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It's more then faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ to be
saved-----Romans 6:1.
It's more than regreting a life of smoking and drinking----John 5:39.
It's more than the wisdom of man on what to regret and
change-----Jeremiah 10:23.
It's regreting and changing anything the wisdom of God is for or against in our life------Matthew 5:18-20.
It's confirming to anything the wisdom of God requires of
us----John 8:31.
Anything is anything even water baptism and Christian attire
today------John 3:5 and 1 Peter 3:3.
God made church preacher rulesnot man----1 Cor. 14:34-35.
God enforced Christian marriagenot man-----Mark 10:11-12.
He put into law the Sabbath rulesnot Moses-----Hebrews 4.
He behind grace and conditional grace too-----Romans 6:1.
God have something to do with all the bible----2 Timothy 3:16.
Christian segregationnot a slaveowner idea but rather a God
idea today----2 Cor. 6 and Amos 3:3 and Matthew 7:6 and
Psalms 133:1 and John 17:21.
Christian partiesnot a man idea------1 Peter 4:1-4.
God intrepretation of all the biblejust a God idea----2 Peter 1:20-21.
No many faiths of Christianityjust 1-----Ephesians 4:5.
The faith of Jesus Christ is not his atonement on a cross only----Romans 10:17.
Christian faith is anything in the bible faith-----Romans 10:17.
We believe all the bible or we're not a Christian----John 8:31.
Faith in Jesus Christ is believing all his bible word to live outnot just
faith to be a tycoon, parent and spouse----John 8:31 and Romans 10:17.
Faith in Jesus Christ is believing all his bible word to live outnot just faith for favor with people----John 8:31 and Romans 10:17.
More to the faith of Jesus Christ then confidence for a miracle you
need-----John 8:31 and Romans 10:17.
More to the faith of Jesus Christ then naming and claiming everything we
want----Romans 12:3 and Romans 10:17 and John 8:31.
Faith in God is not some material pursuit and favor pursuit while we leave off what to really believe-----Romans 12:3 and Romans 10:17 and
Matthew 4:4 and John 8:31.
Believing everything God wants is the faith of Jesus Christ
today not everything we want only-----Luke 12:15 and Matthew 4:4.
Replacing our wisdom for his is what being a servant of Jesus Christ is really all about-----Jeremiah 10:23 and Acts 17:28 and Psalms 119:105
and John 14:26 and Matthew 4:4 and John 5:39 and 1 Cor. 1:25 and 2 Peter 1:20-21 and Psalms 8:4.
More to the faith of Jesus Christ then do nothing and don't worry------Romans 12:3 and John 5:39 and John 14:26 and Psalms 119:105 and Luke 4:4.
You're talking about "total faith" in your wrapup but what does that have to do with repentance? You keep saying "this ISN'T repentance, that ISN'T repentance"...then what is? Just not sure what you were getting at here. Any bumbling fool who never had a negative thought toward another creature nor himself in his entire life could "have faith" without having anything at all to repent. So what is the tie-in?
Now, on the subject of repentance itself: It has personally always turned my stomach that humans would be required to repent being human. I can see repenting for having hit someone in anger. I can see repenting for stealing something. But repenting for not honoring your father and mother because your father raped you and your mother stood back and did nothing? Repenting for wanting to sleep with someone you love? Repenting for eating a pork chop?
Look, if you list everything human as a sin then yes, by your definition, everyone sins. That makes this all a sort of a trap, dunnit? (:thinking) It's like saying, "If you are carbon-based, mammalian and your cells contain DNA, THAT IS PROOF THAT YOU HAVE SINNED! Because before Adam and Eve "fell" they weren't mammals, weren't carbon-based and their cells didn't contain DNA. No, seriously...it's true! You having DNA proves that you're a sinner!"
That's no sillier than saying, or implying, that being horny means you're a sinner, being jealous of someone at some time means you're a sinner, lying and telling your mother-in-law she looks great in those velvet hot pants means you're a sinner...etc.
So. Your original question was: according to the Bible, what is repentance? You don't seem to have attempted to answer that actual question, do you yourself have a theory or do you really not know? If you have a theory, would you like to tell us?
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