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and then to the Gentiles, that they should

repent and turn to God, and do works meet

for repentance.” So it's very clear that

repentance is a biblical doctrine.

Coming back to Galatians 5, verse 24,

Paul says, “And they that are Christ's” —

they who are saved, belonging to the Lord

— “have crucified” — past tense; in other

words, the moment we were saved, we

made a conscious decision that we will

renounce a life of sin, we “have crucified the

flesh with the affections and lusts.” Now,

there are many other passages we see

where this is true. In Galatians chapter 6,

verse 14, we find the apostle Paul writing

again, and he said, “But God forbid that I

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