Thanks my friend, I’m glad you are in agreement. Lots of false doctrine to contend with these days. The entire Calvinistic belief system has is such a dangerous trap for people to fall into. Hard to get them out once convinced it is true.
Did you choose to be born? Being born again is all of God. James points out that saving faith has action. Not that works save! I think these verses in James points to the example of the wheat and the tares. They are always growing together.
Hello David. I encourage you to watch this entire series in order if you are watching this video at random. This video is part of a 52 part video series examining Reformed Theology (Calvinism). ruclips.net/p/PLo_7oh9llbNbuveNaVxp6cwBpyeOpuylY To compare the choice of being born with being born again and then concluding that God causes some to be born again and others he leaves alone to die in their sins is an extremely false doctrine that stems from the doctrine known as Unconditional Election. It's part of the Calvinistic belief system (all of which is extreme error). Being born into this world does not require faith since we have no choice in the matter. Being born again, on the other hand, requires personal faith. Without faith it's impossible to please God. God is no respecter of persons. God doesn't play favorites and only choose a few people to save while neglecting and rejecting everyone else. The reason all men won't be saved isn't because God didn't draw them or that Jesus didn't die for the sins of all men but rather because all men don't receive the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ by faith. Therefore, we shouldn't compare being born with being born again and then falsely conclude we don't have any choice to be born again because we don't have any choice to be born. Saving faith does indeed have action. If we have faith in the gospel we will obey the gospel. Our obedience to the gospel isn't what saves us, but it is how we receive salvation through the blood of Jesus (we have a choice in the matter). Obeying the gospel in faith is how we have the blood of Jesus applied to our lives. It's God who actually saves us by the blood of Jesus, but we must apply the blood of Jesus to our lives by faith. When we repent, get baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38) - that's us obeying the gospel in faith. By us doing those things, God then circumcises our heart and makes us a new creation in Christ Jesus. Salvation is not of works (referring to the works of the law). Repenting wouldn't be considered a work of the law but it is an act of faith. Getting baptized isn't a work of the law but it is an act of faith. Receiving the Holy Spirit isn't a work of the law but it requires faith. Some have mistakenly labeled anything that requires action on our part as "works" as if they are a part of "works of the law" and then conclude that we don't have to do those things to be saved. That's extreme error and very deceptive! We do have a choice of whether or not we are going to be born again. That doesn't mean we are responsible for making the new birth happen. This is how we are saved by grace through faith. Many people don't stop and recognize that without faith, one can't be saved by grace. Faith is what God requires of us for Him to save us. He does the saving but we must act out in faithful obedience to his gospel commands and receive His great salvation through Jesus Christ. We can learn a lot on this subject by looking back to the Old Testament and the Passover. God commanded Israel to apply the blood of a lamb to the door posts and lintel of each household where the Israelites were staying in order to prevent the death angel from killing the firstborn. That command was given by God for them to obey. By faith they applied that blood to their door posts and lintels as God commanded. This is how faith works. One shouldn't be so ignorant as to say that Israel saved themselves by works by applying the blood to the door posts and lintel. One also shouldn't be so ignorant as to say that God would have saved the firstborn without them being obedient and applying the blood of the lamb to the door posts and lintel. God was the one who actually did the saving with regards to preventing the death angel from touching the Israelites families, but Israel's obedience to God's commands were required in order for God to save. You can't remove man's part of the equation which sadly many religious denominations do with false gospel messages. Salvation is most definitely of God, but we must be born again. We can get baptized (born of water) and we can receive the Holy Spirit (born of Spirit) and it all takes place through faith, but it is God who does the work in water baptism and He's the One who fills us with His Spirit. We are not programmed robots doing God's bidding as Calvinism teaches. Man has the ability to choose to receive or reject the gospel. I also don't believe this passage in James is referring to the wheat and the tares growing together. That would be a Calvinistic belief being force read into the text. We must keep in mind that James is writing to born again believers (his brethren from James 1:1-2). He is not writing to both the tares and the wheat in the church. He is only writing to born again believers and he then says, "brethren, if any of YOU do err from the truth, and one convert him; let him know that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." Someone who isn't born again can't err from the truth. Just like someone who isn't born again can't fall away. The Scriptures are clear that salvation can be lost. Jesus Christ will never leave nor forsake born again believers (He always does His part) but we can choose to remove ourselves from God's hand. Nobody but ourselves can pluck us from the Father's hand. We must continue to abide in Jesus Christ or else we as a branch can whither and be cut off and cast into the fire. Once saved always saved doctrine is extremely unbiblical. I know there are passages of Scripture that are used to teach that it's impossible to lose salvation which is why I've done my Calvinism series and created a playlist of the videos that focus on Once Saved Always Saved doctrine and show it to be in error: ruclips.net/p/PLo_7oh9llbNaDovHCeSOY-8BL3njmkWg9 I'm glad you've been enjoying my videos and very glad to hear that it's causing you to dig into the Word. Let God be true but every man a liar. God bless you in your continued studies!
