Featured The Doctrine of Repentance

Repentance is a change of mind. It involves the change of intellect from a state of unbelief to belief. A change of emotions from love of darkness to love of light. A change of will from resistance to submission.

That is why repentance and faith are inseparable because when one changes from unbelief it is to belief. There is no state of limbo. Therefore one cannot change without being changed from one direction to the other direction.

God is the one that changes us by the empowered gospel. He turns us, but if he turns us we are turning as they are simultaneous events. Pre-regeneration convictionn of sin is nothing more or less than "worldly repentance" which will always lead to death (2 Cor. 7:10) unless the gospel comes more than in word only but "in power and in the Holy Ghost and in much assurance". Regeneration/conversion is not a drawn out process but always presented by perfect or aorist tense verbs. Experiences linger but not the creative act of God (Eph. 2:1,5,8,10).

I also do not believe in "Lordship" salvation any more than I do the position taken by the other extreme of grace without works (Eph. 2:10).

 

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One does not "repent" in order to be saved. One comes under Holy Spirit conviction OF sin, thereby recognizing Jesus' sacrifice and resurrection, confesses / accepts Jesus as Savior, placing belief, hope and trust, in Him and Him alone. One emerges (is born again) in salvation by Grace through Faith, the everlasting GIFT of God. When a Christian falters, it is then that he or she repents, as provided in 1 John 1:9. One does not "falter" or "fall" from Grace, one falls out of fellowship. One goes to Jesus in 1 John 1:9, who then is faithful and just to restore it.

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Bibs is right, Jordan.

If one is self righteous, he is trusting in himself - and not Christ.

He cannot trust Christ without forsaking his confidence in the flesh

 

Jesus says in Luke 13:3 "repent OR....." what? Luke 24:47 presents the Great commission as preaching what???? No one can be saved without gospel repentance, but don't confuse repentance with penance.

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

 

And what do you imagine that "self-righteousness" is? It is exactly what Paul says in Hebrews 6:1 that is in need of repentance "repentance from dead works." Self-righteousness is the very essence of sin.

 

To whom was Luke writing? What was his purpose in writing? The answer is that he was clarifying for the Greeks / Hellenistic Jews the presentation in the Book of Matthew. The latter was written entirely to Jews concerning their relationship to their promised Messiah. It was not about salvation by Grace through Faith.

To "repent" is found in Judaism. Repentance was a requirement for the Hebrew Nation, National Israel, to "re-store" it to its original intent and purpose, to its standing since Abram.

"Re" is a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, a synonym of (or used with the meaning of) “again” to indicate repetition, to go back, or backwards, to re-generate, to re-vert, to restore a former position. It is a return to the previous condition, or repetition of a previous action: Re-encounter, Re-establish, Re-energize, Re-generate.

"pent" is from Old English "pend," to confine, as in restricting anything to its intended status; to return to and confine a former position; the activity of re-viewing one's status under the Law and the Covenants; re-gret for abandoning one's convictions, plans, procedures, policies, path, teachings, duties, all in the Hebrew Bible.

To pay penance is for wilfully departing from, or neglecting, the Abrahamic Covenant, the Law of Moses, the 613 rules / regulations, the 1,000 commandments, the oral traditions. One re - pents (does over) what they were doing before by re-energizing, re-generating those allegiances found in the Hebrew Bible.

To repent, to "again do," to repeat, especially to restore, therefore, is for Jews to return to God under His Covenants with them. God calls upon Israel to repent throughout the Hebrew Bible --- to re-cognize their former position.

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Yes, the Jews in the Book of Hebrews needed to repent of their dead works (substitutes) for the promises of God through Abram, looking to Jesus for Grace through Faith, not dead works.

 

You need to read it again. This is the commission FOR GENTILES

"among all nations" - Lk. 24:47

 

Sin does not make a distinction between a Jew and Gentile, neither does it mean one thing for one and another thing for another. Neither is there any other way of salvation for one and another way for another. This is what your theory is based on and it is wrong as Hebrews 4:1 says the very same gospel preached unto Jews was preached unto "us" and Paul says that if ANY MAN or ANGEL preach any other gospel "let him be accursed" - Gal. 1:8-9

 

The Book of Hebrews was a warning to Jews not to abandon their awareness of salvation by Grace through Faith, returning to dead works instead. This was apostacy: backing away from the Truth they had been made aware of.

