It is sad, but I can find very few “Christians” capable of defining SIN with scripture. They preach and teach sin and repentance, but fail at GODs definition of sin.
Well, I'm not sure every one of them is in the category of "never born again to begin with." Some of them are like the seeds sown in stony places or thorns (Matt. 13:20-22), aka they start off with the fire of the Spirit but quickly descend into a lukewarm state failing to return to their original state of joyful, humble-minded, faith-filled redemption from sin.
Ezekiel 18:24 says that when the righteous depart from righteousness into iniquity, he will be held culpable for sin and die. This is referring to the once-saved, because faith unto redemption from sin is obtained only by the righteousness of Christ, as (inherently in our human nature) "there is none righteous." (Rom. 3:10) Only through salvation in Christ are we transformed unto righteousness. (I Cor. 1:30)
Though overall, I must say, you make some solid points, Max!
Now that I went to the comments section of that post, I understood why you post this link.
That author actually says that those who took the mark of the beast can still repent! Wow... And he is using Greek to justify. He further reiterates that those who took the mark can still be saved. That's how far Christianity has fallen, and is in the process of being replaced by Churchianity.
To me, Churchianity resembles Roman Catholicism in that it is not the bible, but the man at the top of the religion that gets to decide what is right and what is wrong, who gets saved, and who doesn't. The only difference is that in Churchianity, the man at the top is controlling from the false teachings he sneaked into the church.
Then you have that concept of making atonements with sacraments administered by the church. The same idea as the "repentance" they so called. It is repentance by works, according to Roman Catholicism, that saves you. Therefore, after you have taken the mark of the beast, there is still hope according to man's teachings!
Hebrews 6:4-6 "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
Those would be the Christians who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come. The writer of Hebrew used the word "fall away" in verse 6 to describe those Christians. Link this to:
Luke 8:13 "They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away."
Moreover, if they shall "fall away," it is IMPOSSIBLE to renew them again unto repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. Why? Jesus tells us in the parable of the sower that because of the stony ground hearts in those Christians, they could never truly repent.
It is sad, but I can find very few “Christians” capable of defining SIN with scripture. They preach and teach sin and repentance, but fail at GODs definition of sin.
Well, I'm not sure every one of them is in the category of "never born again to begin with." Some of them are like the seeds sown in stony places or thorns (Matt. 13:20-22), aka they start off with the fire of the Spirit but quickly descend into a lukewarm state failing to return to their original state of joyful, humble-minded, faith-filled redemption from sin.
Ezekiel 18:24 says that when the righteous depart from righteousness into iniquity, he will be held culpable for sin and die. This is referring to the once-saved, because faith unto redemption from sin is obtained only by the righteousness of Christ, as (inherently in our human nature) "there is none righteous." (Rom. 3:10) Only through salvation in Christ are we transformed unto righteousness. (I Cor. 1:30)
Though overall, I must say, you make some solid points, Max!
The coming one world religion: monotheism - God of the O.T. (7 noahide laws) in lieu of Jesus' saving work on the cross for HIs elect https://hillmd.substack.com/p/ben-shapiro-and-jordan-peterson-shill
https://open.substack.com/pub/ajderxsen/p/re-repentance?r=pr2e8&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Now that I went to the comments section of that post, I understood why you post this link.
That author actually says that those who took the mark of the beast can still repent! Wow... And he is using Greek to justify. He further reiterates that those who took the mark can still be saved. That's how far Christianity has fallen, and is in the process of being replaced by Churchianity.
To me, Churchianity resembles Roman Catholicism in that it is not the bible, but the man at the top of the religion that gets to decide what is right and what is wrong, who gets saved, and who doesn't. The only difference is that in Churchianity, the man at the top is controlling from the false teachings he sneaked into the church.
Then you have that concept of making atonements with sacraments administered by the church. The same idea as the "repentance" they so called. It is repentance by works, according to Roman Catholicism, that saves you. Therefore, after you have taken the mark of the beast, there is still hope according to man's teachings!
Hebrews 6:4-6 "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
Those would be the Christians who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come. The writer of Hebrew used the word "fall away" in verse 6 to describe those Christians. Link this to:
Luke 8:13 "They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away."
Moreover, if they shall "fall away," it is IMPOSSIBLE to renew them again unto repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. Why? Jesus tells us in the parable of the sower that because of the stony ground hearts in those Christians, they could never truly repent.