"In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;" 2 Tim. 2.25
Reading the above, we see that God gives some men repentance. (Perhaps not all, but some yes.)
"16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." Heb. 12.16-17
Esau could not repent. --Because God did not give it to him?
So is repentance God-given? If so, then it is impossible to repent unless God gives it to us..
Thoughts?
Blessings,
brian
Reading the above, we see that God gives some men repentance. (Perhaps not all, but some yes.)
"16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears." Heb. 12.16-17
Esau could not repent. --Because God did not give it to him?
So is repentance God-given? If so, then it is impossible to repent unless God gives it to us..
Thoughts?
Blessings,
brian