Do we need to repent more than once to stay saved?
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I do not see how there can be any differences in interpretation to answer this. When we sin and that sin is not forgiven it kills. That is a plain simple fact, and it stands alone. It is not related to our kind of time. God operates in eternal time, it is different from our time. So any time we do not repent of our sin and have it washed away it kills us. No scripture disagrees with this, it is a fact.
All Christians are "work-in-progress" - to be like Jesus. Confession and Repentant are a must for the normal process in "work-in-progress" Christians to restore the relationship with God. We grow from spiritual baby to matured adult in the knowledge of Jesus. If we don't confess and repent, the Sins will separate us from God. The relationship to God will be broken similar to the human relationship.
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No born again Christian loves sin. No born again Christian is immune from temptation. And as we grow in Christ, we discover some things that we tolerated about ourselves are sin. This is the work of the Holy Spirit and transcends the law. A simple example. For me, being overly competitive was sin. I had to quit my sport. You won't find that in the 10 Commandments. I had been saved about 10 years when the lord convicted me. If I had rebelled, I would have suffered consequences. God has a way of making you wish that you had obeyed! But our eternal future is not at stake. God's discipline is because we are His children. We do not lose relationship when we sin and God will restore us when we confess our sin.
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This agrees with what Christ taught. There are 128 times in the gospels and Acts that scripture mentions living in the kingdom of heaven. We are strangers and sojourners in the kingdoms of the nations, our home is in heaven. Much of the gospels is Christ telling us how to be model citizens of this eternal kingdom, and Christ said to be perfect. Christ knew, and we know we can't be perfect but when we live in repentance it means we live wanting to be sinless, or in scripture terms, to want to be perfect, another way of saying to live in repentance.
The closer we get to God. The more we realize how fallible we truly are and making it more obvious the need to acquire His Grace and Salvation. Being Saved is the first step to start your walk with Christ. It needs to be nurtured, maintained and tested daily in order for your Faith to grow. Christianity was not meant to be easy. We are sent out as sheep into the wolves den.
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Wow. Thank God for God's grace because when He drug me out of the pit, He knew this was a rough soul that needs His work in my life for all my life. This soul is rough but a dog to crumbs, the woman who wipes the feet of Jesus with her hair, the woman who just wished to touch a thread of Jesus's robe, the gentile Roman Officer who took the chance of a gentile
So do you exclude for example the words of David due to his sin? Or Peter because he rejected Christ even cursed His name? All were imperfect humans but made righteous through faith in God/Jesus.
So do you exclude for example the words of David due to his sin? Or Peter because he rejected Christ even cursed His name? All were imperfect humans but made righteous through faith in God/Jesus.
No, not eradicated. We continue to have indwelling sin as believers.
However, the element of sin can be rendered dead (Romans 6:6, Galatians 5:24, Romans 7:8) so that it doesn't any longer have any authority over what we do (Romans 6:14).
Not gone...put in remission like a cancer is put in remission.
So that it is no longer a threat.
However, the element of sin can be rendered dead (Romans 6:6, Galatians 5:24, Romans 7:8) so that it doesn't any longer have any authority over what we do (Romans 6:14).
Not gone...put in remission like a cancer is put in remission.
So that it is no longer a threat.