham offered his son on the altar] which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jas 2:24
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Jas 2:25
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith [alone] save him?
Jas 2:15
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Jas 2:16
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Jas 2:17
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jas 2:18
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Jas 2:19
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jas 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jas 2:23
And the scripture was fulfilled [when Abraham offered his son on the altar] which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jas 2:24
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Jas 2:25
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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I have. The immoral denizens actually went beyond trying to have moral people imprisoned and bankrupted with hundreds of thousands of dollars in "civil rights" fines for not facilitating sacrilege (e.g. homosexual "marriage") when ordered to do so by homosexuals. They actually tried to homosexually rape angels.
Interestingly, you can see the seeds of this in the homosexual youth tribes/gangs forming in community parks in various parts of my state (e.g. California). Of course, Christ prophesied (as recorded in Luke 17 and elsewhere) that things would deteriorate to the extent immorality would be on the earth as it was in the days of Noah before the flood and the time of Lot before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Interestingly, you can see the seeds of this in the homosexual youth tribes/gangs forming in community parks in various parts of my state (e.g. California). Of course, Christ prophesied (as recorded in Luke 17 and elsewhere) that things would deteriorate to the extent immorality would be on the earth as it was in the days of Noah before the flood and the time of Lot before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
1 Don't base your doctrine off of questions. 2 Don't assume you know the answer to that question. 3. I'm assuming you are saying we must have faith plus works? well...if that is true, which it's not, it would contradict so many scripture that says it's by faith. James 2 is talking to believers here. He is explaining to them that it doesn't profit anyone else if we don't have works. He mentions Abraham (read romans 4). was Abraham justified when he offered his son Isaac on the alter? Yes...(romans 4) BUT NOT BEFORE GOD! so who was he justified by? MAN. you see? Man could see Abrahams faith by his works. Man can't see my faith, they can only see my works. GBU