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God can do anything. The verse you kindly provided point to the sovereignty of God, and to His power to provide for those who love Him with all their heart, soul, strength, might, and will. A leopard who is reborn as a lamb will be what God ordains him to be.

Had been a sinner...yes. Yes, just like every man reborn of God's seed. Had been, as the new creature replaces an old creature. Romans 5:8 says the same thing..."But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Why do you think that ? Adam was...

It is written..."When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." (Acts 11:18) If you wish to differentiate between granted and offered, feel free. If there is no repentance...from sin, there will be...

3000 believed on the day of Pentecost.

Why would God offer mankind repentance from sin if it was impossible to actually turn from sin ?

You must have misunderstood. All repentant people were once sinners, but they turned from sin and became non-sinners...thanks to the grace and mercy of God. All sinners have the way to change what they are. They don't need to remain sinners.

All men come to a point in their lives where they can avail themselves of the Advocate: so they can change from what they once were.

Yes. Thank God though, we can now be non-sinners; thanks to the death and resurrection of Christ.

"Turn into"..."Change into". From unbeliever to believer. From hater of God to lover of God.

"On-going sinner" would indeed include all on-going sinners. But I wanted to keep it clear to you. Some men truly repent of sin and sinning.

The context of my answers seem to be hidden from you. If a man repents of sin, his repentance, with the gift of the Holy Ghost, rebirth from God's seed, and the new divine nature, will keep him from sinning again. Sinners can turn into non-sinners. Thanks be to God !

If they continue to sin after they hear the gospel, they manifest they have no faith. But if they believe the gospel and adhere to it, their faith cannot be hidden. God gives us the choice of which road to follow, and the ability to do so.

I believe, based on the multiple times repentance from sin is mentioned in the bible, that men can turn from "lack of faith" to "full of faith". Evangelism and missionary work would otherwise be superfluous.

An "on-going sinner" is a sinner who won't quit sinning. You seemed to be having difficulty following the conversation, so I made it easier for you to differentiate between some of the words. For instance..."No sinner has faith". As all sinners are the children of the devil, (1 John 3:10), how...

I wasn't always a non-sinner. Repentance from sin allowed me, by the grace of God, to turn permanently from sin.

That is true. We, however, all started out as sinners. Some hear the gospel and change from being a sinner to being an ex-sinner. It is called repentance. Glory be to God !

Where did I ever say that ? I was once a sinner, and I myself turned from sin. Agreed. One has to believe the gospel in order to turn from sin. You don't seem to realize that some people turn from unbelief to belief, wherein they can turn from sin. No ongoing sinner has faith. Some sinners...

Your question was outside of the realm of one who has alread "turned from" sin.

Then we may as well drop the discussion.

As our salvation won't be determined or granted until the day of judgement your point is moot.