Yes I think your right. I should not have jumped so quickly to grasp at the wheat and tares. I cannot say with a surety. Nkjv uses the phrase among you Indeed I need to study more. But I do know if we can lose our salvation then God is not God. He promised to never leave or forsake me. I am trusting Him and not my own flesh. I’m abiding in Christ yet I often make mistakes. I pray you can rest in His amazing GRACE
I think a good question is……. Where does your faith come from? It is a gift from God. We are saved by grace through faith and even that is a gift of God. Oh the depth of His love. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
@@Djjr137 If we understand the salvation of our souls to be the end of our faith (1 Peter 1:9) then we wouldn't be losing "salvation" if we didn't keep the faith until the end. Nobody who has true faith until the end of their life will be denied salvation at the judgment. However, salvation is also communicated in Scripture to be something that we possess when we are born again and are saved from bondage to sin. This aspect of salvation comes initially when we are born again and by continually abiding in Jesus Christ - walking after the Spirit and not after the flesh. If a believer thinks they can be saved from bondage to sin only to continue living in sin as if grace abounds, then they either haven't truly yet died to sin (because of a misunderstanding of the gospel) or they have made choices that have removed them from the Vine (Jesus Christ). The wages of sin is death. This doesn't mean God failed or that God left or forsook the people that choose to sin and depart from the living God. God looks at the hearts of men. Someone can convince themselves all they want that they are saved because they believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, even though they are still living in sin with an unrepentant heart, but that doesn't mean they are saved. Jesus Christ came to save us from our sins, not in our sins. The salvation of our souls is the end of our faith. With regards to God never leaving or forsaking born again believers, that is true and God always keeps His Word. But this doesn't mean man can't leave or forsake Jesus. He will always do His part and be there for us, but we must continue to abide in Him and receive our life from Him, for He is the Vine and we are the branches. One should take seriously the fact that we can whither up and die as a branch and be cast into the fire if we don't abide in Jesus Christ and walk by faith and not by sight (by the Spirit and not the flesh). If we forsake or deny Him, He will deny us. One needs to understand the gospel and salvation in order to be able to understand how wrong Calvinistic doctrine is with regards to these things. The rest of my series Refuting Once Saved Always Saved Doctrine goes deep into these things for anyone open to hearing. As long as we continue to abide in Jesus Christ through our failures and mistakes and live a repentant life then we are actually resting in His amazing grace. But if we are sinning willfully and thinking that we can be saved without resting in Jesus for actual victory over sin, then we have believed a false gospel and are being deceived. Resting in Jesus Christ is depending on the Spirit of God for power to overcome and reign in life above sin. When true saints of God make mistakes they immediately repent. God judges based off man's heart. With regards to faith, if you are referring to Ephesians 2:8-9 to conclude that faith is a gift from God then I must point out that in that passage, salvation is the subject in context. Salvation is the gift of God and salvation is not of works. Salvation comes by God's grace (divine empowerment by the Spirit) through faith. The faith referred to in that passage is personal. It's something we must exert. We must also keep in mind that God has given a measure of faith to every man. Whether each individual exerts faith is a choice they must make. I really think your current understanding would be tested by considering what I present from the Word of God in my entire series Examining Calvinism. It really needs to be understood from the beginning to see that Calvinistic theology errs because of a wrong foundational understanding of God's sovereignty and the belief in the false doctrine of total hereditary depravity. Anyway, it's a series for those who like digging deep and are open to considering that they may be wrong in believing Calvinistic doctrine. I was never raised Calvinist, but I had grown up believing in Calvinistic doctrine without even realizing it. I understand the belief system very well because of this. Anyway, I hope you consider hearing the entire matter so you can understand more fully what I am presenting regarding Once Saved Always Saved doctrine not being Scriptural. ruclips.net/p/PLo_7oh9llbNbuveNaVxp6cwBpyeOpuylY Video on personal faith ruclips.net/video/3YFVBHEFCDM/видео.html Just in case you don't watch any more videos of mine, some food for thought regarding your question of where faith comes from and your statement regarding how it is a gift from God. If that's the case, then why doesn't everyone exert faith? If God could choose to give people faith that would save them from eternal death then why didn't God choose to give all people faith in that way? We must keep in mind that God loves the whole world (John 3:16). Wouldn't a loving God give faith to every person that He loved if He was able to save them with that faith that He gives them as a gift? You see, when you rightly divide the word of truth on these things, one comes to realize that faith is a free will decision. One can obey or disobey. If faith was a gift from God only given to a select few that He has chosen, then how could that faith be perfected (1 Thess. 3:10)? How could the faith of some be overthrown (2 Timothy 2:18)? How could some depart from the faith or err concerning the faith (1 Timothy 4:1)? So much more could be said, but it would be repeating what I present in my Calvinism series. Please consider watching the entire series and hearing the entire matter, giving time to digest what I present from God's Word and then form a conclusion. God bless you in your studies!
