Repentance is changing your mind. Even changing your mind in ordering something else in the menu is called repenting. Even God repented (Gen 6:1) Repentance is turning from trusting your own self-righteousness and trusting in Christ alone for everlasting life. If you use to trust in your good works but are now trusting in Christ alone for everlasting life, then you have repented.
You must listen to Renee Roland one of the worst false teachers. The blood of Jesus washes aways sin but to receive it one first must first humble themself by acknowledging they are a sinner and repent of their sinfulled life to Jesus. True repentance leads a person to change their mind by renouncing sin, to God and prove it with a 180-degree change of their lifes direction. Your life was going in one direction (sin) and you make a decision of the heart and mind (will) to take your life in the opposite direction with His help. Repentance is not an emotion. Repentance is not asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intent to go back to the sin(s) again. Repentance is an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with a heartfelt desire to change. Repentance - turning from our sin to God and that we realize we have disobeyed God. We have violated His law, offended his moral purity, tried to cast off his yoke of authority. It requires that we admit we have turned from God to sin. Repentance is something that should be ongoing in our lives.
@@2Chronicles714_ He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.” with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
@@Pookabee Yes the point is, to come to repentance one one first confess and change their mind about their sinfulled life. 2 Peter 3:9 and 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 make it clear without repentance of sin we will perish which is spiritual death.
Meta (change) noia (mind) Repent means "Change of Mind". We are saved by believing (trusting in the complete finished work of Christ on the cross.) Nothing else added.......
Truth, don't let the enemy mess with your mind about not doing good works, if your not able to do good works your still God's child, im a carer for my 84 year old mother who is housebound, its a 24/7 work so dont let anyone deceive you in any way. God bless you and Glory to God.
What could be more godly and loving than caring for your own family? You are doing Gods work- read the gospels you’ll see for yourself. Jesus said if you give to the church and don’t care for your own family your worse then an unbeliever.
Just believing the gospel message saves no one. Hearing and believing the gospel message doesn't make you serve the Lord. You still have a decision to make ,either remain in your sinful state or serve the Lord. We all know that a believer must recieve the Holy Spirit in order to be saved. In Acts ch.19 upon encountering the disciples outside Ephesis Paul asked them," Have you recieved the Holy Spirit since you believed"? If we recieve the Spirit when we believe then Paul didn't know what he was talking about.
@@robertnieten7259 God made it ridiculously simple to be saved. Throughout the whole Bible, faith has always been credited as righteousness. Paul, who saw the glorified Christ, greeted the Corinthians (the most carnal church at the time) as brothers in Christ. believing the gospel, which is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ for your justification is all it takes for salvation.
@@briandavenport8971 We know that the jailer heard the gospel, turned to the Lord and was water baptized. The reason that it isn't stated that he recieved the Holy Spirit with the first evidence of speaking in tongues is easily explained. The Word frequently will repeat something said and/ or an event three times for two important reasons: 1) To direct our attention to an important spiritual truth. 2) To set a precedent to where the same circumstance need not be repeated exactly as it occurs each time it appears in scripture. This is known in biblical study as The Law Of Repetition and is a proven method used in interpreting scripture. Three times we have examples in scripture of believers recieving the Holy Spirit and what happened the moment that they recieved,( Acts ch.2,10,and ch.19). In each instance when the believers recieved the Holy Spirit the first thing that happened was that they spoke in tongues. Another example of the Law of Repetition at work is in Acts ch.2. After the believers recieved the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues, three times the men in the crowd asked how they were hearing what the believers were saying in their native languages. One time would have been sufficient if thats all it meant, but the reason that the men asked three times is to reveal to us that the miracle for those in the crowd wasn't that the believers were speaking in their native languages but they were hearing what the believers were saying in one spiritual language in their native languages. The only reason that the word" tongues" is pluralized is because more than one believer was speaking it. Paul called it the unknown tongue that no man knoweth.( 1Cor.14:2). If no man knows it then its not a language natuve to this world. Lastly,Acts ch.2 is an example of the first evidence that a believer has recieved the Holy Spirit and a sign to unbelievers, the men in the crowd.
If a person places his faith in Christ alone and no longer is trusting no longer in his works, or self-righteous (which is dirty, filthy rags in God's sight), then that person has repented. What does a person trust in, his/her works, or the finished work of Christ alone. Repentance from sin is necessary after we are born again, in terms of our Christian walk and spiritual growth. We still have our sinful flesh, and we will still fall short.
So believing in Christ (God) is really just acknowledging to him that you realize he is saving you from the consequences of all of your sins? Somewhat like accepting his free gift and being thankful for it? I am thankful to The Lord for this since he could have just as easily left us to suffer for eternity with our sins. He knows we need him and just wants us to be grateful for what he is doing and to thank him for it. Thank you Lord! You have given me a gift that is better than all of the physical gifts of this materialistic world where I am awaiting your return. I really do look forward to coming back to Heaven and seeing ALL of the people I knew here on Earth again. Allow us all to be with you but this time for good and please don't send me back to this sin infested world again!
I don't think that most of these commenters listened to the whole video OR perhaps I didn't pay close enough attention to what the man said. I did not hear him say that repentance from sin is required for salvation. Amen! Turning from sin is not required to be saved. Faith alone in Christ alone.
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, 6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior: 7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.
Repentance cannot be turning from sins because God had repented many times in the old testament. Repetance is Metanoia in the Greek which means "change of mind".
God repented only in the Old Testament which was written in Hebrew. In Hebrew Repent means turn from. So in Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; (They REPENTED) and God repented(TURNED FROM) of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. They repented of sin to avoid judgment which pleased God ! It's not works 1 Samuel 15:29-31 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. (The Lord of Israel is not a man, he does not lie or repent )
@@2Chronicles714_ brother Jonah 3:10 shows turning from evil is a work. Jonah 3:10 And God saw THEIR WORKS, that THEY TURNED FROM THEIR EVIL WAY This proves that turning from sin or evil is a work . Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is NOT JUSTIFIED BY the WORKS of the law, BUT BY the FAITH of Jesus Christ My brother works cant saved you only Jesus Christ . I used too be a works based salvationist but it goes against scripture when scripture is rightly divided only Jesus can save us but once you believe and become saved you SHOULD live righteous but salvation only comes by believing im telling you in love brother. God Bless
@@ericsenecal9203 That's not what Jonah 3:10 says. It says they turned from [ which means Repented in Hebrew] their evil works [sins] which pleased God and caused God to not destroy them. Jonah 3:10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened. Jesus brings Jonah up again in Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. Repenting of sin pleases God. I have never advocated doing works. Regardless of what any man claims repenting of sin is the first requirement for salvation. We are saved by grace through repentance which is the consequence of faith.
