REPENTANCE
AS DEFINED IN GOD'S WORD
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I) REPENTANCE
RELATIVE TO SALVATION MEANS TO CHANGE THE MIND - TO TURN FROM A BELIEF
SYSTEM WHICH IS NOT SOLELY IN CHRIST ALONE TO ONE WHICH IS
A) REPENT =
METANOEO MEANS TO CHANGE THE MIND - THE CONTEXT STIPULATING WHAT ONE
CHANGES ONES MIND FROM AND TO
B) REPENT =
METANOIA IN GOD'S WORD IS A CHANGE FROM DISBELIEF TO BELIEF IN WHAT IS
TAUGHT FROM GOD'S WORD
1) [Compare
2 Tim 2:24-25]:
II)
REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS IS A TURNING - A CHANGE OF MIND
FROM NOT BELIEVING TO BELIEVING ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
A)
JOHN THE BAPTIST (AND OUR LORD AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY) SPOKE
ONLY TO ISRAEL TO REPENT/BELIEVE IN THE COMING MESSIAH IN ORDER TO ENTER
THE ETERNAL KINGDOM. WHEN ALL ISRAEL BELIEVES THE ETERNAL KINGDOM IS TO
BEGIN
1)
[Compare Acts 19:4]:
2)
[Compare Jn 1:29-31]:
3)
[Compare Mk 1:4]:
4)
[Compare Mt 4:12, 17]:
5)
[Compare Acts 13:23-24]:
6)
[Compare Mt 3:1-8]:
7)
[Jn 1:10-11]:
B)
PETER SPOKE TO ISRAELITES BUT INCLUDED GENTILES AND TOLD THEM TO
REPENT/BELIEVE IN THE MESSIAH WHO HAD ALREADY COME IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT - POINTING TO THE CHURCH
1)
[Compare Acts 2:36-39, 44]:
a)
[Compare Eph 2:13, 17, 19]:
2)
[Compare Acts 3:17-19]:
III) SINCE
BELIEVING IN CHRIST, TURNING TO GOD AND REPENTING RELATIVE TO
FORGIVENESS OF SINS ALL RESULT IN FORGIVENESS OF SINS, THEN THEY ARE
SYNONYMOUS, IN EFFECT, TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
A)
REPENTANCE AND BELIEF RELATIVE TO SALVATION ARE TWO SIDES OF THE SAME
COIN - A CHANGE OF MIND FROM NOT BELIEVING TO BELIEVING
1)
[Compare 1 Thes 1:8-10]:
2)
[Compare Acts 10:43]:
3)
[Compare Acts 3:19]:
4)
[Compare Acts 2:38]:
B)
THE WORD 'FAITH' CAN BE USED IN PLACE OF 'REPENTANCE' RELATIVE TO
SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE WITH NO CHANGE OF MEANING
1)
[Compare 2 Pet 3:9]:
2)
[Acts 2:37-38]:
3)
[Compare Acts 3:19]:
4)
[Compare 2 Cor 7:10]:
5)
[Compare Mk 1:15]:
6)
[Compare 2 Tim 2:24-25]:
IV)
SINCE REPENT AND BELIEVE RE: SALVATION ARE SYNONYMOUS AND SINCE
BELIEVING IN THE SON IS SYNONYMOUS WITH ACCEPTING THE TESTIMONY OF GOD
ABOUT HIS SON, I.E. A MENTAL ASSENT THEN REPENTING UNTO SALVATION IS A
MENTAL ASSENT
A) BELIEVING
UNTO SALVATION = A SIMPLE MENTAL ASSENT IN THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL
1)
FAITH BELIEVE TRUST DEFINED
a)
ENGLISH DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF FAITH
i)
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary:
faith
\Faith\, n.
believe
\Be*lieve
trust
\Trust\, v. t.
