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Originally Posted by deltaguitar
I do want to say though, you can't separate faith and repentance going along with the new birth. We are regenerated by God but a regenerated man will continue in faith and will repent. Repentance to me has to be almost instantaneous after new birth to the point that it might not be easy to distinguish between the two.
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Sounds like a deterministic form of faith... "a regenerated person WILL CONTINUE" See the Bible talks about slothful servants, and also those who don't continue and fall away. As usual reformed dogma forces only TWO options(regenerated or unregenerated) instead of what the Bible teaches.
Again you said "Repentance to me has to be almost instantaneous after new birth" sorry but you clearly are Calvinistic in your teaching on this. Repentance to you is AFTER salvation. Thus not necessary to be saved. Your view does not allow one to count the cost. Does not allow one to reason. Does not allow one to cast off his life in choice to follow. You have saved people never even choosing covenant.