@@ericsenecal9203 Think about it, If repenting of sins is works why would it be hidden in one verse in Jonah in old testament. You simply misunderstand it. Hope what I just sent you clarifies it.
@@2Chronicles714_ what brother you just completely made that say something else. Jonah 3:10 And God saw THEIR WORKS, that they TURNED FROM their EVIL way There works were turning from evil Jonah 3:10 and God REPENTED of the EVIL, that he had said that HE WOULD DO UNTO THEM God repented of the evil he was gonna to to them or changed his mind. The works are the men turning from evil this is clear in the scripture .
Acts 19.4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. So it depends on what you're repenting of. In this case you would be repenting of unbelief to belief in Jesus Christ in order to be baptized. In the bible God repents many times, people assume repenting is always of or from their sins. In many cases repenting is just a change of mind, for example, I was going to eat a sandwich but I repented and had a coffee instead.
Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
This passage shows that God turned to another decision. Therefore, the word repent means to turn, and it means to change one’s mind. If human beings could repent of all of their sins and come to Jesus, why would they need a savior in the first place? Human beings cannot repent from sins. All they can do is believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal savior and it is the righteousness of Godthrough grace by faith in Christ that frees us away from sin
A bit confusion there. Repentance does not mean from your sins cause God repented more than anyone else in the bible, so saying that repentance is always from sin is blasphemous. We are saved by faith so we must repent from trusting our works, goodness, false "gods" or anything that we were trusting and put trust/repent in faith to Jesus. We need to change/repent our faith on Jesus as we are saved by it.
God did not "repent" from unbelief / believing in false gods towards faith - therefore "repentance" cannot mean turning from unbelief towards faith ???
@rozznel8692 repent means - turn. The word on it's own does Not mean "turn from unbelief" Turning from wrong belief to a right one or from unbelief to right doctrine of salvation - redemption from 2nd death. Comprende?
Bob Wilkin Repentance is a gift. Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. John the Baptist taught this. Mark 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. -- Baptism of repentance, to be baptized with repentance for the forgiveness of sins. We know it's a matter of being baptized with repentance, that it's a gift , not something you can do, because of what John said here. Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: ---- Unless you want to falsely conclude that we have somehow been able to merit forgiveness. Sola fida is a false teaching as well; because it is not by faith alone, for faith is a gift. Do you not know there is a different meaning between believe and faith? Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. --- The faith of Jesus is a gift given to them that believe the gospel, just as the scriptures proclaim. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. --- Saved through the faith of Jesus How is it that so many of you teachers interpret faith as if it is something one must conjure up from within themselves to place on Jesus, when faith is clearly a gift? Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. ---- Justified by the faith of Jesus. The faith of Jesus is a gift granted to those who believe the gospel. The faith of Jesus comes inro the believer through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, for faith is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Your teachings are false, your interpretations, or your borrowed interpretations are false doctrines of men. Only God has the authority to interpret what he means. 2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
*Justin Peters - Is Repentance an Inherent Contradiction of the Gospel?* - Bob Wilkin ruclips.net/video/HQt9NFwYtlk/видео.html Bob Wilkin of the Grace Evangelical Society answers the question, "Is repentance is an inherent contradiction of the Gospel?" Justin Peters at one time faced this dilemma and turned to Calvinism for his answer. That is repentance is not a work since it is given by God. Bob Wilkin looks at whether biblically the answer provided by Calvinism is correct, and answers the question of "Whether repentance is required for eternal life?"
@GESvids So your answer is to exclude repentance as a gift given by God, to be apart of the gospel message, because repentance isn't mentioned in certain scriptures? Acts 20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. As far as Calvanism goes, it's a doctrine of men. So to use Justin Peter's to build an argument against the the scriptures I provided to show repentance is a gift, is of no value.
Great presentation - so true. I was of the understanding that the word repentance meant to have a "change of mind" and yes, a change of mind could result in a turning from sin. However I don't believe that turning from sin is always required in order to have repentance. In Jonah 3:10 we read that "God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do" and we know that God cannot sin.
God repented only in the Old Testament which was written in Hebrew. In Hebrew Repent means turn from. So in Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; (They REPENTED) and God repented(TURNED FROM) of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. They turned from their evil works Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Again they repented of sin to avoid judgment. It's not works 1 Samuel kj 15:29-31 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. (The Lord of Israel is not a man, he does not lie or repent )
No no no. God didn't repent. He relented from his judgement because they repented. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. They key point being they turned from there sin. Furthermore Hebrews says this and completely turns your argument over. For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
@@2Chronicles714_ No no no. God didn't repent. He relented from his judgement because they repented. When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. They key point being they turned from there sin. Furthermore Hebrews says this and completely turns your argument over. For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
Can anyone make sense of these two verses? Numbers 23:19 (KJV) God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? And Exodus 32:14 (KJV) And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. He don’t repent but he did repent doesn’t make sense to me?
Does God Ever Repent? - Bob Wilkin ruclips.net/video/zW_dJVWsURw/видео.html Bob Wilkin of the Grace Evangelical Society examines the question, "Does God Ever Repent?" Bob examines the usage of the term "repent" or "relent" in the Old Testament when referring to God. What does it mean when God "repented" or "relented" in the Old Testament?
