“ Good Repentance Passage ” Here's a good passage refuting this idea that repentance is not repenting of sin.
Acts 8:22-23 ESV
REPENT, therefore, OF THIS WICKEDNESS OF YOURS, and pray to the Lord THAT, IF POSSIBLE, THE INTENT OF YOUR HEART MAY BE FORGIVEN YOU. [23] For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity."
“ Response to 'Great Sermon!' ” LaTeia Shed:
I would recommend listening to the sermons that cover 1st John by same speaker, or read 1st John.
I think the idea is that, based on God's will, which is free from captivity to Sin and Death, He is permitted to chose whom He will to save. And we, dead in sin, are capable and free only to chose those things which are 'evil'; also, without faith it is impossible to please him.
A person may know (s)he is saved based on the saving work of Jesus Christ in her life, not based on earning salvation, but a hope that 'He who began a good work in you' will continue it on to completion;
It's less about knowing that you are elect than simply knowing that you are changed→saved→God has already proven that he chose you/predestined you by saving you
