Do you not think that eventually your repentance wouldn't work?
542545
True repentence is the act of not repeating the same mistake twice.  If you keep doing it, you're not truley sorry. You're like an alcoholic that keeps promising this is the LAST TIME they'll drink and then they drink again.  I don't buy into the whole theory of Christians that you can repent for something in the last hours of your life (like a murderer in prison) and make it to the same enlightened place after death as those who led their lives well the entire time.  That just sounds like a cop out to me.
1148889
You get a chance to repent anytime before you die. So if you kill someone without repenting, yes you go to hell. Oh, and you have to be truly sorry for what you did. Not just have an attitude like your going to kill someone and repent for it later. That won't work.
103121
Well, honestly speaking I am definitely not happy the way I am using my life for his glory, I mean I miss so many chances to pray for others, to share the gospel with other, and waste time, and whatever I do even a little bit seems much little to me and well, if God appeared before me I would really be sorry with my life, but I personally think that God, though he would not be happy at what I have done, would nevertheless be like the father in the Prodigal son, I mean he would still love me and have mercy on me and love me instead of condemning me, he is foreever loving and ready to forgive our greatest mistakes if we repent truly.
902449
No. I can't. \n\nI have to base my judgements on what I read in the bible and how I interpret it. \n\nI DO believe (for certain) one thing: \n\nGod loves us (ALL) therefore, once we accept that: \n\nWe have to love ourselves\n\nThen we have to love others as we love ourselves\n\nTHAT pretty much wraps it up.\n \nIf we treat others, regardless of whether we like them or not, how we want to be treated, if we love ourselves, odds are we'll do the right thing. \n\nThe rest is just semantics.
1056107
No, youy need to repent of your sin and have faith in Christ.
82109
it takes more than repenting and asking God for forgiveness.  You have to dedicate yourself to God and do his will and not sin again.  Repenting means regretting the things you have done and not going back to sinning.  If you want your uncle to be saved why dont you work with him and together find out what God expects for us to do in order to have his approval.  Everyone has that opportunity to change, all we have to do is take it!!
1129976
Oh, the cry of the Christian. "YOU'RE TAKING IT OUT OF CONTEXT!" I love it when they say that, because Gen. 6:6 clearly says that God repented of having created mankind.  If you "repent" of something, it is because you regret having done it--otherwise, you would not feel the need to repent. In other words, God changed his mind. Poor, sad Christians, who are stuck with explaining why God says, in some places that he never changes, repents, or lies; while in other places, he repents of having done something, or changes his mind about doing something (as in Jonah 3:10). \n\nYou can't have it both ways. Either God NEVER changes at all, for any reason, or he sometimes does. How can an all-knowing God change his mind?? He already knows what's going to happen in the future--if he knew he were going to change his mind about a decision, he would never bother to make the decision in the first place!
909912
Many people have besetting sins in their lives that they struggle with for a long time. But the Bible says:\n\nRomans 6:14  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.\n\nAs a Christian counselor I've tried to help people with this type of issue and sometimes they are successful and sometimes they continue on with their struggle. Basically it seems to me that the ones who don't overcome usually don't see their particular sin as an enemy who needs to be defeated or they don't want to do the work that it takes to overcome in that area of their life.\n\nGod will help us to overcome our enemies but He calls us to join in the battle and to see sin as an enemy. If we call a sin our friend some of the time and invite it into our life He isn't going to give us the victory.
374895
After learning Bible truths, it would be tragic if one regressed to false worship!  The Bible describes the sad consequences of such a course when it says:  “Certainly if, after having escaped from the defilement of the world by an accurate knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they get involved again with these very things and are overcome, the final conditions have become worse for them than the first ... The saying of the true proverb has happened to them:  “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the sow that was bathed to rolling in the mire.”  2 Peter 2:20-22.\n\nTo the rest of us:\n\nWe must remain alert to anything that can endanger our spirituality.  The apostle Paul warns:  “The inspired utterance says definitely that in later periods of time some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to misleading inspired utterances and teachings of demons.”  1 Tim. 4:1 We live in “later periods of time.”  Those who do not keep clear of false worship can be “tossed about as by waves and carried hither and thither by every wind of teaching by means of the trickery of men, by means of cunning in contriving error.”  Eph. 4:13,14.