Please Help me I Believe Jesus Is The Son of God and God The Son of The Holy Trinity I Believe Jesus Shed His Blood and Died in my place to Pay for All my Sins He Was Buried Then 3 Days Later Jesus Arose From The Dead!!! Am I still Saved because of my faith in Jesus am I Not Saved because of my Sins? Am I born again because of my faith in Jesus or is there something more I need to do? Thank you for All your Help and Time God Bless you
According to Jonah 3 repenting(turning) from sin is a work, we are not saved by works but by grace through faith Ephesians 2:8-9, in this dispensation of God's grace we have to repent(turn) from UNBELIEF and trust in Jesus. According to the book of Jude easy-believism is a heresy, because easy-believism teaches that there is no changed life after salvation, which turns God's grace into lasciviousness. The important difference between biblical salvation and easy-believism is that easy-believism has no changed life after salvation, because they wanna have an excuse to sin. This is because John 3 tells us that he who believes in Jesus is not condemned, but in Jude it says easy-believists are condemned, this is because easy-believists don't even believe, but rather they want to sin. I AM IN NO WAY SAYING YOU HAVE TO STOP SINNING, i'm just saying that the book of Jude condemns turning God's grace into lasciviousness. Meaning, sinning less is not something you do, but something God helps you to do by His Holy Spirit. Biblical salvation includes a changed life after becoming born-again, however, that changed life can {ONLY} happen(as i just said) by the Holy Spirit of God, this is because Jesus is the source of our wisdom and strength. So when you get saved God by His Holy Spirit helps you clean up your life, it's not an effort you make, it's what God is doing in you, and He is faithful to finish what He started. Easy-believism and Lordship salvation are both heresies! Faith alone OSAS is biblical, but easy-believism is satanic, because it turns Jesus' death on the cross into a "ticket to sin". God bless you all in Jesus Name
Sorry, but that was a confusing message imho. The word repent or metanoia and metanoeo always mean a change of mind about something. That thing that is repented about or that which you've changed your mind about will be found in the context. The change of mind can indeed include a change of mind about sins. What happened with the Ninevites was more of a national turning from wickedness in order to prevent the judgment of God upon Ninevah. I believe that God had mind to turn Ninevah into another Sodom and Gomorrah. A lost person who worships another false God must repent of that and turn in their hearts to the true God and to trusting in the sacrifice of Christ alone for salvation. I personally could not get saved until I came to repentance, change of mind, about my agnosticism. I then received the gospel message from Isaiah 53 and the Romans Road plan. I called on the Lord and trusted Christ as my Savior. I was instantly saved DURING that sinner's prayer. That was back in 1977 and I remember it as if it were yesterday. A lost sinner must only admit that they have sinned against a holy and righteous God. Then they must receive and believe the simple gospel of the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ who alone bore their sins on the cross as the "Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." I might add that a change of life is ALWAYS the RESULT of believing on Christ, NOT the other way around. We don't get better in order to get saved, but we get better BECAUSE we are already saved.
@NikoR96 Yes, the issue of as you put it, front loading works as a requirement for salvation is a major roadblock to salvation. The lost sinner is not required by God to "clean up their lives" before God will save them. That is clearly doing good works or trying to keep the law in order to get saved. I was living in numerous wicked sins back in 1977 when I heard the clear gospel from Isaiah 53. All I knew was I was a sinner and that Christ had taken the punishment for my sins on the cross. I was born again about 1 week later. It was God who changed my life, radically I might add, not me. It was because God put His own divine nature in me and His Spirit immediately came to dwell in me that I had a change of life. The Bible is clear that "the flesh profiteth NOTHING. The flesh cannot produce ANY righteousness in us either before or after salvation. Many good people are confused about this because many have forced a wrong definition of repentance, especially in the New Testament. Many read it and think immediately it means "turn from your sins", but that is not what it means. It simply means you hear or read something, you think about it, and as a result, you change your mind because of what you heard or read.
I agree with you 100% but tell me why then is the NARROW ROAD AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT? It seems to me that especially in North and South America we believe and even more in Europe I would love to hear what you think.😀🇨🇦
*Strive to Enter the Kingdom? Matthew 7:13-14* - Bob Wilkin faithalone.org/grace-in-focus-articles/strive-to-enter-the-kingdom-matthew-713-14/ A reader sent in this question: Hello. Thanks for your articles. I genuinely believe in salvation by faith alone, by trusting in Jesus Christ as God and His atoning death/blood for the forgiveness of sins. However, one Scripture that has always confused me is Matthew 7:13-14. What does Jesus mean when He says we need to strive to enter the narrow gate and that the way is hard? Does that seem to imply an intense struggle to be saved? In other words, how does Matthew 7:13-14 square with Romans 6:23, Galatians 2:16, or Romans 5:1? Thank you in advance for your response. The Lord Jesus did refer to entering by the narrow gate in Matt 7:13-14. But the text does not mention striving. The questioner is thinking of Luke 13:24: “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.” The reader asks a super question when he asks how to square striving to enter with other clear verses that teach justification by faith alone, apart from works (Gal 2:16; Rom 5:1). Whenever we perceive one passage as contradicting another, we need to ask how the two can be harmonized. Some think that Matt 7:13-14 concerns discipleship rather than salvation from eternal condemnation. They understand “the way which leads to life” to refer to the path of discipleship that leads to abundant life. However, in this context, it is more natural to understand the phrase as referring to how to enter into everlasting life (cf. Matt 18:8-9; 19:16-17). If everlasting life and justification are in view, we know the sole condition is faith in Christ (John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47; Gal 2:16; Rom 5:1). Could faith alone in Christ for everlasting life be the narrow gate? Do some people need to strive to believe Jesus’ promise of everlasting life (e.g., John 3:16)? Yes, and yes. Most people on Earth today reject the faith-alone message. Even most professing Christians! Coming from another religion might make you uncomfortable attending church or talking with a Christian about Christ. The faith-alone message might seem like nonsense to you. The same is true, as well, if you come from most Christian traditions. You would be uncomfortable attending a church that proclaims the faith-alone message. The word translated strive is agonizomai. We get the word agonize from it. It is used seven times in the NT. It is translated as fight in John 18:36; 1 Tim 6:12; and 2 Tim 4:7. Paul used it to refer to competing for a prize in 1 Cor 9:25. It is translated as striving in Col 1:29 and laboring fervently in Col 4:12. Striving/fighting/competing is not required in order to be born again. The Lord never said that. But for most in His legalistic Jewish audience, striving was, in a sense, necessary in order to come to belief in Jesus’ promise of eternal life. The Lord rebuked some legalistic Jews, saying, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life” (John 5:39-40). Their problem was not that they searched the Scriptures (cf. Acts 17:11). It was that they were searching with closed minds. They were not seeking to find God’s way to eternal life. They were seeking to understand what the greatest commandments were so that they could best gauge the likelihood that they would gain kingdom entrance. Does that sound familiar? Isn’t that the way many people in Christendom search the Scriptures? Aren’t many seeking to check their works against Scripture? Don’t they base their assurance and that of others on how obedient they are? If you have ever shared the faith-alone message, you know that most people reject it. Most are happy to tell you why you are preaching a false gospel. They will charge you with cheap grace and easy believism. Maybe you could tell them that the narrow gate is the faith-alone, apart from works, way. You could ask them if they are willing to ask God if the faith-alone message is true. Are they willing to read the Gospel of John and meditate honestly on what they find? Is striving to find the truth out of the question for them? Thomas Edison took fourteen months to get a working light bulb. He tried thousands of filaments that didn’t work before finding one that did. He had to strive to find the right filament. His striving was certainly work. But striving to enter by the narrow way is not work. This striving does not involve turning from sins and doing good works. It involves being open to believing in the Lord Jesus Christ for the gift of everlasting life. That message may seem heretical to people. They may hate it, as Saul of Tarsus did. The striving needed is prayer and openness to the Word of God. For years, Martin Luther strove to be justified before God by his works. He turned from his sins, sought to live a holy life, went on pilgrimages, taught the Scriptures to others, and confessed his sins to other priests. It was all to no avail. Then, while meditating on Scripture, he realized that justification is by faith alone, apart from works. If the legalist is open to the truth, then his legalistic striving will eventually give way to the realization that everlasting life is a gift given to all who simply believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. I find it odd that many are willing to strive to enter into life by doing everything except praying and studying. They turn from their sins, commit their lives to Christ, and begin on the path of discipleship. They give their money. But these people who will seemingly do anything to gain everlasting life are unwilling to consider that their view may be wrong. They are unwilling to simply come to the Lord Jesus that they may have life (John 5:40). Don’t be afraid to ask people if they are willing to strive in order to gain everlasting life if the striving involves prayer and study of the Gospel of John. Ask them if they are willing to believe the faith-alone message. There is no other way to be born again. If people are not willing to believe in Jesus for the gift of everlasting life, then their need is to become willing. That may take striving. Striving to find the truth is a good thing.
