Featured Repentance

Question, why did the Holy Spirit cause that term not to be used in the gospel account to be written by John?

 

The false doctrine of Easy Believism asserts repentance is unnecessary for salvation. After all, they say, John only addresses a change in direction following salvation, rather than the pre-salvation commitment to go "all in" for Christ. Which of course is the fallacy of ignoring all the times "repent or repentance" is used in the rest of the bible. Mark 1:15

 

Idk

John does write about repentance in Revelation


https://www.google.com/amp/s/jimhol...book-of-revelation-the-message-for-today/amp/

 

https://www.baptistboard.com/threads/jesus-christ-and-repentance.118815/

 

“The chief danger that confronts the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, heaven without hell.”

William Booth

 

Indeed we commonly mistake remorse for repentance. Many (including me at times) arr remorseful because we are caught in sin, but we have no intention of repenting (turning to God, away from sin: 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10). We love the pleasure of sin more than the King who redeemed us from the bondage of sin. Like dogs, we return to our own vomit.
May God have mercy on us all.

The phrase used by Paul in Thessalonians is "Turn to God away from..."

 

2Cor7:10

 

What purpose does it serve for the term not being used in that gospel as given to John to write it?

 

How good and right is the discipline of our King. It may hurt for a moment, but it's correction leads to Mount Zion where we worship with the angels and saints in proclaiming "Holy, Holy, HOLY is the Lord God Almighty!
Hebrews 12

 

We should focus of the doctrines taught in John and his other writings, such as repent found in Revelation, rather than speculate as to why something in not found somewhere else.

 

What is your specific point?

 

Repentance means to change one's mind about what one believes. The term is not needed. John 3:18, "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

 

Since the ability to repent is given by God (though the Holy Spirit), the meaning of the English word is of secondary importance. True conversion will be accompanied by a turn from self/sin to the things of God. Good works (Ephesians 2:10) are mentioned by Paul not only as the reason we are saved, but as the evidence of the new man.

 

Pay no attention to these constant assertions without providing a basis from scripture. Scripture says God grants (allows) repentance, and never suggests humanity cannot repent and believe. See Acts 5:31 and 11:18. To grant means to give or allow.