Repentance

Does Hebrews 6:4-6 actually mean that you can go too far, and be unable to return to Christ? [Hebrews 5:12f, 6:4-6, James 5:19, Luke 1:37].

What does it mean to be born-again?

Why does Jesus say to confront a person who has sinned against you & if he repents, forgive him, in Luke, but in Matthew & Mark He just seems to say we need to unilaterally forgive them? [Luke 17:3, Matthew 6:14-15, Mark 11:25]

How do we become a Christian? [John 3]

How do you know if we have left our first love & just need to come back to Christ or if you are Lukewarm, indifferent? [Revelation 3, 1 John 5:2]

Will God give us fair warning before we die or before He comes back?

Should you forgive someone who hasn't repented or asked for forgiveness?

Isn't it the Teachers responsibility to teach correctly so someone would know how to accept Jesus in their heart (repent)? [James 3:1]

Am I still saved if I continual fall in the same habitual sin?

Is there anyone in the New Testament that could not repent, because they had gone too far? [Revelation 2, Hebrews 12:17, Acts 2:42].

Why is it so hard to come back to the Lord, and battle all the distractions that seem to try to keep you away? [Ezekiel 33:11, 2 Peter 3:9].

Does one have to go back and publicly confess and renounce sin, and make restitution for every sin of your past?

Do people always intentionally sin, or can sin be unintentional?[Hebrews 10:26, 10:18].

Caller comment: Bob George's view of Christians not needing to repent.

Is there a "second chance" to repent after Jesus returns? What about after the pre-trib rapture and the tribulation? [Revelation 7].

What do you think about when Calvinists use this passage to support the idea that after one is saved, the Holy Spirit no longer needs to convict one of sin, and that it only is speaking of non-believers? [John 16:8-10, I John 1:9].

Should faith and repentance be consider gifts, or works? And which one comes first. [Acts 11:18, 2 Timothy 2:25, Romans 4:4-5, Mark 1:15, Hebrews 6:1-3, Acts 20:21, Hebrews 11:6].

Would you talk about Christians falling away and whether than can be restored to faith? [Hebrews 6:1-6, 3:12, Matthew 19:24, James 5:20].

Is character fixed at the point of death? How does this reflect on possibility that one may be able to repent after death? [I John 3:2].

Is there a time when someone can no longer repent? Does the story of Jacob & Esau demonstrate that Esau could not repent? [Hebrew 12:16-17, Genesis 27:30-40].

What does Romans 8:38 mean? Does it mean that you can sin, and still be in Christ? [Romans 8:38, 11:22].

Do we have to continually confess our sins? Do we have to confess every sin we've ever committed? [1 John 1:9]

What is a Biblical affirmation of one being "saved"? How does one know for sure? [I John 5:11-12, 24, Romans 10:9

Can Steve please explain the 2 scary texts in Hebrews about falling away? [Hebrew 6:4-6, Hebrews 10:26-27]?

I'm concerned about how this verse about "no more sacrifice for sin" and how it may apply to me. Though I have repented, have I trodden on the truth so much so, that I can't be forgiven? [Hebrew 10:26,17-18, 8:13,Jeremiah 31].

Will you necessarily go to hell if you commit suicide? 2:13 [Romans 8:37-9, 2 Corinthians 5:8, John 15:6]

Is it too late for me, if I spent too much of my life doing my own thing, and though I want to, I can't seem to really get back on the narrow path and live like I should? [Revelation 2 & 3].

Can one commit one too many sins, resulting in no more forgiveness? [Hebrews 12].

Why do we pray for judgment of the unrepentant? [2 Peter 3, Ezekiel 33:11, Revelation 6:9-11].

Extravagant (Hyper) Grace teaches that once we have Jesus we never have to repent again. What does Steve think about this?

If person does something against a person that is wrong, is the person that is wronged obligated to point this out to the person or should they should just pray for them? [Matthew 5:23-24, Luke 17:3, Matthew 18]

The Bible doesn't really say anything about accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord. So how does a person become a member of the Kingdom of God, a Christian?

Is God a good God? In one passage it says He'll have no qualms about making ruin & destruction happening but then in other places He relents from causing calamity. Can Steve explain the contradiction? [Deuteronomy 28:63, Jonah 4:2]

We'll have to give an account for every idle word, Jesus says, but then it also say in the bible that God won't remember our sins as east is from the west. [Matthew 12:36, Psalm 103:12, 1 Corinthians 3:12]

Going to hell for not being able to forgive someone, caller is concerned about it.

Isn't God against Slavery? How can we repent for this deed of our past? Blacks being sent to jail falsely or improportionately.

How can we determine who are genuine Christians or people who have a feigned Christianity? Especially churches believing correct Doctrine.

There's a required preconditional work, like saved by faith, but you have to have Fear of the Lord for instance.

Is it actually an Arminian view that if a person fails to repent for a sin before they die, they lose their salvation and are consigned to hell?

When a divorcee gets divorced for non-biblical reasons, if they sincerely repent, they are fine, right?

The Lord's prayer indicates that we need to ask God to forgive our trespasses, but He indicates that we must repent or we will perish, so how can we stop sinning completely? Can you help me understand what repentance is? [Galatians 5:16-17].

How do we sort out the difference between living a life of sin, and a believer still falling to sin?

How can people repent if they already have the mark on them? Isn't it too late already if they have the mark? [Revelation 13 & 14:10-11, Deuteronomy 6:8].