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Falsehood after falsehood are posted by some to divert discussion from the fact Christ died for all humankind.
Many are called but few are chosen.
Thessalonians chosen for salvation.
The called and chosen and faithful...

 

Calling God's revealed plan of redemption nonsense indicates perhaps you do not understand scripture.
Providing the means of salvation for all humankind, is a logical necessity, if God desires all people to be saved in accordance with His redemption plan, with everyone who God puts into Christ based on crediting their faith as righteousness being saved.

 

The free offer of the gospel is not the issue in question.
What is at issue is the accomplished work of Redemption,that was actual. not potential.
You deny the Covenant nature of the atonement everytime you suggest an unfinished work, as Jesus declared in Jn 17.

 

The gospel when preached is freely offered.
It is a sincere offer, and not as you contend. a farce.
It seems that way to you because you and others do not seem to understand the fallen condition of man. If not for irresistible grace not one would come savingly to Jesus.
The problem is not the offer, it is the total inability to process the offer.

 

There is a difference between remorse and repentance.
Remorse is being sorry you did something wrong (mainly because you got caught and you don't have the power to win the fight).

Repentance is turning away from one thing and turning to another thing.

We read in 1 Thessalonians 1 how the Christians there were repenting, turning to God away from idols. That repentance was causing a revival in Thessaloniki. You will never see a rebel turning away from sin and turning toward God...before God saves them by grace. The teaching that repentance is "required" before salvation can take place is completely false.

1 Thessalonians 1:4-10
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

 

Where in any of these verses does God say "You are saved by your repentance."???

I have quoted Ephesians 2:4-9 to you. What do you reject about what God tells you?

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

John tells Christians that God forgives our sin when we repent.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

That is written to the saved, not to the unsaved.

Let's look at your verses:

Luke 24:44-48 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.

Where does Jesus say "People are saved by their repentance."?

Acts 2:36-41 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Where does Peter say "You are saved by your repentance."???

These are the words of God. These are the verses you are doing a poor job of understanding. In the verses you quote, your teaching is proved wrong by God's word.

You may struggle with your pride so that you cannot admit you are wrong, but if you will covenant to study God's word, you will change your mind (repent) regarding your assertion that repentance saves you.

 

Sorrow is a work. It can be a motive to hear the gospel.

 

The fallen must show evidence of having been Granted Repentance and Faith, by God, knowing what they are repenting of, which is their Total inability, in response to The Gospel Message and knowing what they are Trusting in, which is Jesus The Savior.

The fallen who do not have the testimony and evidence of having been Granted Repentance and Faith, by God, knowing what they are repenting of, which is their Total inability in response to The Gospel Message and knowing what they are Trusting in, which is Jesus The Savior are never candidates for Scriptural Baptism, as entrance into one of The Churches Jesus Built.

The fallen who have given a Profession of Faith and do not show evidence of having been Granted Repentance and Faith, by God, knowing what they are repenting of, which is their Total inability in response to The Gospel Message and knowing what they are Trusting in, which is Jesus The Savior, after they have been Scripturally Baptised, as entrance into one of The Churches Jesus Built, are, then, candidates for Church Discipline.

 

Read what you quoted. Where in that passage do you read, "Repent in order to save your soul."???

Could you possibly admit that you are reading your theological bias into the passage you have quoted?

I note that you have not responded to the Ephesians 2:4-9 passage that tells you exactly how a person is saved. Why is it you refuse that passage?

Ephesians 2:4-9 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

SBG, God's word does not support your assertion. The verses you quote do not state what you assert. At this point anyone reading can see you are in error, but your stubbornness won't allow you to change your mind. I can only ask you to read God's word and set aside your prejudice while reading.