 

Let me break this down in piece meal fashion for you to understand.

1. Do you think any human being is born into this world as a believer in Christ already - Jn. 3:18

2. If not then all men are already in unbelief both JEW and GENTILE

3. Do you believe that in order to embrace the Gospel must there be a change of mind from unbelief to belief in the gospel? If so, one aspect of gospel repentance.

4. Do you believe that in order to embrace the gospel must there be a change in the will's resistance to the gospel to submission to the Gospel? If so, that is another aspect of genuine gospel repentance.

5. Do you believe that in order to embrace the gospel must there be a change from "enmity against God" and love for darkness to love of light (metaphor for truth of the gospel)?? If so, that is the final aspect of true gospel repentance.

 

Just because Paul is writing a Jew does not change the nature of sin! Just because Paul is writing a Jew does not change the nature of the gospel! Your theory demands both and the Scriptures simply reject that theory.

 

1. Do you think any human being is born into this world as a believer in Christ already - Jn. 3:18 No.

2. If not then all men are already in unbelief both JEW and GENTILE Of course. We are born in sin. We need to be delivered from sin.

3. Do you believe that in order to embrace the Gospel must there be a change of mind from unbelief to belief in the gospel? If so, one aspect of gospel repentance. No. One responds to the ministry or "quickening" from the Holy Spirit. One comes under conviction. The "Gospel" embraces us.

4. Do you believe that in order to embrace the gospel must there be a change in the will's resistance to the gospel to submission to the Gospel? If so, that is another aspect of genuine gospel repentance. No. One's life, will, behavior, before the quickening of the Holy Spirit is obviously at odds with the Truth. One does not "change one's mind," the Holy Spirit intervenes, facilitating confession (Romans 10:8-13).

5. Do you believe that in order to embrace the gospel must there be a change from "enmity against God" and love for darkness to love of light (metaphor for truth of the gospel)?? If so, that is the final aspect of true gospel repentance. No, I am lost in sin until I am embraced by the love of God, not in "repentance," but in confession.

 

Repentance is necessary and I am puzzled at those who reject it.

 

Repent defined: Restore. Return.

What would a person preparing to confess Jesus as Savior return to? There is nothing for the sinner to return to, other than "sinner." Therefore, the term "repent" used in Christianity is not applicable when used PRIOR to one's conversion to salvation by grace through faith, only thereafter. One does not "repent" (do over; go back to) those sinful things of the past. One confesses and believes and receives a NEW birth!

Expressing sorrow for one's status as a sinner, for living a life that has been harmful to self and others, for living defiantly apart from God, may well occur, but the one doing so, coming under Holy Spirit conviction, then confesses and receives Jesus as Savior. One doesn't "return" to or restore a previous standing, or to any form of religion, as Jewish folk did when confronted for straying from the Law and the Covenants. Christianity is NOT a religion! We did not "return" to a structured formula for our existence through mechanically changing our own mind. We were saved once and for eternity by God's Amazing Grace, no works!

 

Jordan Kurecki;

not at all

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Because you are wicked does not mean Jesus is not Lord.
He is Lord and you are sinning against Him. That does not make Him not be LORD.....you need to repent of those sins in which you rebel against Him.

A CHILD WHO REBELS AGAINST THE LAWFUL AUTHORITY OF HIS PARENTS, DOES NOT NEGATE THE FACT THEY ARE HIS PARENTS.

 

Absolutely:thumbs::thumbs:

 

Lordship Salvation defended

Luke 3:8
8 “Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

2 Cor 5:17
17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Gal 2:20
20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Rom 6:6
6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

1 John 2:3
3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

John 15:14
14 “You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Mt 12:50
50 "For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

John 8:31
31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;

Rom 6:17-18
17 But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, 18 and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

1 John 2:4
4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;