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Originally Posted by HopePreacher
Repentance means neither of those things. Repentance is a turnaround. It is changing direction - we were going one way and now we are going the other way. Paul says that godly sorrow brings repenatnce that leads to salvation.'
To grasp the meaning of this discussion on when the blood is applied just think of a ring (a finger ring). Lay the ring flat on a table and pretent that it is as big as a football field. Now see yourself running along the edge of the ring trying to find the end of the ring - you will never find it.
another example is this: there are two pastors who believe the same basic message. One is a one stepper and preaches the finished work of Calvary; the other is a three stepper and believe one must be baptized to apply the blood. New believers come into each congregation and the pastor baptizes the new believers into Christ. Those new believers go on to become good saints in that assembly. The end result is the same so: who was right?
We ask questions that have answers only for those who are preedisposed to believe the right (in our opinion) answers.
So, to understand the answer to this dilemma just take a ring and....
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Yet if the blood was historically applied and we say it isn't applied until baptism we are in disbelief of the historic application. We are therefore in disbelief of the Gospel. It matters what we believe.
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