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Originally Posted by Ohio
At the time, I was smoking too, so I never had the thought to confront the brother. On the contrary, I was set free from condemnation -- so I'm not the only Christian with problems, praise God! Not praise God for smoking, but praise God I'm not condemned for smoking.
But what about my other questions ...
Is there any sin(s) by God's children which is (are) too great for God to forgive? Too horrible for the sacrifice of His Son on the cross? Too grave that God would be forced to send His child to the lake of fire?
Put on one of your hats and answer that. I'd like to know, since you seem to disagree with all my other beliefs on salvation.
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I believe that all sins can be forgiven after the person confesses and repents of the sin and asks for forgiveness.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
In the case of unforgivable sins like blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and taking the mark of the beast, I believe at that point the person's heart is so hard that it is impossible for them to repent since only the Holy Spirit can convict someone to repentance-- so it's kinda self fulfilling.
So someone who is afraid he/she has committed the unforgivable sin should never worry because if they are repenting/confessing it then they haven't committed it.
Now if the person has committed the sin in an ongoing manner without repentance then that is a different story. After Jesus told the woman who committed adultery "your sins are forgiven", he also added "go and sin no more". Jesus put the burden on her to stop whatever affair she was having.