is that just something people say?
what about hebrews 10:26 and the fearful looking forward to fiery indignation?
2007-08-15 13:48:27 · 18 answers · asked by Silly BaBy505 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
read the entire book of Romans.
2007-08-15 13:54:11 · answer #1 · answered by savedatlast 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes there are evidences. Take Paul, a persecutor of the Christians. Even the criminal during the crucifixion.. One of the thieves repented, then he was granted to live on paradise.
On Hebrews 10:26, It says:
Heb 10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which shall devour the adversaries.
It speaks of those people who SIN WILLFULLY after having received the knowledge of the truth yet they are sinning WILLFULLY. They are the ones who will feel this fearful expectation of judgment.
2007-08-15 21:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by Jay R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hebrews 10:29 explains that is isn't just sin, but the sin of the knowledgeable. Most people never really obtain knowledge of the bible, and for those God forgives, because even if you have accepted Christ you were still ignorant. That is why the bible teaches to whom much is given much is required. When you have obtained knowledge of the truth, then there is no more forgiveness. But that should not be a reason to stay ignorant, because God reads the heart. Matthew 5:20 teaches that unless your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. So there is every reason to obtain knowledge.
2007-08-15 21:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by Capri 1230 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure exactly where (it's been a while since I've read the Bible) but, according to the Bible, those who truly repent for their sins are forgiven and do whatever necessary to right the wrong and change the behavior will be forgiven by God. If you really want to know I suggest sitting down with the Bible and finding out for yourself what it says.
2007-08-15 20:56:28 · answer #4 · answered by laneybug_lbp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is an example:
There was a man who in the Bible who sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, consulted with mediums and psychics, did much that was evil in the Lord’s sight, arousing his anger.
He made a carved image of Asherah and set it up in the Temple, the very place where the Lord had told David and his son Solomon: “My name will be honored forever in this Temple and in Jerusalem—the city I have chosen from among all the tribes of Israel.
God sent messengers to Manasseh and the people, but they refused to listen, and Manasseh led them to do even more evil than the pagan nations that the Lord had destroyed when the people of Israel entered the land.
He was said to be more wicked than the Amorites, who lived in this land before Israel. He has caused the people of Judah to sin with his idols.
Manasseh also murdered many innocent people until Jerusalem was filled from one end to the other with innocent blood. This was in addition to the sin that he caused the people of Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the Lord’s sight.
Now later, God allowed the Assyrians (Iran today) to take him captive. They put a ring through his nose, bound him in chains, and led him away to Babylon. In this position, Manasseh sought the Lord his God and sincerely humbled himself before God and when he prayed, the Lord listened to him and was moved by his request. So the Lord brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh finally realized that the Lord alone is God!
Manasseh removed the foreign gods and the idol from the Lord’s Temple. He tore down all the altars he had built on the hill where the Temple stood and all the altars that were in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
2007-08-15 21:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by Sableindian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD..... Says ..... SO!
(Acts 17:30-31) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
(Acts 17:31) Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
AND.........!
(2Peter 3:9) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Thanks, RR
2007-08-15 20:59:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The whole Bible was written for that purpose. The people "looking forward to fiery indignation" have sided with '
"the devils who fear and tremble." Jesus' death was so that "where I am, there ye may be also."
2007-08-15 20:55:45 · answer #7 · answered by shirleykins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, John 3:16.
2007-08-15 20:54:28 · answer #8 · answered by republicanbabe23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an often confused matter that cannot be shoved aside. I hope to make it clear to you.
The real difference between someone who is an apostate, and someone who sinned, is the desire to return to the God they sinned against.
If they have no desire to return to God, then they are an apostate. They do not have the Spirit of God guiding them to Him.
Those that sin are many, I for one am one too. But within my heart there is the desire to not only know God, but to love Him. And that's what I do.
Far from me is the curse of apostasy, for there is no interest that I have to stay away from God.
If you have ever met a true apostate, you will see that behavior in them where they are disgusted with God, like God is an evil thing. I caught one in this fit of anger where he was talking like he totally believed in God, but hated him with all manner of vehemence. That is my experience with such people.
2007-08-15 21:19:09 · answer #9 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.. Zaccheus, the tax collector.
Apostle Paul.
Matthew..
Read 1John 1:9
2007-08-15 21:04:51 · answer #10 · answered by Peach 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1John 1:8,9
2Sa 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die."
Mic 7:9 Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the LORD’s wrath, until he pleads my case and establishes my right. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness.
Ps 41:4 I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."
2007-08-15 21:58:46 · answer #11 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