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It looks like you and I are in agreement on this subject! Those are good Bible verses on the subject. Repentance is a necessary part in the attainment of salvation. And without it, there is no pardon for sins. Judas, the betrayer of Jesus, was described by Jesus and not being clean...

Well, I'd say it a bit differently though similar. I believe there are both absolutely essential truths to believe, and also the kind that are not absolutely essential. The absolutely essential kind are the kind relating to the way of salvation. We can't expect all people to understand...

If all sins were intentional, then all people would go to heaven, regardless of how they lived. But I don't see this as the case. I read the Bible a lot, and you must too, and that's good. But we aren't presently able to agree on this subject according to how we see them as explained in the...

True the modern term of "easy believism' isn't used in the Bible. But it's expressed in other ways. I know many verses on the subject.

I wouldn't trust 100% - theories about the world that aren't mentioned in the Bible. When we get to heaven, we'll understand it all perfectly. I do know the world is said to be 6000 years old and a bit more - according to many Bible theologians. Who use Bible genealogies and events to...

This life isn't perfect - we just have to do the best we have with what we have and know, but always prayerfully.

Yes, excellent example! And the scriptures say not to disobey one's conscience. So that means one must do what they best know to do in things according to what they see in the Bible. Until or unless he comes to understand how he has been in error in his views on subjects that he is in...

1 Cor 2:14-16 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known...

True - I think you and I agree alike on this! The faith that saves people, isn't strictly True - it looks like you and I believe alike on this! True faith isn't just strictly - believing. The devils believe, James says - yet it doesn't save them. So the word, "faith" - in the Bible -...

I agree with Wikipedia's definition of the word, "repentance": The doctrine of repentance as taught in the Bible is a call to persons to make a radical turn from one way of life to another. The repentance (metanoia) called for throughout the Bible is a summons to a personal, absolute and...

1 John 1:7 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. KJV All that's required is to choose to obey God, wholeheartedly, always, and to always repent sincerely from daily sins...

All that is required is to do one's best to obey God in all things, and to be in the habit of always sincerely repenting of all unintentional sins in daily life. Some have difficulty telling intentional sins apart from intentional sins, at first. But there's a big difference. One needs...

Well, I'm glad that you finally found Christ. I'm just saying i know that many things can influence Christians in the way they happen to interpret parts of the scriptures. And that not all impressions turn out to have given them a 100% correct view in one's understanding of the scriptures.

Indeed - repentance to be most effective, usually - has to start with oneself alone with God and to God - I agree. I'm not Catholic and never have been one.

Yes, it's important to watch for pride in ourselves in our answers to others in forums like this. Pride can make a person blind against learning new truths. It can also make a wrong impression on others, and that doesn't glorify Christ. I am not allowing myself to be under the affect of...

What I mean, is that I interpret those scriptures on the subject of the need for repentance differently than you. And sincerely so. I can't expect all sincere believers to believe the same as I do on all points of doctrine. But I do have to explain to them what I believe is the correct...

True - his confession of sin - his repentance and seeing Jesus as Lord, was all that was needed to save the thief on the cross! And if he'd lived instead of died after that - evidence of his being saved would have shown, by choices he'd have made in life, and how he'd have lived in daily...

Taking up Jesus' cross is figurative. We all have a "cross" to pick up and carry in making the decision to accept Jesus' gift of salvation or not, as it involves a cost of personal commitment. Salvation isn't give to those not willing to commit themselves.