This is Charles Stanley teaching on Genuine Repentance:
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Charles Stanley explains salvation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LEVNMfCvZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LEVNMfCvZw
Can a Saved Person Live a Life of Sin and Remain Saved? - Charles Stanley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGaZO6BqaS0 - (refutation)
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Here again he gives "A Right View of Repentance"
24:30 audio message accessed 3/19/2019, not found on 6/22/2020;
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But it's tricky to see the deception. He will not put repentance as a practical prerequisite to salvation. Yet at the same time he is saying there is no salvation without repentance and faith (as two sides of the same coin). The underlying lie comes in at 15:06... It's about having been "forgiven 2000 years ago". Listen from 14:47 to 15:14. I am convinced he KNOWS what genuine repentance is, yet refuses to put it where it belongs in the call of the Gospel, in the context of salvation, without any added confusing assumptions.
As for Jesus, He sent his disciples out to preach repentance for the forgiveness of sins to all nations (Luke 24:47). That's repentance to the end that people who repent and believe the Good News (Mark 1:15) may be forgiven their past sins, reconciled to God and saved from their sins (being servants or slaves of their sins) to become servants of God as they put their faith in Jesus.
By 16:14 in the message it's clear that being "accepted by God" has nothing to do with repenting. However, these words are written:
Acts 10:34-35
34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him."
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from unrighteousness.”
Repentance has all to do with turning away from unrighteousness and coming on the way of righteousness (2 Peter 2:21) and being faithful to God so as to remain on that narrow way of righteousness with his grace helping.
At 21:41, another section of the same message, Charles Stanley answers the question: "Does a person have to stop sinning before they can be saved?"
Here he puts the work of conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit (John 16:8) to bring someone to be broken and repent as a work done from within a sinner by the indwelling Holy Spirit. But a sinner is not a saved person and the Holy Spirit does not come to indwell a sinner who is yet to be reconciled to God through repentance. The Holy Spirit is not given to those who do not become obedient to Jesus (Acts 5:30-32), having repented and being forgiven. That's the point where one has a heart 100% surrendered to Jesus, not a 100% cleaned up life in every way in every point. That's the point where God begins his work of transformation in those who get saved, losing their lives to find it in Jesus (Mark 8:35), having become obedient to Jesus in their hearts (Hebrews 5:9).
This is all high level deception that's hard to detect. Charles Stanley is a very eloquent man. The bottom line is that according to his message, people can get "saved" while in their sins, with no (genuine) change of mind about sin. And there is no motivation to have that "genuine repentance" because of the assumptions of having been already forgiven 2000 years ago and so forth. No "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded" (James 4:8). No "Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves" (James 1:21-22)
Charles Stanley also believes in unconditional eternal security or Once Saved Always Saved™. So, it's never a life and death matter for a believer assumed to be saved to continue practicing some sin and not yet have repented and turned away from his unrighteous thoughts and wicked ways (Isaiah 55:6-7). It's salvation before repentance (that's backwards), and freedom from sin (John 8:36, Romans 6:18) is not what "being saved" is about in that scheme.
See also:
Eternal Security - Once Saved Always Saved - Heresy
The Goal of Repentance
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