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Originally Posted by Hoovie
That would be my view as well. Whether justification occurs at the time of sincere calling on the Lord in repentance is another question though.
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Originally Posted by Hoovie
Well I did read that, but am not convinced that being "pierced their heart" is evidence they received the Holy Spirit.
Similarly when Agrippa said to Paul, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian" it's not evidence of the indwelling Spirit. I would say it is indeed evidence of the Spirit convicting, working on hearts - yes. A necessary precursor to salvation but perhaps not evidence of existing salvation.
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Correct. There is quite a difference between conviction and repentance. In fact there is quite a difference between belief, and simple faith.
No doubt many sinners have believed what was preached to them, however their refusal to repent (which Jesus said is merely because they love darkness rather than light-
John 3) is evidence that there is more to salvation than conviction. There is a difference between dead faith and saving faith.
The reason we know that these people possesd true faith is because they acted upon their faith as we see beggining in verse 41 through the remainder of the chapter.
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