Exposing Satan's Playbook The Perry Stone

T IRED OF A SKING G OD FOR F ORGIVENESS ? There are some in the Christian faith who believe that all sins— past, present, and future—are forgiven with one repentance, and thus a believer should never ask for the forgiveness of any sin in the future. This is actually contrary to the entire New Testament. Christ predicted that Peter would deny Him and informed Peter: “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren” (Luke 22:31–32, KJV ). The Greek word used here by Christ for converted means, “to revert or to go again; to return again.” The same word is used by Peter when he gave instruction for the religious Jews to, “Repent therefore and be converted” (Acts 3:19). Christ interceded for Peter that his “faith should not fail” (Luke 22:32). If Peter lost his faith following his failure, he could turn so far away that he would never return. The strongest messages of Christ’s commandment to His own people to repent are found in the messages to the seven churches in the Book of Revelation. Seven times Christ demanded the church to repent, or else they would experience severe separation and judgment from Christ Himself (Rev. 2:5, 21–22; 3:3, 19). John wrote that we should not practice sin, but “if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father” (1 John 2:1). When a believer falls into a sin as a true child of God, the conviction of the Spirit will follow the actions of that person, and a true child will return to the Father and seek cleansing to