Is Restitution a Condition of Salvation?

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How many conditions of salvation are there? Is making restitution one of them? It is, according to this Pentecostal statement of faith: CONDITIONS FOR SALVATION Even though Christ made atonement for the sins of the world, reaping the benefits is on condition. That condition is that the individual must repent of their sins. [Matthew 3:2;
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How to Share Our Faith Clearly and Comfortably by Evangelizing the Way Jesus Evangelized

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If given the opportunity, what would you tell someone he had to do to be saved from eternal condemnation? Why This Is Important If someone gives the wrong directions to heaven, it is more than frustrating. From a human standpoint, false gospels are leading people away from everlasting life, not toward it. Compare John 5:39-40
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The Greatest Commandment and the Promise of Life (Matthew 22:37 and John 3:16)

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A. S., a reader, asks this fascinating question: In relation to Matthew 22:37 and John 3:16—in your own understanding what is the right interpretation of the two verses in relation to each other? Thanks, and stay blessed in Jesus’ name! The Lord was often asked about the greatest commandments in the OT. The reason was
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Forgiveness Can Be a Process (Matthew 18:21-22)

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On October 2, 2006, Charles Carl Roberts IV, a milk truck driver, walked into a one-room Amish schoolhouse and shot eight students, killing five of them. The tragedy was widely covered. The Amish response to the tragedy received almost as much coverage as the tragedy itself. They forgave the shooter. In fact, they reached out
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The Word “Condemnation” in the Book of Romans

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The word for “condemnation” in the Book of Romans is katakrima. It only occurs three times in the book. In fact, these are the only times the word occurs in all of the NT. The three instances are found in Rom 5:16, 18, and Rom 8:1. In 5:16, Paul writes, while talking about Adam’s sin,
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