Must a person turn away from sin to receive Jesus Christ??? .....?

Question

Do you have a Scripure verse?

Thank you Hasse_John; you seem the only one smart enough so far to produce a Scripture verse...

Rhanks also Bid R

Don H ...obviously ignorant of the Scripture that say...." If we say we have no sin we lie, and the truth is not in us"...Think about it pal.

"Need a newstart"...I think you definitely got it covered.

Answer 1

TURNING FROM SIN IS NEEDED

"Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?" says the Lord GOD, "and not that he should turn from his ways and live?" —Ezekiel 18:23

"I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." —Luke 13:3

He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. —Proverbs 28:13

"Now, therefore," says the LORD, "turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning." So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the LORD) your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. —Joel 2:12, 13a

Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously." —Hosea 14:2a

"And he looks at men and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it did not profit me.' He will redeem his soul from going down to the Pit, and his life shall see the light." —Job 33:27,28

"Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin." —Ezekiel 18:30b

Answer 2

Don H gave you the only answer that makes any sense whatsoever, and the rest of you (so far) are so bent on so-called "scripture" that you can't see the truth that is literally in your face. The Kingdom of Heaven is within you, Jesus said, and if you stop reading and listening to people spouting words who have no EXPERIENCE, and start listening to the true voice within, then maybe you wouldn't have to ask questions like this to begin with.

Answer 3

Speaking of the New Jerusalem, John said, "There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth." Revelation 21:27. Jesus said, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8. Paul repeatedly wrote about the exclusion of sinners from heaven. Sin is the only thing that defiles in the sight of God, and no one who willfully practices sin will ever enter into His kingdom. Paul wrote, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, . . . nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards . . . shall inherit the kingdom of God." 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10.
Nowhere in the Bible is entrance into God's kingdom tied to a momentary - or even temporary - faith experience of the past. Salvation is a dynamic, growing relationship with the only One who has eternal life to bestow. It requires continuing contact in order to receive it. The very life of God can be shared with men but NEVER APART FROM A LIVING UNION WITH CHRIST! "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." 1 John 5:12.
Just as the constant creative energy of God is necessary to sustain the universe and to hold atoms together, so His divine power is constantly needed to maintain spiritual life in the soul. When a person willfully chooses to separate from God, the contact is broken, and the spiritual life ceases to flow. God will not violate the will of anyone in making that choice either. For proof that Christians can lose their connection with Jesus and be lost, read John 15:1-6. There Christ explains one of the great mysteries of eternal life. "I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." Verses 5, 6.

Answer 4

The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.

If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.

First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.

How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work 100 percent of the time?

It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.

One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.

Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.

If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.

If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.

How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.

Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.

If this is the case and we are perfect creations of a perfect God then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.

How likely is that????

Think about it.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 5

Having a right relationship with God begins with acknowledging your sin. Next come a humble confession of the sin to God (Isaiah 57:15) and a determination to forsake the sin. “With the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:10).

Answer 6

To repent means "to turn" and one of Jesus' main themes was repenting of sin. None of us can stop sinning. Jesus knows we can't stop so He will accept us "in our sin" as long as we are heart-felt and contrite when asking Jesus to be our Savior and Lord of our life.
There is no Scripture verse for what you ask as it is impossible.

Answer 7

How about 1 John 1:9. If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteiousness.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

John 14:15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Answer 10

Mat 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.