In order to be saved from the power of sin you need to "repent and be baptized." Just because God requires you to work (repent and be baptized) doesn't mean your work saves you - it is still God who alone saves. The nature of your work (which does not save) is not like God's work (which does save). God can change your nature, you can't. But having said that, God still links what you do to receiving what he is offering.
i smoked for 24 years and i asked GOD nearly every day to help me as i could not stop or pack in so take it to our father like i did months i kept asking him to set me free from the addiction spirit months later i went to put a nicerette patch on and i knew i would still smoke with it on then one morning i heard the lord say take it off you are delivered. i went to my daughters who smokes and i could not stand the smell that was 5 years ago. you wont go to hell the lord knows what we are like thats why he imputes the holy spirit in us to help change us dont be to hard on your self just keep taking it to your heavenly father he knows your heart.
But how can one have faith if he doesn’t understand why he needs faith. Repentance / change of mind is understanding ur need for a saviour thus then trusting on the Lord Jesus
Repentance is just changing from unbelief to belief. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't believe he said that people don't need to understand why we need faith. He's just saying that "repenting of your sins" isn't a part of faith, and by extension, isn't a part of salvation.
@@Busabuck100 "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in HELL." (Matthew 10:28) "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into HELL, into the fire that never shall be quenched:" (Mark 9:43) "And death and HELL were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." (Revelation 20:14) "But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into HELL; yea, I say unto you, Fear him." (Luke 12:5)
It means "change your mind and be baptised every one of you", which was a public declaration of faith in the Lord, it's not a requirement for salvation.
So what do we make of passages in 1 John 2 and 1 John 3 that says nobody who is born of God keeps on sinning, if we say we know Him but keep on sinning we are liars, etc, etc, etc? Those are all about repentance. I believe in Free Grace, but I'd like to reconcile these passages that seem to suggest that repentance shows true faith is indeed in the building.
It's really simple; when you get saved, only your Spirit is [re]born of God. Your flesh still isn't saved, so you have the old man (flesh) and the new man (Spirit). When you sin, it's called "living in the flesh", so every time you sin, you're living in the part of yourself that is not born of God. Regarding "if we say we know Him but keep on sinning...", remember that "knowing God" isn't the same thing as salvation. God has to know us in order for us to get saved, but we don't have to know Him. Obviously, we need to know about His Son, the death, burial, and resurrection, we need to know a little about the trinity, and all the other fundamentals of salvation, but we don't need to know all the commandments or anything like that to go to Heaven. Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 7:23: "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." - He said "I never KNEW YOU", not "YOU never KNEW ME". And if you read the verses preceding that one, those people were trusting in their own works to get them to Heaven, similar to the ROYS (repent of your sins) crowd.
@alvinfen4511 "John 17:3 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." - You're quoting from a modern Satanic Bible version; you need to get yourself a King James, where it says "they MIGHT know thee"; in other words, not all saved people "know" God. "To know God is everlasting life, you can’t get One without the Other." - Wrong; everlasting life is to believe on Christ. That being said, if you got more scripture, by all means provide it. I've always been under the impression that "knowing God" is after salvation and not synonymous with it at all.
@alvinfen4511 "The majority of existing manuscripts read may know you, not might." - The majority of manuscripts are wrong. "You’re left with a very sad fact, you think God’s child doesn’t even know Him." - That's not what I said; I said that "knowing God" has nothing to do with salvation. There are saved people who know God because they're reading their Bible, they're praying, and they're living a righteous life, but again, I believe that knowing God has to do with doing good works and not with salvation.
@alvinfen4511 "The joy of my salvation is knowing my name is written in heaven~!" - True. "If your works have anything to do with it your joy is false." - Also true; when did I say that we're saved by works?
"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:5). As noted in previous comments, we are saved by grace alone by faith alone in Christ alone. But, you can't discount repentance. It is a change of mind about who you are and who God is.
@NikoR96 If the pastor said we have have to change our lifestyle before we come to Christ he is wrong, if he said there must be a change after then he is correct. The blood of Jesus washes aways sin but to receive it one first must first humble themself by acknowledging they are a sinner and repent of their sinfulled life to Jesus. True repentance leads a person to change their mind by renouncing sin, to God and prove it with a 180-degree change of their lifes direction. Your life was going in one direction (sin) and you make a decision of the heart and mind (will) to take your life in the opposite direction with His help. Repentance is not an emotion. Repentance is not asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intent to go back to the sin(s) again. Repentance is an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with a heartfelt desire to change. Repentance - turning from our sin to God and that we realize we have disobeyed God. We have violated His law, offended his moral purity, tried to cast off his yoke of authority. It requires that we admit we have turned from God to sin. Repentance is something that should be ongoing in our lives. For Jesus ti grant forgiveness of sins without a change of conduct is to make the grace of God an accomplice to evil.