Hebrews 6:4 is referring to born again Jews apostatizing from the faith by turning away from and forsaking Jesus Christ and instead reverting to Judaism (the religion that crucified Jesus) and doing it defiantly, knowing very well that by doing so they were walking away from the only way to be saved and joining those who killed Jesus. James 5:20 is referring to a born again believer who falls into sin and how important it is for that person to repent in order to be saved from the wages of sin which is death. James 5:19 reveals more of the context and how it is referring to someone in the church who has truly been born again and if they err from the truth and abide in sin, then they are in danger of eternal death in that state. Which is why the person who ministers to that person and helps them to see their need to repent and begin abiding in Jesus Christ again will end up saving a soul from death and a multitude of sins would be covered by the blood of Jesus because that person ended up repenting through the ministering of another born again believer. Does that help answer your question?
@@ShatteringFalseFoundations yes and thank you so much.. I have a lot of questions about that verse that I would like to ask you but I don't want to load you down I know you have a lot of people asking questions.. the second thing I'm wondering is about if somebody errors.. did they not know what they're doing? Or did they know what they were doing and they just went on the wrong path... back in the Old Testament I remember where it talked about in ignorant sin or a willful sin... which makes me wonder if James could be talking about somebody ignorantly mistakenly leaving the truth..
@@martialartsscience560 You're not loading me down my friend. Please ask whatever question you have and I will respond as I am able. I want to be of help however I can be to help you to see these things in a biblical light. With regards to sinning, there are sins unto death and sins that are not unto death. There are sins that we can commit ignorantly and there are sins that we can commit knowingly. Most sins, however, are committed knowingly. This example in James is speaking of someone who was deceived/tempted in some way to walk down a path away from the truth and by doing that it led to that person falling into sin. They then needed to be recovered from the error of their way by true biblical repentance. Some people get hung up on the fact that they sinned knowingly and, therefore, their sin might not be able to be forgiven. But this doesn't line up with the entirety of the Scripture and what the Word of God reveals on this subject. One powerful example of a man after God's own heart who sinned willfully multiple times but yet turned to God in true repentance is King David. David knowingly committed one of the most horrendous sins imaginable that you can read about in 2 Samuel 11. He had a good and faithful man, Uriah, killed in battle so that David could have his wife. It doesn't get much worse that murdering someone close to you just so you can have his wife. And David did that knowingly! But even still, David repented and was forgiven. This reveals the amazing mercy of God and how important it is to understand true biblical repentance. The apostle Peter denied Jesus three times and yet he was forgiven because he repented. Judas Iscariot sinned but yet he didn't repent, but instead went and hung himself. Judas could have repented just like Peter, but he didn't. God knew ahead of time the decision Judas would make, but God didn't cause Judas to sin. I can't stress how important it is to understand the power of repentance no matter what sins have been committed. And again, someone who hasn't even been truly born again, cannot commit any sin that is beyond the saving power of the blood of Jesus. Please let me know if you have any more questions. God bless you as you meditate on these things from God's Word and continue to seek the truth on these things.
For telling the truth and apposing the false teaching of once saved always saved you are blessed
Thanks my friend, I’m glad you are in agreement. Lots of false doctrine to contend with these days. The entire Calvinistic belief system has is such a dangerous trap for people to fall into. Hard to get them out once convinced it is true.
