Justification By Faith Alone is Not Biblical

What God commands will take place. All will repent. All will bow. All will proclaim Jesus as Lord. But not all will be redeemed.

Repentance isn't aligned with a have to in order to gain salvation - that is eternal life.

There is worldly repentance of one who is caught, and Godly sorrow of one who is redeemed.

It is unfortunate that in this usage there is not the discriminating aspects properly and a blending of what is not necessarily proper.

For example, did not John the Baptist state to the religious righteous to bring fruit that demonstrated the appropriate repentance?

By not discriminating what is Godly repentance from worldly sorrow, the presentation is confusion.

The salvation (catalyst) takes place, THEN in that awareness under the leadership and authority of the work of the Holy Spirit, true Godly repentance results.

One cannot from their evil heart repent in any righteous manner in order that such repentance gain salvation.

That just is not following Scripture principle.

 

Depends on how one defines the term, as saving faith involves a turning away from efforts to save ourselves, but some like those in the way of the master, broaden it out to include repenting and forsaking all known sins before salvation!

 

How much sin to repeat and forsake would God require in order to be able to save a lost sinner than?

 

Repentance and faith in the NT are two sides of the same coin. Our faith is to be a repentant faith, and our repentance to be a believing repentance (otherwise it is nothing more than remorse). As you go through the NT, you will find that the two words are very often interchangeable.

True faith, the faith that saves, is understanding that you are a sinner, justly under the righteous condemnation of God, and to see the Lord Jesus as the only Person standing between you and hell. Then, to turn away from sin and to run to Christ as the ark to shield you from the floods of God's wrath, as the city of refuge to protect you from His just vengeance and as the only hiding place from His indignation (Isaiah 26:20-21). To own Him as He is presented in Scripture-- as your Prophet, Priest and King: as the Prophet whose word you trust absolutely; as the Great High Priest who has offered the one, perfect, acceptable sacrifice for sin, and as the King to whom all authority is given in heaven and on earth.

That is what justification by grace alone through faith alone means.

 

The scriptures teach that repentance is a gift.

Acts 5:31English Standard Version (ESV)

31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.


Acts 11:18English Standard Version (ESV)

18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”


2 Timothy 2:25English Standard Version (ESV)

25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth


Ephesians 2:8-10English Standard Version (ESV)

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

 

Hello Saved-By-Grace. Common repentance requires no saving faith, but for the born again Christian, saving repentance is always the fruit and consequence of saving faith. Saving repentance is only possible if a person already has saving faith by saving grace. If someone tries to repent of a sin they do not have the power to overcome because they are not born again, then that repentance, by definition, is not saving repentance. If someone repents of a sin they DO have the power to overcome because they are born again, then that repentance, by definition, is saving repentance, and also by definition, by saving faith. Saving repentance and saving faith are called "saving" not because they cause salvation, but because they are a fruit of salvation. There are theologians that discuss the order of salvation, but I don't think anyone on this blog is interested in the different theories. It is possible that you are raising this issue because you are sad some people think you can accept Jesus as Savior without at the same time accepting Him as Lord. If that's the issue you want to raise, I suggest you start a new thread. Calvinists don't believe that saving faith can takes place without regeneration. So if you start a new thread of, "saving faith must bear good fruit or it isn't saving faith", I think you'll get more "amens". God bless you.

 

I agree with this.

OK. have a look at Peter's Pentecost sermon. In Acts 2:38, the people are told to 'repent.' There is no mention of believing. But then in v.44, the talk is of 'all who believed.' There is no mention of repentance. Now unless you are crazy enough to suppose that these are two separate sets of people, some of whom repented but didn't believe and some of whom believed but didn't repent then the two terms are synonymous.

 

Absolutely correct.

Finally, you are beginning to understand the gospel of Jesus Christ. Salvation is of the LORD totally. No free will involved. Nothing man can do will save them.

 

There is no such thing as things a sinner must DO. Salvation is of the Lord completely.

 

We are saved by the teachings in Paul's Gospel. 1 For. 15:1-4 if my poor memory serves me.