Thank God it’s a free gift, received by faith and not by turning away from your sins.

Exactly, with this I agree.

Ephesians 2:8 - "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,"

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You sound like a Dispensationalist and so am I. It's a free gift by faith, but as the result of our Salvation we are to turn away from our sins because Christ has forgiven us. In other words, repenting of sins is the result of Salvation rather than the cause. Under the Gospel of the Kingdom, they were to repent and be baptized and believe in Jesus as Messiah.

This post was edited by xfrodobagginsx on Apr 8 2021 04:03pm

I am not a dispensationalists if you mean different ways of salvation in different dispensations. I do not believe that people turn away from their sins automatically from being saved, if that’s what you mean by repent of sins. The repentance The Bible teaches that is necessary for salvation is not “try to stop sinning”, it is turn from your unbelief that Jesus paid it all. I do believe that once you are saved, you have the power to be free from your sins, but nobody exercises that power 100% of the time.

I am a Dispensationalist in that I do believe that God changed the mode of operation in different Dispensations. Today, mankind is under the Dispensation of Grace. It was given to Paul, by the Ascended Lord Jesus Christ. I agree with you that Salvation if by Grace through Faith in Christ alone, believing that He died and rose again for their sins. The Gospel is found in Paul's Writings, 1 Corinthians 15 lays out the Gospel of Grace. So does Romans 10:9,10, 13. I agree that the repenting is turning to Christ from unbelief. Once a person is saved, then yes, they should repent of their sins because of the forgiveness that has already been granted unto them by Christ through Faith. I listen to Les Feldick and He is probably the greatest Bible teacher that I have ever listened to. Dispensationalism imakes sense because the Bible doesn't fit together correctly when you try and mix everything up. The Law was given to those under the Law. Grace was given to those under Grace.

Try listening to Through The Bible With Les Feldick and see if you can find anything that isn't scriptural in his lessons. 25 minute lessons:

https://lesfeldick.org/

This post was edited by xfrodobagginsx on Apr 9 2021 10:33pm

The Gospel has never changed. Paul in 1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

The scriptures are the Old Testament. The way of salvation has always been by faith.

Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Gal 3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

Dispensationlism is a convenient way to dismiss scriptures you don’t understand by saying “that’s a different dispensation”

Jesus IS eternal life. Always has been, always will be.

1Jn 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1Jn 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

humanity itself
he already did it.

The last thing I remember is that he incited the riots at the US Capitol building.