b)
NT GREEK DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF FAITH
c)
SCRIPTURE DEFINES SAVING FAITH AS A MENTAL ASSENT TO THE TESTIMONY OF
GOD ABOUT HIS SON
i)
[1 John 5:9-13]:
V) REPENTANCE
UNTO SALVATION DOES NOT INCLUDE AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE OF ANY KIND - SUCH
AS FEELING SORRY OR GUILTY
A) ANOTHER
GREEK WORD WHICH MEANS REGRET IS NOT STIPULATED ANYWHERE IN SCRIPTURE AS
A REQUIREMENT TO BE SAVED
1) [Compare
Heb 7:21]:
2) [Compare
Mt 21:29, 32]:
3) [Compare
Mt 27:3]:
4)
[Compare 2 Cor 7:8-10]:
B) EMOTIONAL
REACTION IS A CONTRIBUTION ON THE PART OF THE INDIVIDUAL = A WORK WHICH
IF CONSIDERED PART OF WHAT ONE MUST DO TO BE SAVEDCANCELS OUT SALVATION
BY GOD'S GRACE GIFT
1)
[Compare Eph 2:8-9]:
2)
[Compare Ro 10:14-17; 11:6]:
C) FEAR,
TERROR, GODLY SORROW, REMORSE AND OTHER EMOTIONS MAY OR MAY NOT LEAD TO
REPENTANCE, I.E., SAVING FAITH, BUT THEY ARE NOT REPENTANCE ITSELF NOR A
REQUIREMENT TO BE SAVED
1)
[Compare Acts 16:29-31]:
2)
[Compare Mt 21:32]:
3)
[Compare 2 Cor 7:8-11]:
4)
[Compare Jn 6:70-71; 13:27; Mt 27:3-5; Jn 17:12]:
5)
[Compare John chapter 3]:
6)
[Compare Jn 11:21-28]:
D) EVEN IF
SORROW, GOOD BEHAVIOR OR A COMMITTMENT TO TURN FROM SIN WERE REQUIRED
THESE BEING NECESSARILY GODLY ACTS - ALL SUCH ACTS BY AN UNBELIEVER ARE
DISQUALIFIED AS FILTHY RAGS AND UNACCEPTABLE TO GOD
1) [Compare
Isa 64:4-6]:
2) [Compare
Ro 8:5-8]:
3) [Compare
Titus 3:4-5]:
4)
[Ephesians 2:8-9]:
VI) TURNING
FROM SIN, TURNING FROM IDOLS RELATIVE TO SALVATION MEANS TO TURN TO GOD
AND TRUST IN HIS PLAN THROUGH FAITH ALONE IN HIS SON ALONE - IT DOES NOT
HAVE SOME KIND OF ACTION OR EMOTIONAL RESPONSE IN VIEW
A)
[Compare Titus 3:5]:
B)
[Compare 1 Thes 1:9]:
VII) TO
TRUST ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE AS SAVIOR IMPLIES THAT YOU HAVE A SIN
PROBLEM WITH GOD AND NEED A SAVIOR - SO A FORMAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ONE'S
SIN PROBLEM WITH GOD IS NOT ADDITIONALLY NECESSARY TO THE FAITH PLACED
IN CHRIST AS SAVIOR
VIII)
REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE DOES NOT
INCLUDE MAKING JESUS LORD OF ONES LIFE, NOR FOLLOWING JESUS NOR DECIDING
TO NOT ENTERTAIN SIN IN ONES LIFE
A)
REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE DOES NOT
INCLUDE MAKING JESUS THE LORD OF ONES LIFE
1)
[Compare Acts 2:36-38]:
B)
REPENTANCE FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE DOES NOT INCLUDE
FOLLOWING JESUS
1)
[Compare Jn 1:43]:
C)
REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE DOES NOT
INCLUDE A DECISION NOT TO ENTERTAIN SIN NOR A COMMITMENT TO LEAD A
FAITHFUL LIFE
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IX)
THE CONCEPT OF REPENTANCE FROM THE OLD
TESTAMENT POINT OF VIEW IS THE SAME AS IT IS FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT
A)
[Compare Mt 3:2]:
B)
[Compare Acts 19:4]:
C)
[Compare Mt 4:17]:
D)
[Compare Acts 13:23-24]:
E)
[Compare Mt 5:20]:
F)
[Compare Mt 22:1-7]:
G)
[Compare Mt 21:43-44]:
H)
[Compare Mt 23:37-38]:
I) [Compare
Acts 2:36-38]:
J)
[Compare Acts 3:17-19]:
X)
REPENTANCE IN THE LIFE AND EXPERIENCE OF THE BELIEVER
[
on fellowship with God]
A)
[2 Cor 7: 8-10]:
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