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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Christ did not distinguish remission of sins from repentance. He distinguished the word repentance from the word remission/forgiveness. They are two different words, like gun and bullet are, but it takes a gun to shoot a bullet
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And yet a gun is not a bullet, nor a bullet, a gun. Neither forgiveness nor remission is efficacious without the other, just as neither a gun nor a bullet is efficacious without the other. And yet, if there was no difference between the two, why would Christ say áphesis kai áphesis should be preached in His name? "...Repentance/Remission and/even Repentance/Remission...?" Even in Greek that doesnt make sense! And you still havent addressed Christ's distinction between swept and garnished.