Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart in rebellion. Whoever conceals his sins will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy and forgiveness. If you repent and believe in the gospel, placing your faith in Jesus Christ, you will inherit salvation, which leads to everlasting life. With this salvation comes a necessary spiritual rebirth; God will give you a new heart and His Holy Spirit, which will give you wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, put His Laws into your heart and write them in your mind, guide you into all the truth, help you, and comfort you. By the blood of Jesus, sanctifying you and cleansing you of all unrighteousness—conforming you to His image.
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble. (Proverbs 28:13-14 WEBPB)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (1 John 1:8-10 WEBPB)
He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms concerning me must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.” (Luke 24:44-49 WEBPB)
Nah, there is always forgiveness, but if nothing really changes in the person they're going to keep needing forgiveness. That's having two masters in my opinion.
No forgiveness unless one repents. Scripture is clear on that. Liberal Christians want to have the cake and eat it too by living a sinful life without repenting and expecting a reward in the afterlife. Their reward is in this world as Jesus said.
It seems like forgiveness would be revoked in the absence of repentance and their reward is in this world
The person must first change to receive forgiveness. In the Bible, the word repent means “to change one’s mind”. The Bible also tells us that true repentance will result in a change of actions (Luke 3:8–14; Acts 3:19). In summarising his ministry, Paul proclaims, “I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance” (Acts 26:20).
Biblical repentance is changing your mind about your sin—no longer is sin something to toy with; it is something to be forsaken as you “flee from the wrath to come” (Matthew 3:7). It is also changing your mind about Jesus Christ—no longer is He to be mocked, discounted, or ignored; He is the trusted Saviour to be clung to in faith; He is the Lord to be obeyed, worshiped and adored.
I have impaled thousands of people. But they were bad people.
that's forgivable