103897
Once you repent and ask God to forgive you of something, you are forgiven. Not only does he forgive you, he also remembers it no more. So you need not worry about that. However when you sin there are still consequences. For example if you drink and use drugs for a long time, you may damage your body, or if you mess up financially, you may find yourself stuck in debt. Or if you offend someone, there's still a damaged relationship to be dealt with. You will still have to deal with the consequences even though you are forgiven. But take heart, God doesn't leave you to deal with them on your own. He stays with you and heals you, weather it takes a long time or a little, he does take care of us.\n\nAs for the desires of your heart, God knows better than you do what you want, what you need, and what will benefit you. Of course he wants you to pray and make your requests known, but that doesn't mena he'll always give you what you want when you want it. Again, He knows best. He may not give you what you want because he knows it's not the best thing for you. Or perhaps the timing is not right, and he will give you what you want at the best time (later). It may also be that he wants to teach you to wait on him and trust him.\n\nIn any case, just trust him. He is your father and he loves you more than you will ever imagine. He also sees all things. He knows everything that will happen to you in your life and he truly knows what's best. Also rest assurred he has forgiven you of everything you've repented for. You need only repent once for a sin and it is completely forgotten by Him. So forgive yourself. God has forgiven you, and those past sins will never count against you.
478638
I think it has something to do with an understanding that everyone has that when you do something wrong, you are required by justice to pay the price for your wrongdoing. The problem is, most of the time we can't just pay things back; life is full of crimes and mistakes that go way beyond just stealing a candy bar and then returning later to pay the storekeeper. So I think it's really hard to forgive ourselves because we don't know if or how we can fully pay the price to make up for it, and sometimes we don't even know if it's possible at all to fully pay things back. There is hope, though, and it comes with something called the Atonement of Christ. Whether or not you consider yourself a Christian and by whatever definition, the Atonement is worth researching and coming to understand. What the Atonement does is it makes up for everything that we can not do for ourselves; it pays the price of justice so that we can feel peace. So if you feel like you're having a hard time forgiving yourself for something you've done, try turning to God for help. Ask him to help you understand the Atonement so you can understand how you can forgive yourself. This was a long answer, but I mean every word of it. The Atonement works. If you try it, you'll see for yourself.
645573
haha God doesnt punish you for future mistakes.  sometimes He doesnt punish you for mistakes you've already done, if you repent to Him and ask forgiveness.  you have a horrible day because you are only focusing on the bad things that went wrong instead of the good.  you dont know how many times today God has saved your life, or tried to show you something beautiful. at least you didnt get abducted and tied to a tree and beaten.  thats something positive
632163
No, unfortunately.  But someday Jesus will come back to earth to rule and reign in a perfect Christian Theocracy, and we will be so much happier for it.  Those who repent and are still here, that is, will enjoy it.
192119
Absolutely.  We all let Him down at times.  He wants us to just keep coming back to Him.  I find the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation (confession) helpful in such situations.
691143
If one commits adultary, then no.  but you do need to repent and get back on course or else you can lose your salvation.  As long has you repent, then you will be fine.  Just don't repeat the act.
680096
I believe you can, and this is one scripture that points to it.  \n\nSome will say that Ananias and Sephira weren't "really saved" if they fell away, but I find that theology terrifying.  If the only way you know if you are saved or not is by sinning and being struck dead, that makes assurance hard to come by, doesn't it?\n\nFor if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The LORD will judge His people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.\nHebrews 10:26-31
999263
It depends, in my opinion.  If you have had a chance, and have rejected the chance... then you might.  Children and infants on the other hand, haven't had the chance, so more than likely they will go to Heaven.  I don't 100% believe that just because you're not baptized that you won't go to Heaven, I believe that it depends on what you have done during your life whether or not you go to heaven.