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Repent...or
else!
Acts 2:37-41
The Meaning of Repentance
- Stop sinning!
Spiritual life book
What must we do to be saved? Turn from sin and
trust the Savior...We must believe on Jesus and
receive him and turn from our sin and obey him and
humble ourselves like little children and love him
more than we love our family, our possessions or our
own life. This is what it means to be converted to
Christ. This alone is the way of everlasting life.
The Meaning of Repentance
- Stop sinning!
Commentary
What the gospel demands is a radical turn from
sin to Christ.
The Meaning of Repentance
- Stop sinning!
Systematic theology text
Christian conversion thus is a turning from an
evil lifestyle unto the Lord in total submission
and obedience.
The Meaning of Repentance
- Stop sinning!
- Stop the sins you’re aware of!
- Resolve to stop sinning!
The Meaning of Repentance
metanoia
- “to think/perceive” ( noeo)
- “after” (meta)
Hebrews 12:17
...even afterwards, when [Esau] desired to inherit the
blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for
repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
The Meaning of Repentance
2 Timothy 2:25–26
...with gentleness correct those who are in
opposition, if perhaps God may grant them
repentance leading to the knowledge of the
truth, and they may come to their senses and
escape from the snare of the devil, having
been held captive by him to do his will.
The Meaning of Repentance
Louis Berkhof
According to scripture repentance is wholly an
inward act, and should not be confounded with
the change of life that proceeds from it.
Confession of sin and reparation of wrongs are
fruits of repentance.
The Meaning of Repentance
- Repent from disbelief
The Meaning of Repentance
- Repent from disbelief
F.F. Bruce
All that they had to do to avail themselves of
this salvation was to change their former
attitude to Jesus and bring it into line with
God’s attitude.
The Meaning of Repentance
- Repent from disbelief
John 3:18
“He who believes in Him is not judged; he who
does not believe has been judged already,
because he has not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God.”
The Meaning of Repentance
- Repent from disbelief
Thomas Constable
Whenever a person believes in Christ he
repents, that is, he changes his mind about
who Christ is and what He did....
The Meaning of Repentance
- Repent from disbelief
- Repent from self-righteousness
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore leaving the elementary teaching
about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not
laying again a foundation of repentance from
dead works and of faith toward God....
The Meaning of Repentance
- Repent from disbelief
- Repent from self-righteousness
- Repent from trust in false gods
The Meaning of Repentance
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
For they themselves report about us what kind
of a reception we had with you, and how you
turned to God from idols to serve a living and
true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven,
whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus,
who rescues us from the wrath to come.
The Meaning of Repentance
Acts 16:30–31
“What must I do to be saved?” Paul and Silas
said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will
be saved, you and your household.”
cf. John 1:12; 1 John 5:13; Acts 4:5
The Motivation for Repentance
Romans 2:4
...do you not know that the kindness of God
leads you to repentance?
The Motivation for Repentance
The Manifestation of Repentance
- Baptism is a symbol
- Baptism is not required to
receive forgiveness of sins, the
gift of the Spirit and eternal life
APPLICATION
Believe in Jesus Christ
Be baptized in the name of Jesus
Bear witness to the name of Jesus
Resources
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