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    10 May '05 19:16
    Originally posted by dj2becker
    The Bible says we are born in sin. This means that we are wicked by nature, and means that we have a sinful nature no matter under which conditions we live.
    But if the sinner accepts Jesus, the sins are excused?
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    10 May '05 19:24
    Originally posted by KneverKnight
    But if the sinner accepts Jesus, the sins are excused?
    Excused is not quite right.

    If the sinner believes in Jesus, that he is the Son of God and died for him, then he will repent his sins and be forgiven.
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    10 May '05 19:261 edit
    Originally posted by KneverKnight
    But if the sinner accepts Jesus, the sins are excused?
    If we (I say we because we are all sinners) confess our sins and forsake them we shall obtain mercy. This we can only do once we accept Jesus as our personal saviour and if we believe that Jesus is the son of God and that he shed his blood on the cross to redeem us from our sins.
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    10 May '05 19:33
    Originally posted by Coletti
    Excused is not quite right.

    If the sinner believes in Jesus, that he is the Son of God and died for him, then he will repent his sins and be forgiven.
    What does "repent" entail? Does "stopping sinning" enter into it?
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    10 May '05 19:35
    Originally posted by dj2becker
    If we (I say we because we are all sinners) confess our sins and forsake them we shall obtain mercy. This we can only do once we accept Jesus as our personal saviour and if we believe that Jesus is the son of God and that he shed his blood on the cross to redeem us from our sins.
    Why can't a Hindu repent?
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    10 May '05 19:36
    Originally posted by KneverKnight
    What does "repent" entail? Does "stopping sinning" enter into it?
    Yip. Jesus said to the women whose sins were forgiven "Go and sin no more."
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    10 May '05 19:38
    Originally posted by KneverKnight
    Why can't a Hindu repent?
    He most certainly can if he accepts Jesus Christ as his personal saviour!

    Jesus says "I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me."
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    10 May '05 19:481 edit
    Originally posted by dj2becker
    The Bible says we are born in sin. This means that we are wicked by nature, and means that we have a sinful nature no matter under which conditions we live.
    What it means is that you believe that what the Bible means. Even if the Bible did unequivocally say that, so what? Observation of how most human beings live their daily lives refutes the notion that Man's basic nature is "wicked" or "vile"; most people are reasonably generous and loving as one would expect in a rational, social animal. What this means is that your basic premise is wrong and you can see that it is wrong in your everyday life. Why do you reject the evidence of your own eyes in favor of a collection of writings written thousands of years ago by semisavages?
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    10 May '05 19:51
    Originally posted by dj2becker
    The Bible says we are born in sin. This means that we are wicked by nature, and means that we have a sinful nature no matter under which conditions we live.
    ask yourself why would god create such wicked creatures?
    unless god itself is wicked?
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    10 May '05 20:07
    Originally posted by frogstomp
    ask yourself why would god create such wicked creatures?
    unless god itself is wicked?
    Where in THE BIBLE does it say that GOD created wicked creatures?
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    10 May '05 20:131 edit
    Originally posted by dj2becker
    He most certainly can if he accepts Jesus Christ as his personal saviour!

    Jesus says "I am the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me."
    But then he would no longer be a Hindu? Doesn't it say in the bible that mankind is to have no gods but God? Or is that just for people in the middle east?
    Would it be OK for a Hindu to hold both views, that of a Hindu and that of a Christian at the same time?
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    10 May '05 20:17
    Originally posted by KneverKnight
    But then he would no longer be a Hindu? Doesn't it say in the bible that mankind is to have no gods but God? Or is that just for people in the middle east?
    Would it be OK for a Hindu to hold both views, that of a Hindu and that of a Christian at the same time?
    They would not be a Christian period.
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    10 May '05 20:20
    Originally posted by KneverKnight
    But then he would no longer be a Hindu? Doesn't it say in the bible that mankind is to have no gods but God? Or is that just for people in the middle east?
    Would it be OK for a Hindu to hold both views, that of a Hindu and that of a Christian at the same time?
    You did not ask if a person could be a Hindu after he became a Christian. No, obviously he would thereafter be a Christian.
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    10 May '05 20:33
    So, if a Hindu were to accept Christ, he would have to say that all his friends, neighbours, parents etc who are still Hindus are damned? This is entailed in his acceptance?
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    10 May '05 23:36
    Originally posted by KneverKnight
    So, if a Hindu were to accept Christ, he would have to say that all his friends, neighbours, parents etc who are still Hindus are damned? This is entailed in his acceptance?
    Yes
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