@NikoR96 Without repentance there can be no faith. To believe is faith produced by repentance. Jesus Peter and Paul all said REPENT first then BELIEVE. In James 2 he is saying what Paul says show evidence of your faith by your works. Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- Faith is a gift from God granted to those who have repented first. 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. Our works we've done regardless of how noble or much (Outside of Christ) are as filthy rags in God's eyes. Paul makes clear that we are to do works in Christ Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Jesus says we are to do works (bear fruit) in His name. John 15:1-6 Matthew 10:8 Matthew 28:19 John 14:12 And More. James and Paul are on the exact same page. Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God,(Believe) and do works meet for repentance. Show your faith through your works (actions) James 2:14 What doth it profit,my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? James 2:17-19 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. James 2:21-24 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. Without works Abraham's faith would have been meaningless,that is why Jesus Peter and Paul say to repent first which is evidence that God has granted Faith to truly believe. The False teachers that discard James 2 do it because they teach that if you strive to live a life in obedience to Jesus that's adding works which that teaching contradicts much of the new testament which teaches we must have a change of conduct and lifestyle if we are true Christians.
@NikoR96 Faith without works is dead. 70% of Americans say they believe but now many have admitted they are sinners and change their mind about their sinfulled life's? 1 Corinthians 15:2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. What was the command of Jesus that Paul preached? Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Acts 20:21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith (believe) in our Lord Jesus. Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name. Baptism follows repentance. Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. Paul's dire warning!!! Romans 2:4-8 Or DO YOU SHOW CONTEMPT for the riches of his KINDNESS, FORBEARANCE and PATIENCE, not realizing that God’s KINDNESS is INTENDED to LEAD YOU TO REPENTANCE? 5But because of your STUBBORNNESS and your UNREPENTANT HEART YOU ARE STORING UP WRATH AGAINST YOURSELF for the day of God’s WRATH, when his RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT will be revealed. 6 God “WILL REPAY EACH PERSON ACCORDING to WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.” 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, HE WILL GIVE ETERNAL LIFE 8But FOR THOSE WHO ARE SELF-SEEKING and WHO REJECT THE TRUTH and follow evil, there will be WRATH AND ANGER.
@Ssethtzeentach_enjoyer Repent means change your mind. What is the one thing that God wants you to change your mind about? The only thing that will keep you eternally separated from God. That is sin. All sin including unbelief,false gods,witchcraft self righteousness etc
Convincing range of scriptures quoted here. Well delivered. Still, you don’t seem to read the comments here that seem to recycle after a grace message. These concerns need to be addressed in a later video.
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@alvinfen4511 The only thing you have correct is that John's Gospel was written long after Jesus's death on the cross. Obviously it was not written for evangelism as you continue to claim. It was written to the already repented church in Ephesus to encourage believers to continue believing that Jesus is the Son of God hence why John uses the word believe so often. You are putting the cart before the horse. None of the verses you continue to quote in John mention forgiveness of sins and why would they when they aren't for evangelism. Without repentance there is no forgiveness of sins. Luke 24:45-47 Acts 2:38-41 Acts 3:19 Acts 20:21 Acts 22:16 Acts 26:18-20 Peter and Paul make it clear their teachings in Acts is for Jews and Gentiles. Acts 11:18 When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said, “We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.” 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 9Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. 10 For 👉the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow.👈 But worldly sorrow, which 👉lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.👈
It's pretty ridiculous to believe that you can keep on living in sin, practicing it habitually, and as long as you have faith then you're good to go. This is contrary to the Bible's teachings
@@eddw9Salvation is granted to the contrite heart that repents. It is a gift but that doesn’t mean it is granted to everyone, the legal transaction must first take place in order for the fine to be paid.
Yes as I read through comments and people who are ill or can’t work expressing that faith alone sounds good etc I see t the misconceptions. God cares for you fully! Would you love your child less if they were unable in any way? Of course not-No good deeds works etc cannot save you at all- but to say you don’t repent is incorrect as well. Like the last comment repentance means fully believing and turning to Christ for your salvation period, but this absolutely does result in changed behavior! And a changed life. So if you believe Jesus is Savior but still do religious works to ‘earn’ His favor that’s incorrect, if you believe Jesus is Savior and continue to practice sin and have no desire at all to live His way that’s incorrect too. Read through the gospels for yourself asking Jesus to fully know Him and He will more than make it clear.
I was baptized at a Church of Christ on a Sunday, recieving the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues on that Friday at an Apostolic Pentecostal church and then that Sunday i was rebaptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
James 2 verse 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by " WORKS ", when he had offered Issac his son upon the altar. James chapter 2 verse 25 Likwise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by " WORKS ", when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way. James 2 verse 24 Ye see then how that by " WORKS " a man " IS " justified, and " NOT " by faith only .
Well I'm going to give you the benefit of the dope because you made this video a year ago, so you were saying we do not have to turn from our sin? So you are saying that Jesus died on the cross so we can continue in our sin to be saved? So then what would be the point of Jesus dying because we had no problem staying in our sin before he was around even after the law was made man was still in sin why couldn't we just continue in sin? So you're saying Jesus came he died he went through all that pain and suffering so all we have to do is believe in him and continue living a sinful life being in bondage to sin which means we work for Our Father the devil and we can still be saved? Wow I can't believe how little you think of Jesus this is what he died for? Can you please read this it will clear it all up for you!!! 1 John 3:5-8 now don't get me wrong the Bible does say Jesus came to die for our sins of course 100%!!!! But nowhere in the Bible does it say the Jesus died so we can CONTINUE in our SINS!!! This is not Biblical teaching Jesus says the opposite the Bible preaches the opposite of what you were saying is this Bible verse I gave you will prove this!!! Have a good one
If I Believe in Jesus for Eternal Life, Can I Live However I Want? - Zane Hodges ruclips.net/user/shortslB37Uv1GJSs How Does 1 John 3:6 9 Fit Into Free Grace Theology and Into Eternal Security? - Bob Wilkin & Steve Elkins ruclips.net/video/xs84UlbQkVE/видео.html Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are answering a question from a listener about 1 John 3:6-9. There are at least seven different major interpretations of 1 John 3:9. What is the point of these verses? What Do We Mean by Propitiation? Does It Only Count if We Accept It? - Zane C. Hodges ruclips.net/video/Gz-3MCIBxUc/видео.html What does it mean that Jesus is the propitiation for the whole world? What did Jesus' death on the cross accomplish for everyone, both believers and unbelievers? Does anyone get sent to hell as punishment for their sins? Why do unbelievers go to the lake of fire?
