[TruthTalk] Forgiveness/Repentance

[ShieldsFamily]

Sorry, but I guess you’ll have to cast me out as a heretic for saying this. (It won’t be the first time, so it doesn’t bother me.) But I don’t think that “forgiveness preceeds repentance,” if that means were are forgiven before we repent, or even if we do not repent.  I think that repentance is a REQUIREMENT for forgiveness.  Jesus provided the forgiveness before we repented. But repentance is the way that we open the door to receive it.  And if we don’t repent, Jesus died in vain in our case.  We have crucified Him anew.  Are we on two different pages here? Izzy   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lance Muir   God's covenant with HK is unilateral. God's love and forgiveness are unconditional. Forgiveness preceeds repentance. All of HK is included in the Incarnation.Blessings, Lance