Did you choose to be born? Being born again is all of God. James points out that saving faith has action. Not that works save! I think these verses in James points to the example of the wheat and the tares. They are always growing together.
I am really enjoying your videos. Really causing me to dig in to the Word. God Bless
Hello David. I encourage you to watch this entire series in order if you are watching this video at random. This video is part of a 52 part video series examining Reformed Theology (Calvinism).
ruclips.net/p/PLo_7oh9llbNbuveNaVxp6cwBpyeOpuylY
To compare the choice of being born with being born again and then concluding that God causes some to be born again and others he leaves alone to die in their sins is an extremely false doctrine that stems from the doctrine known as Unconditional Election. It's part of the Calvinistic belief system (all of which is extreme error). Being born into this world does not require faith since we have no choice in the matter. Being born again, on the other hand, requires personal faith. Without faith it's impossible to please God. God is no respecter of persons. God doesn't play favorites and only choose a few people to save while neglecting and rejecting everyone else. The reason all men won't be saved isn't because God didn't draw them or that Jesus didn't die for the sins of all men but rather because all men don't receive the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ by faith. Therefore, we shouldn't compare being born with being born again and then falsely conclude we don't have any choice to be born again because we don't have any choice to be born.
Saving faith does indeed have action. If we have faith in the gospel we will obey the gospel. Our obedience to the gospel isn't what saves us, but it is how we receive salvation through the blood of Jesus (we have a choice in the matter). Obeying the gospel in faith is how we have the blood of Jesus applied to our lives. It's God who actually saves us by the blood of Jesus, but we must apply the blood of Jesus to our lives by faith. When we repent, get baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38) - that's us obeying the gospel in faith. By us doing those things, God then circumcises our heart and makes us a new creation in Christ Jesus. Salvation is not of works (referring to the works of the law). Repenting wouldn't be considered a work of the law but it is an act of faith. Getting baptized isn't a work of the law but it is an act of faith. Receiving the Holy Spirit isn't a work of the law but it requires faith. Some have mistakenly labeled anything that requires action on our part as "works" as if they are a part of "works of the law" and then conclude that we don't have to do those things to be saved. That's extreme error and very deceptive! We do have a choice of whether or not we are going to be born again. That doesn't mean we are responsible for making the new birth happen. This is how we are saved by grace through faith. Many people don't stop and recognize that without faith, one can't be saved by grace. Faith is what God requires of us for Him to save us. He does the saving but we must act out in faithful obedience to his gospel commands and receive His great salvation through Jesus Christ.
We can learn a lot on this subject by looking back to the Old Testament and the Passover. God commanded Israel to apply the blood of a lamb to the door posts and lintel of each household where the Israelites were staying in order to prevent the death angel from killing the firstborn. That command was given by God for them to obey. By faith they applied that blood to their door posts and lintels as God commanded. This is how faith works. One shouldn't be so ignorant as to say that Israel saved themselves by works by applying the blood to the door posts and lintel. One also shouldn't be so ignorant as to say that God would have saved the firstborn without them being obedient and applying the blood of the lamb to the door posts and lintel. God was the one who actually did the saving with regards to preventing the death angel from touching the Israelites families, but Israel's obedience to God's commands were required in order for God to save. You can't remove man's part of the equation which sadly many religious denominations do with false gospel messages. Salvation is most definitely of God, but we must be born again. We can get baptized (born of water) and we can receive the Holy Spirit (born of Spirit) and it all takes place through faith, but it is God who does the work in water baptism and He's the One who fills us with His Spirit. We are not programmed robots doing God's bidding as Calvinism teaches. Man has the ability to choose to receive or reject the gospel.