@@GESvids so if you believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life can you live however you want, well that's a very easy question to answer can your eyes and most people that don't have all the truth yes of course because no matter what you do it doesn't matter because you guys believe that you are saved no matter how bad you sin no matter how much you do the work of the devil you're still saved, sounds pretty silly doesn't it because it is!! And there's evidence of this just look around you in the world look at the way that Christians behave look at all of the different Christians that accept sin just like you choose to do what's being preached all over the world 99% of the time you can't tell an unbeliever from a believer that's a problem and it's only getting worse!!!!
@@GESvids it fits in there absolutely perfect but again the problem is do you know what the word Grace means? People throw that word around and they don't even know what it means do most people it means continue in your son if you need to and you can try your hardest not to do it but if you still fall short Grace how's your back but what does grace mean does it have your back absolutely not!! Because people don't know what the word means most pastors don't even know what the word means is used as a context for believers and unbelievers to continue in their sin this is why you cannot tell them apart
@@GESvids propitiation means Jesus was the sacrifice for the world!!! But we definitely know that he is the only way back to the father 100 no doubt about it what does that mean we still live in sin does that mean Jesus died so we can continue in our sin? There's nothing in the Bible that says Jesus died so we can continue in our sins!! But there is quite a few places where Jesus tells us not to sin he tells us to turn from our sin and the first John 3:6 to 9 tells you if you abide in him you cannot sing because in him there is no sin!!! So this is not very difficult to understand this but for someone who doesn't want to hear this they will not want to understand this because this means people have to stop being bondage to sin and we know in this world even with so-called Christians they don't want to stop their sin!!! Jesus came on Earth to die for our sins to take away our sins this is not complicated not sure why people struggle with this!!! And again if you read 1st John 3 6 to 9 he came so we do not send anymore but he's very clear that he does give us the choice we can still choose to send if we want!! Or we could take up our cross and walk with them daily and walking righteousness with him!! So it's up to us which one are we going to choose I would say most Christians so-called Christians this is what we call lukewarm Christians Jesus says he spits them out of his mouth what's a lukewarm Christian? One that expects to be saved while they're still living in bondage to sin doing the work of their father the devil!!! Sounds pretty foolish doesn't it because it is
@@GESvids the ones that go to hell are the ones that don't accept Lord Jesus as their savior the ones that don't have faith and believe but he came and died on the cross and rose again three days after these people who believe this and accept Jesus in the heart and walk with Jesus everyday and righteousness and love and in fear and obedience will be saved that's a tough one for Christians who want to continue in the Sin they're not going to want to hear this one!!!
The Lord Jesus said twice in the Book of Luke "But unless you repent, you too will all perish." The Lord Jesus said “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Believing without deeds of faith is dead. If you believe then you will repent. True continuous believing will lead you through the journey of repentance. You cannot believe unless you repent, Believing is from the heart not from the mind. In repentance you humble yourself before God, God will give you godly sorrow that brings repentance that leads to salvation. Then you will pray earnestly, seeking The Righteousness of The Lord Jesus and turn away from sin. Without repentance your faith dies. How can you be saved if your faith is dead? Let The Parable of The Sower speaks to your heart. Only the seeds that was sown on good soil, grows that produce grains. Only those who have fruits will be harvested. If you do not repent, you will die an evildoer, then this is what you are going to here from The Lord Jesus "Away from Me you evildoer. I don't know you". The problem with these false grace preachers is how they can preach repentance if they have not gone through the journey of repentance - where The Lord leads you to walk in The Light.
This is a mish-mash of very out-of-context, half-quoted verses used to proof-text a narrative. None of those verses in context mean what you want them to.
For one, it's the Parable of the Sower, not the Parable of the Soils. It's not about salvation but the responsibility of those He was preparing to be Apostles and plant the Gospel.
You wrote: _"True continuous believing will lead you through the journey of repentance."_ ALL believing is continuous. Even believing that continues for no more than five seconds is continuous. Everything is continuous for as long as it continues. Your phrase, _"continuous believing,"_ is redundant. By sticking your adjective, _"true,"_ onto your noun, _"believing,"_ what are you trying to signify, if not merely _belief of truth?_ Your extra-Biblical, cognitively meaningless phrase, _"the journey of repentance,"_ is a joke, and is nothing that any rationally-thinking, Bible-believing person is ever going to take seriously. And frankly, as long as you write posts like what you just wrote, you deserve to not be taken seriously, seeing as how, by your grace-despising, Christ-despising, self-righteously heretical post, you amply demonstrate that not only have you not listened to a word Bob has said in any of his many other videos and writings, but you have not even put so much as five seconds' worth of careful thinking toward anything he has said in this very video to which you have just now shamefully reacted.
@@ScrogginHausen It is sad that obviously you have not experienced the beautiful journey of repentance so you are not understanding The Word of God by heart. If you repent and walk in The Light, The Lord Jesus will give you insight and understanding as you grow in True Faith and you will find out That The Word of God does not contradict Scripture verses. The problem is your calloused heart, so you don't understand The Word of The Lord Jesus. You will be ever hearing but not understanding and you will be ever seeing but not perceiving. Continue without repentance and definitely you will perish. You have been warned.
@@ScrogginHausen What I had written was had transformed me, I was also deceived for a while. I was transformed by The Lord Jesus but I went back to sin and I became the worst of sinners. I had listened to many false preachers but their preaching could not change lives to become righteous. I ived a life fearing death because sin brings condemnation, iniquity separated me from God. If I had not repented six years ago I could have probably perished. The Lord Jesus leads me through the journey of repentance. Thanks to The Bible app and Christian Worship songs, The Lord Jesus led me to give up TV, Netflix , porn and other forms of entertainment and replaced them with memorizing The Word of God until I obey The Word and worship The Lord Jesus through youtube premium membership Christian Worship Songs with lyrics (without the face of a person singing). It is all through The Mercy and Grace of The Lord Jesus. I am only six years old walking in The Light with My Lord and Savior and Teacher - the Lord Jesus. It is amazing how The Lord Jesus calls sinners to repentance and lled them to live in The Righteousness of The Lord Jesus - through His Words, Teachings and Commands. I no longer fear death but wish I could have repented earlier. I wasted much of my life.
