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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
So, repentance... does that means asking for forgiveness for your sins, or is it forgiveness for your unbelief?
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No. Repentance is the heart returning to God through faith in Christ. Conversion to Christ takes place in repentance. We are not asking for forgiveness of anything. We are turning from dead works to faith in Christ.
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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
If we believe that the sins are GONE because of Jesus' work, do we need to ask for forgiveness for them again?
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No. Rest in the accomplished forgiveness of the Cross. Why ask for something to be done which has already been accomplished?
If we're sitting around a kitchen table with a watermelon on the tabletop and I see you remove the watermelon from the tabletop and destroy it in the garbage disposal, why would I, at a later time, ask you to remove the watermelon from the tabletop? It's already gone.
If we ask for forgiveness that has already been accomplished it is only an indication we have yet to fully trust in the fact that remission indeed took place. It is evidence of unbelief.
When we stumble, we should simply remember the remission of the Cross, thank God for giving his Son, and move forward in grateful servitude.
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