Must we repent in order to be forgiven?

James is written to the 12 tribes . Which tribe are you from then ?

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TF,
what are you saying?
it sounds like you are saying that you have 'nixed' the Book of James out of the Bible
and have no reason to apply it's Truths and Principles to yourself?
curious...

You're speaking of "Christian Origination" - what about "Christian Obligation"? We are obliged as Christians to continually remain surrendered to God aka "abide in Me". If we rebel and stubbornly refuse to surrender no matter how much the Holy Spirit pleads, we'll eventually lose the ability to surrender and be lost eternally.

I take the book of Leviticus and read it for all of its wonderful truths but i take it in context. All the books should be read this way . Most just read the bible as if every verse is speaking to them directly and completely miss what the understanding is .

Yes and like a good Father ,once you become a child of God is not going to then cast you into hell when you mess up . Its not 'probation ' .

No one was regenerated until after the resurrection.

Do you realise that you have imputed some more of your own theories, without any scriptures to back them up?

I study from the KJV and the words "convict", "conviction" are not found in the scriptures. "convicted" is only found one time in John 8:9

John 8:9, (Jesus asking them who is without sin among you) And they which heard it, being convicted (rebuke, reprove) by their own conscience.

The natural man that still has the heart of stone (unregenerate) will not repent of breaking a spiritual law that he cannot discern, and thinks it to be foolishness.

The only heart that can be pricked to feel quilt of spiritual nature is the new heart of flesh that has a spiritual conscience.

We, as regenerated children of God, including yourself, do at times, commit sins and our hearts are pricked by God to feel guilty, which causes us to repent.

When the regenerate person commits a sin, it, temporary, separates them from their fellowship with God, because God will not fellowship sin. When this happens we do not lose our eternal inheritance, only our fellowship with God, temporary, until we repent.

I am assuming, sense you do not quote scriptures, that "by living faith", you mean "faith without works is dead"

Eph 2:10, says "For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, unto good works". Being created in Christ Jesus is evidence that we are already born again, Eph 2:5.

Yes! Jesus is establishing that your good works does not contribute to your salvation, because your works are your duty in that you are already saved.

John 10:27-28

His hand is well beyond Satan's reach, but is open for any saint who decides to jump back into the world.

BTW, beautiful artwork

You're speaking of "Christian Origination" - what about "Christian Obligation"? We are obliged as Christians to continually remain surrendered to God aka "abide in Me". If we rebel and stubbornly refuse to surrender no matter how much the Holy Spirit pleads, we'll eventually lose the ability to surrender and be lost eternally.

"IF ye be Christ's, THEN are ye Abraham's seed..." Ever heard of the Biblical concept of adoption?

The NT says we're all one in Christ, but Dispensationalism keeps trying to rip us apart - I'll stick with Scripture.

"ALL SCRIPTURE is...profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction, for instruction in righteousness."

Dispensationalism says, "NO! Only certain Scripture is profitable for all these - to be determined by our John Nelso Darby Society ovelords.

More Dispensationlist nonsense. Ever heard of one of the most famous examples of heart regeneration in the OT - "crook" Jacob's transformation into "overcomer" Israel?

What is the bottom line from all these?

I assume people do not need citations for well known verses like when James exposes the total impotency of "without works" dead faith with the Biblical truth of "by works" living faith. He does this because he knew there'd come a time when people would seek to obtain by dead faith that which can only be obtained by living faith: eternal life.

Seems to me if a person is not at least familiar with well known verses, they should probably address that deficiency first.

The scriptures teach us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling

Amen. Jesus said our "work" is to believe, which is limited to thought, not action - action is just outward manifestation of inward thought.

So, if OSAS people can see "belief" is what saves us, why cant' they see "cessation of belief" is the forfeiture of the same? Only because they are blinded by love for sin -- some cherished sin enters ther heart and dethrones God, which demands that a means by which one can hold onto both sin and Jesus be constructed.

Hence, OSAS, which claims they may obtain by dead faith that which can only be obtained by living faith: eternal life.