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RepentanceHeb . 6 :4-6 "For it is impossibleas regards those who have oncefor all been enlightened and whohave tasted the heavenly freegift and who have become partakersof holy spirit and whohave tasted the right word ofGod and powers of the comingsystem of things, but who havefallen away, to revive them againto repentance, because they impalethe Son of God afresh forthemselves and expose him topublic shame ."Willfully Wicked Are TooHardened to Repent1 Tim . 4 :1, 2 "In later periodsof time some will fall away fromthe faith, paying attention to misleadinginspired utterances andteachings of demons, by the hypocrisyof men who speak lies,marked in their conscience aswith a branding iron ."Heb . 10 :29 "Of how much moresevere a punishment, do youthink, will the man be countedworthy who has trampled uponthe Son of God and who hasesteemed as of ordinary valuethe blood of the covenant bywhich he was sanctified, and whohas outraged the spirit of undeservedkindness with contempt?"Ex . 7 :3, 14 ; 10 :1 "I will hardenPharaoh's heart, and multiplymy signs and my wonders in theland of Egypt. And Jehovah saidunto Moses, Pharaoh's heart isstubborn, he refuseth to let thepeople go ." "Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened hisheart, and the heart of his servants,that I may show these mysigns in the midst of them ."We Must Forgive Our BrothersWho Express Repentancefor OffensesMatt. 6 :12-15 "'Forgive us ourdebts, as we also have forgivenour debtors.' . . . For if you forgivemen their trespasses, yourheavenly Father will also forgiveyou : whereas if you do not for-310give men their trespasses, neitherwill your Father forgive yourtrespasses ."Luke 17 :3, 4 "If your brothercommits a sin give him a reproof,and if he repents forgive him .Even if he sins seven times a dayagainst you and he comes back toyou seven times, saying, 'I repent,'you must forgive him ."Matt . 18 :21, 22 "Then Petercame up and said to him : 'Master,how many times is mybrother to sin against me andam I to forgive him? Up toseven times?' Jesus said to him :'I say to you, not, Up to seventimes, but, Up to seventy-seventimes,' "See also: Matt. 18 :23-35 ; Luke6 :37 .God Does Not Repent of Any ofHis Stated Purposes, or Turnfrom His Righteous PrinciplesMal . 3 :6 "I, Jehovah, changenot ."1 Sam. 15 :29 "The Strength ofIsrael will not lie nor repent ; forhe is not a man, that he shouldrepent ."Isa . 46 :11 "I have spoken, Iwill also bring it to pass ; I havepurposed, I will also do it ."Heb . 6 :17, 18 "God, when hepurposed to demonstrate moreabundantly to the heirs of thepromise the unchangeableness ofhis counsel, stepped in with anoath, in order that, through twounchangeable things in which itis impossible for God to lie, wewho have fled to the refuge mayhave strong encouragement to layhold on the hope set before us ."If One Turns Against God, GodWill "Repent", Turn AgainstHim1 Sam . 15 :10, 11, 26 "Thencame the word of Jehovah untoSamuel, saying, It repenteth methat I have set up Saul to beking ; for he is turned back fromfollowing me, and hath not performedmy commandments . . . .