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Q: Help understanding "Repentance".  A: This is a good and important question to answer. Especially if you are going to obey the Gospel and come to Christ. This addresses both what the Gospel is, and corrects the error some have over thinking repentance of sins is a work of man as if its adding works to the Gospel.  When you understand God's holiness and you are personally confronted with your sins, you are horrified by your sins (crimes against God), and in having a contrite heart about it, it produces godly sorrow, so you desire to immediately (once for all time) turn from your sins. You hate sin, dont want to do it anymore, and instead desire to live in the righteousness that Christ offers in salvation,... and the Fruit of the Spirit is given to you upon the moment of Salvation as is the Holy Spirit, so you live out life pursuing the correct design as an image bearer of God. You'll continue to fight temptation and sin, conquer and have victory over sins you find ...

Q: I follow no Denomination. I do Christianity and studying the Bible by myself.  A: A misguided person might think they can do it alone, but for a stubborn one there is a deep heart issue if they avoid church membership. We need to guide both to truth.  Solid pastors have provided multiple decades of biblical truth to their congregations and the world. This is one. 56 years of preaching in depth thru the Bible. Christianity isnt a solo faith.  Denominations are simply about aligning with what you currently understand the secondary teachings in Scripture say. As you study Scripture (grow in the knowledge of it) you can understand a matter better, and decide if it is right to move to one that aligns with your new deeper understanding.  Denominations exist because of the Reformation spanning time and countries; the preacher there who came out of RCC, [into truth] by reading the Bible. From there he started teaching. What he understood is what the people were taught. T...

Are you having doubts about God or is your faith faltering?  "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:6 These resources can help you. By strengthening your faith you wont falter anymore but will fully trust God. Some today have recieved a false Gospel , and it might be at the core issue as to why people walk away from the faith or deconstruct and become atheist. They were sold lies of a false message. Here is a free book to clear that up and bring you the biblical Gospel to ensure you come to Jesus for the right reasons.  Or you obeyed the true Gospel but your "lack of knowledge of Scripture" is the source of the problem. Not reading and knowing it is a failure on your part not God's; he already gave it to you. You need to know it. You need to know who God is and how his people have been lead by Him through trials and situations [in this fallen world] to a blessed outcome. When you really know who God is you can see he is the only one faithfu...