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What is Repentance,what is faith? Jesus said in Luke 24:46-47 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. What does the Bible say about repentance? It means a recognition of my sin which involves Godly sorrow and a commitment on my part to change the direction of my life. Repentance is not an emotion.Its more than being grieved or feeling sorry about my sin and even having remorse. It is making a genuine 180° change of heart recognizing that sin(s) is against God. God wants there to be a genuine change of life because living in sin is disobedience and rebellion against God and the end result will be destruction of the soul in hell. There must be a change in conduct, and how you live. First, John the Baptist came preaching repentance then Jesus's first command was to Repent. Paul said that all men everywhere must repent. Jesus said I have not come to call the righteous but SINNERS TO REPENTANCE. Why didn't He say for salvation or for faith? Because they used those terms interchangeably. Jesus is calling for a change of life, salvation for the forgiveness of sins. What about the scriptures that say we are saved by faith? John's gospel doesn't mention repentance why? Because they understood faith and repentance go hand in hand. If you have genuine faith you will have genuine repentance. Paul said to the philippian jailer believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Nothing about repentance Go to Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance but now commandeth all men every where to repent. Nothing about believing in this one. Go to Acts 20:21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus. Repent and believe. Then in Acts 26:20 (b) I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. Paul is saying repent and show your repentance by your works. Faith and repentance go hand in hand. What is Jesus saving us from? Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Salvation is salvation from sin, that why Jesus's first command was Repent. You can't truly believe without repentance and you can't repent without believing. Let's say a man is an adulterer a serial rapist who steals from his job to support his drug habit, He says Jesus I don't want to go to hell, so forgive me so I won't go to hell and bless me and continues to live the same way. That's not salvation. It's not about stopping your sins first, it's making the decision of your will to make a 180° turn around in your life with Jesus's help.It must be a salvation from sin, it's forgiveness of sin, being saved from sin.Where we fall short we are continually cleansed and washed in the blood of Jesus.
John 3:16 alone refutes your view . If your view were Exegetically derived - thus objectively true - then metanoi must necessarily be in every conceivable Justification before God/Evangelistic/Everlasting Life passage . Yet , this is precisely what we do not find .
@@Ydarg09 Some say John's gospel was written for evangelism because it says in John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. The misunderstanding is because in John's gospel the word believe is always in the present continuous tense, which doesn't mean just believe once, it means go on believing. Everywhere in John's gospel the emphasis is going on believing. For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever goes on believing- present continuous tense- Whoever is believing. It means to go on doing something, all the way through John's gospel it means go on believing that Jesus is the son of God, going on believing, you may go on having life. That whosoever goes on believing will never perish but go on having eternal life. Ask any expert in Greek and they will say that's what the original text says. In other words John's gospel was not written to convert people but to tell believers to continue believing. That's why John doesn't deal with repentance or water baptism because he assumes the readers are already repented and been baptized. The fact that John doesn't mention repentance doesn't mean its not necessary. John knew that believing and repentance go hand in hand. Nobody would repent if they didn't believe, and nobody was a believer unless they repented. He's saying go on believing because in Ephesus where he lived when he wrote it there was a heretic called Cerinthus that was teaching bad things about Jesus and that bad teaching was getting into the church. So John wrote his gospel for believers to make them go on believing in Jesus as the son of God. It's the going on believing that is so important. Believing that Jesus is the son of God, going on believing that you may go on having life.
@@ScrogginHausen John did not teach a gospel contrary to Matthew Mark and Luke. Jesus,John the Baptist Peter and Paul all made it clear that we must repent of sin. To believe is faith produced by repentance. John did believe in repentance.
@@2Chronicles714_ Nevermind that older Bibles say that God repented in several places, including Jonah 3:10. Does God sin? Do some word studies and stop repeating what your idols behind pulpits say. "Repent" is metanoia in Greek and it literally means "other mind" as in 'change your mind/thinking'. "Sin" on the other hand (hamartia), is an archery term meaning "miss the mark". Ergo, you're supposed to change your mind and believe in the good news, instead of missing the mark by trusting in your works. This is something that naturally happens when one comes to Christ and places their trust in his FINISHED work on the cross. It doesn't mean what you think it means.
*Paul Preached Repentance and Faith (Acts 20:21)* faithalone.org/blog/paul-preached-repentance-and-faith-acts-2021/ December 16, 2019 by Bob Wilkin We are nearly done with the final proofing of the second edition of our one-volume NT commentary. (The first edition came out in 2010, and we sold the last copies in January of this year.) We hope to have it in print by December 19. I’ve been going through changes that Al Valdes made in his commentaries on Luke and Acts. When I got to Acts 20:21, he and I discussed it. Here is what we finally came up with as commentary on Acts 20:21: Paul also recounted the content of his ministry proclamation: “repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (see also Luke 24:47). Paul here referred to his ministry in Asia from the first day (cf. 20:18). Repentance rendered unbelievers receptive to the gospel (cf. Acts 17:30-31). However, it never served as a co-condition for eternal salvation-which only requires belief in Jesus (cf. Acts 15:7-11; 16:31; see also John 3:16-18). We left that comment a bit vague on the question of whether Acts 20:21 concerns Paul’s evangelistic preaching or all his preaching. I’m in print as suggesting that Acts 20:21 concerns Paul’s entire preaching ministry, not simply his evangelistic preaching. (See faithalone.org/journal-articles/does-free-grace-theology-diminish-the-gospel-2/ under II. E. See also an article by Bill Fiess faithalone.org/grace-in-focus-articles/repentance-and-faith/). However, I am open to the possibility that Paul is discussing his evangelistic ministry. It is true that when an unbeliever repents, he is more open to the message of life than he was before he repented. That could be what Paul is talking about. We do not have enough details in Paul’s exhortation to the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:17-38) to be certain. However, if it is appropriate to consider the epistle to the Ephesians in this question, then the evidence tips toward Acts 20:21 referring to Paul’s entire preaching ministry. Paul never mentions repentance in Ephesians. But he does mention salvation by faith alone often (Eph 1:13, 15, 19; 2:5, 8-9; 3:12). The key is Al’s last line of explanation: “[repentance] never served as a co-condition for eternal salvation-which only requires belief in Jesus (cf. Acts 15:7-11; 16:31; see also John 3:16-18.”
Did you notice he said, "What we came up with." Acts 20:21 means exactly what it says. Sola fida is a false doctrine, contrived through man's understanding of the meaning. Scripture interprets scripture always, no exceptions. 2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. --- God gave no one the right or authority to interpret what he means. It is through repentance and faith. Repentance and faith are gifts. Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. ---- The faith of Jesus is a gift given to them that believe the gospel. Galatians 3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. --- Scripture interprets scripture always. Only the Holy Spirit has authority to explain his inspired words.
