Well to me this says if you do not ask forgiveness, You have lost salvation. See, how else could I see this? You say it is REQUIRED. That means if you do not, something happens. Thats like the water baptism regeneration people who say water baptism is required. or the lawyers saying obedience to the law is required. Whats the difference? That's why people call it legalism. So thank you for showing why I had a reason to question what you were saying.
So your saying we have to repay the wage of sin? See how people can get confused.
Correct. I agree, But in order to earn our righteousness, we have to be perfect. Last I read. No man but christ attained that feat. when people preach holiness, most of the time they are teaching works. One must be careful. Are they teaching we are to work out our salvation, or work FOR our salvation (to maintain it) so when people make claims like this, they are questioned, so we know which group they belong to. so again, you see why people ask question.
I think you have a trigger for certain phraseswhich cause you to think one is suggesting something even after they have saidNO.
1. I do not believe one can lose their salvation . So I hopethat helps you.
2. There is a good argument for one to lose their salvationfrom those who hold to that doctrine.
3. NO i'm not saying if you do not ask forgiveness you willlose your salvation
4. No we do not have to repay for the wages of sin , sinproduces it's own reward death.
5. NO as you know we cannot earn our righteousness
6. I belong to know group
God is Holy , we who are saved have the Spirit of God in us;therefore we will not sin and be at peace. How does one grieve the Holy Spirit?
it speaks directly to the integrity of the person and theirrelationship with God who willfully sin's and knows that they have sinned andthink they do not have to repent. That is mind boggling to me it surely doesnot sound fearful of the Lord (reverent)
So if one think they do not have to ask forgiveness for a sinand say they are a Christian , maybe they are not one. If the Holy Spirit pointout to Cs1 hey you did wrong , missed the mark, sinned, CS1 will askforgiveness. Why? Because Grace was not owed to me it was a gift to me . So tobe thankful I think it would be best to humble myself and have that mindsetinstead of I don't need to. But hey that’s just how I see in the word of God.And I can be wrong and so can you. If i'm wrong there is