I also don't believe this passage in James is referring to the wheat and the tares growing together. That would be a Calvinistic belief being force read into the text. We must keep in mind that James is writing to born again believers (his brethren from James 1:1-2). He is not writing to both the tares and the wheat in the church. He is only writing to born again believers and he then says, "brethren, if any of YOU do err from the truth, and one convert him; let him know that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins." Someone who isn't born again can't err from the truth. Just like someone who isn't born again can't fall away. The Scriptures are clear that salvation can be lost. Jesus Christ will never leave nor forsake born again believers (He always does His part) but we can choose to remove ourselves from God's hand. Nobody but ourselves can pluck us from the Father's hand. We must continue to abide in Jesus Christ or else we as a branch can whither and be cut off and cast into the fire. Once saved always saved doctrine is extremely unbiblical. I know there are passages of Scripture that are used to teach that it's impossible to lose salvation which is why I've done my Calvinism series and created a playlist of the videos that focus on Once Saved Always Saved doctrine and show it to be in error:
ruclips.net/p/PLo_7oh9llbNaDovHCeSOY-8BL3njmkWg9
I'm glad you've been enjoying my videos and very glad to hear that it's causing you to dig into the Word. Let God be true but every man a liar. God bless you in your continued studies!
Yes I think your right. I should not have jumped so quickly to grasp at the wheat and tares. I cannot say with a surety. Nkjv uses the phrase among you Indeed I need to study more. But I do know if we can lose our salvation then God is not God. He promised to never leave or forsake me. I am trusting Him and not my own flesh. I’m abiding in Christ yet I often make mistakes. I pray you can rest in His amazing GRACE
I think a good question is……. Where does your faith come from? It is a gift from God. We are saved by grace through faith and even that is a gift of God. Oh the depth of His love. 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
@@Djjr137 If we understand the salvation of our souls to be the end of our faith (1 Peter 1:9) then we wouldn't be losing "salvation" if we didn't keep the faith until the end. Nobody who has true faith until the end of their life will be denied salvation at the judgment. However, salvation is also communicated in Scripture to be something that we possess when we are born again and are saved from bondage to sin. This aspect of salvation comes initially when we are born again and by continually abiding in Jesus Christ - walking after the Spirit and not after the flesh. If a believer thinks they can be saved from bondage to sin only to continue living in sin as if grace abounds, then they either haven't truly yet died to sin (because of a misunderstanding of the gospel) or they have made choices that have removed them from the Vine (Jesus Christ). The wages of sin is death. This doesn't mean God failed or that God left or forsook the people that choose to sin and depart from the living God. God looks at the hearts of men. Someone can convince themselves all they want that they are saved because they believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, even though they are still living in sin with an unrepentant heart, but that doesn't mean they are saved. Jesus Christ came to save us from our sins, not in our sins. The salvation of our souls is the end of our faith.
With regards to God never leaving or forsaking born again believers, that is true and God always keeps His Word. But this doesn't mean man can't leave or forsake Jesus. He will always do His part and be there for us, but we must continue to abide in Him and receive our life from Him, for He is the Vine and we are the branches. One should take seriously the fact that we can whither up and die as a branch and be cast into the fire if we don't abide in Jesus Christ and walk by faith and not by sight (by the Spirit and not the flesh). If we forsake or deny Him, He will deny us. One needs to understand the gospel and salvation in order to be able to understand how wrong Calvinistic doctrine is with regards to these things. The rest of my series Refuting Once Saved Always Saved Doctrine goes deep into these things for anyone open to hearing.
As long as we continue to abide in Jesus Christ through our failures and mistakes and live a repentant life then we are actually resting in His amazing grace. But if we are sinning willfully and thinking that we can be saved without resting in Jesus for actual victory over sin, then we have believed a false gospel and are being deceived. Resting in Jesus Christ is depending on the Spirit of God for power to overcome and reign in life above sin. When true saints of God make mistakes they immediately repent. God judges based off man's heart.
With regards to faith, if you are referring to Ephesians 2:8-9 to conclude that faith is a gift from God then I must point out that in that passage, salvation is the subject in context. Salvation is the gift of God and salvation is not of works. Salvation comes by God's grace (divine empowerment by the Spirit) through faith. The faith referred to in that passage is personal. It's something we must exert. We must also keep in mind that God has given a measure of faith to every man. Whether each individual exerts faith is a choice they must make. I really think your current understanding would be tested by considering what I present from the Word of God in my entire series Examining Calvinism. It really needs to be understood from the beginning to see that Calvinistic theology errs because of a wrong foundational understanding of God's sovereignty and the belief in the false doctrine of total hereditary depravity. Anyway, it's a series for those who like digging deep and are open to considering that they may be wrong in believing Calvinistic doctrine. I was never raised Calvinist, but I had grown up believing in Calvinistic doctrine without even realizing it. I understand the belief system very well because of this. Anyway, I hope you consider hearing the entire matter so you can understand more fully what I am presenting regarding Once Saved Always Saved doctrine not being Scriptural.
ruclips.net/p/PLo_7oh9llbNbuveNaVxp6cwBpyeOpuylY
Video on personal faith
ruclips.net/video/3YFVBHEFCDM/видео.html
Just in case you don't watch any more videos of mine, some food for thought regarding your question of where faith comes from and your statement regarding how it is a gift from God. If that's the case, then why doesn't everyone exert faith? If God could choose to give people faith that would save them from eternal death then why didn't God choose to give all people faith in that way? We must keep in mind that God loves the whole world (John 3:16). Wouldn't a loving God give faith to every person that He loved if He was able to save them with that faith that He gives them as a gift? You see, when you rightly divide the word of truth on these things, one comes to realize that faith is a free will decision. One can obey or disobey. If faith was a gift from God only given to a select few that He has chosen, then how could that faith be perfected (1 Thess. 3:10)? How could the faith of some be overthrown (2 Timothy 2:18)? How could some depart from the faith or err concerning the faith (1 Timothy 4:1)? So much more could be said, but it would be repeating what I present in my Calvinism series. Please consider watching the entire series and hearing the entire matter, giving time to digest what I present from God's Word and then form a conclusion. God bless you in your studies!
Hey I was wondering what the difference from HEBREWS 6:4 AND JAMES 5:20
Hebrews 6:4 is referring to born again Jews apostatizing from the faith by turning away from and forsaking Jesus Christ and instead reverting to Judaism (the religion that crucified Jesus) and doing it defiantly, knowing very well that by doing so they were walking away from the only way to be saved and joining those who killed Jesus.
James 5:20 is referring to a born again believer who falls into sin and how important it is for that person to repent in order to be saved from the wages of sin which is death. James 5:19 reveals more of the context and how it is referring to someone in the church who has truly been born again and if they err from the truth and abide in sin, then they are in danger of eternal death in that state. Which is why the person who ministers to that person and helps them to see their need to repent and begin abiding in Jesus Christ again will end up saving a soul from death and a multitude of sins would be covered by the blood of Jesus because that person ended up repenting through the ministering of another born again believer.
Does that help answer your question?
@@ShatteringFalseFoundations yes and thank you so much.. I have a lot of questions about that verse that I would like to ask you but I don't want to load you down I know you have a lot of people asking questions.. the second thing I'm wondering is about if somebody errors.. did they not know what they're doing? Or did they know what they were doing and they just went on the wrong path... back in the Old Testament I remember where it talked about in ignorant sin or a willful sin... which makes me wonder if James could be talking about somebody ignorantly mistakenly leaving the truth..
@@martialartsscience560 You're not loading me down my friend. Please ask whatever question you have and I will respond as I am able. I want to be of help however I can be to help you to see these things in a biblical light. With regards to sinning, there are sins unto death and sins that are not unto death. There are sins that we can commit ignorantly and there are sins that we can commit knowingly. Most sins, however, are committed knowingly. This example in James is speaking of someone who was deceived/tempted in some way to walk down a path away from the truth and by doing that it led to that person falling into sin. They then needed to be recovered from the error of their way by true biblical repentance.
Some people get hung up on the fact that they sinned knowingly and, therefore, their sin might not be able to be forgiven. But this doesn't line up with the entirety of the Scripture and what the Word of God reveals on this subject. One powerful example of a man after God's own heart who sinned willfully multiple times but yet turned to God in true repentance is King David. David knowingly committed one of the most horrendous sins imaginable that you can read about in 2 Samuel 11. He had a good and faithful man, Uriah, killed in battle so that David could have his wife. It doesn't get much worse that murdering someone close to you just so you can have his wife. And David did that knowingly! But even still, David repented and was forgiven. This reveals the amazing mercy of God and how important it is to understand true biblical repentance. The apostle Peter denied Jesus three times and yet he was forgiven because he repented. Judas Iscariot sinned but yet he didn't repent, but instead went and hung himself. Judas could have repented just like Peter, but he didn't. God knew ahead of time the decision Judas would make, but God didn't cause Judas to sin. I can't stress how important it is to understand the power of repentance no matter what sins have been committed. And again, someone who hasn't even been truly born again, cannot commit any sin that is beyond the saving power of the blood of Jesus. Please let me know if you have any more questions. God bless you as you meditate on these things from God's Word and continue to seek the truth on these things.