Every person who's now in heaven, in a way, "has repented from all their sins," because there's No sin in heaven. No choice to sin there. They chose Life and this Life is in Jesus. As long as your hope is in Jesus and knowing full well that you'll be a brand new creation in heaven...then that is repenting of your sins. You are turning from self and now Believing into Jesus for a new life that only He can give you.
No one is in heaven now unless they had repented of their sins before they died and believed that Jesus died on the cross was buried and rose again for their sins.
Can we pick one Gospel to the exclusion of others to establish the Christian doctrine? No Read Revelation, Christ's letters to the seven churches... Rev 2:5 Rev 2:16 Rev 2:22 Rev 3:19 Christ Jesus emphatically telling the Churches to repent? Do you think once one becomes a church member, he should repent? AND before that it is not necessary? Please do not create a new teaching based on your cherry picked verse.
Why is John’s Gospel the Key for Evangelism? ruclips.net/video/_CZ6jRKkPNc/видео.html Some Christians think that John’s Gospel is insufficient for evangelizing others. But why is John’s Gospel actually the key for understanding the gift of eternal salvation, the saving message and evangelism?
Freak logic? Suppose I am a habitual drinker, indulge in witchcraft, and worship some demons, without turning away (repentance), can I just believe in Jesus Christ to get salvation? Faith matters? Right? Then what about the teaching that drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of God? Drunkards have no faith?
Is there Any Difference Between Entering the Kingdom and Inheriting the Kingdom? - Bob Wilkin & Ken Yates ruclips.net/video/KaqdSKquFhA/видео.html Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about entering or inheriting the (Millennial) Kingdom? Should these be thought of as synonyms?
Acts 2: 37-40 if your going to preach preach all the word of God nor just select scriptures. Jesus said repeatedly Repent the kingdom of heaven is at hand. There is no turning away from sin UNLESS you FULLY turn away from YOURSELF (my way)and turn FULLY to God. When you do this your sins are forgiven and you then have POWER to turn from sins. (Acts ch 2) But to say there is no repentance only belief in Jesus is untrue- the demons believe and know who He is and shudder. That’s not SAVING faith.
Obedience is required for salvation. Sinning Christians are not released from the punishment that the law has always required for sin. Only the obedient Christians are released from the punishment of the law. Sinning Christians are living as if Jesus never came, because they wont recieve any of the benefits that he gave up his life to bring to us. He promised to give his true followers a new heart so that we can obey his laws. 1 Timothy: "They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm. We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers-and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, 6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior: 7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.
Can you believe yet not repent? I find that not true that one can believe yet not fight sin. I do believe in faith alone to be saved, yet works with follow as you accept Christ in your heart. Does that mean you will not sin, no we all will, but our faith on Christ will save us, not our works of course.
Without repentance there is no faith. Acts 2:38 Makes this clear Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Repentance of sin precedes faith. Without repentance you cannot receive the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit nobody can inherit the kingdom of God. Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. [And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.]
Are you calling Jesus a liar? For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son so that everyone who believes in him shall not perish but have Everlasting life
@zacharyvernon7989 You don't believe if you don't obey. Repentance precedes Faith. John 3:16 is not a verse for being saved it is one of many that John uses to encourage the church to continue believing. that Jesus is the Son of God. The message of salvation: Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God died on the cross was buried and rose again for our sins? (Acts 2:31-32) If yes then everything Jesus preached on repenting of sin applies to Gentiles as well Luke 24:45-47 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, And REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS will be preached in His name to 👉ALL NATIONS 👈Starting in Jerusalem. Jesus said: Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Jesus again reaffirms Peter to start the church in John 21:17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things: you know that I love you." “Feed my sheep. When did Peter start the church? Acts 2 is the day of pentecost which is the start of the church. This was the first time in church where some asked how to be saved. 37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles,( Including John)“BROTHERS, WHAT SHALL WE DO? (TO be saved) 38Peter replied, “REPENT and be BAPTIZED, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS. And YOU WILL RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off. (meaning gentiles) for all whom the Lord our God will call.” Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Note Peter said the same thing as Jesus We repent of sin for the forgiveness of sins for salvation. Peter again includes Gentiles. Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, So then, even to Gentiles God has granted REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO LIFE". Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance but now COMMANDETH ALL PEOPLE EVERY WHERE TO REPENT. Acts 20:21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they MUST TURN TO GOD IN REPENTANCE AND HAVE FAITH in our Lord Jesus. Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on the name of the Lord. Jesus and Paul Acts 26:18-20 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, SO THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS and a place among those who are SANCTIFIED BY FAITH IN ME.’ 19“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should REPENT AND TURN TO GOD and demonstrate their REPENTANCE by their deeds. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because YOUR SORROW LED YOU TO REPENTANCE. For YOU BECAME SORROWFUL as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10GODLY SORROW BRINGS REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO SALVATION and leaves no regret, but worldly SORROW BRINGS DEATH.
@alvinfen4511 Repentance is a command. It's no more a works than believing that Jesus is the Son of God is. They are required in that order. Throughout scripture Repentance always precedes Faith. In Jonah 6:10 They repented of their evil works [which is sin] so God relented and did not destroy them. If Sodom and Gomorrah would have repented of their evil works [sin] then God would not have destroyed them. The same thing goes for me and you and all people if we don't repent of our evil works [sin] then God will destroy us in the lake of fire. Mark 6:11-12 11And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Note John and the other disciples preached repentance just like Jesus. 12And they went out, and preached that men should repent. Stop with this narrative that John never preached repentance.
@alvinfen4511 When Paul's is talking about not mixing works/the law with grace he's referring to the old Mosaic laws which of course I never disputed. We are all under the Lordship of Jesus or the lordship of satan. They both have opposing kingdoms. There is no in beteeen. Romans 6:16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, [satan's lordship] or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? [Jesus's Lordship] You like many confuse the old law of Moses with the new testament teaching of Jesus's law. Much of the teaching of Jesus Peter John James and Paul is about how a believer in Jesus is to live. It's not the same thing as adding works to grace. If you have come to Christ through repentance then Paul says 2 Corinthians 5:15,17 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here!
I enjoy many of Mr. Wilkin's videos and find them helpful however one thing gave me pause. We know from many scriptures that God repented. So, this acknowledgement does not support the definition of repentance as put forth in this video. "A change of mind or attitude" seems to be a better definition. It is clear from scripture, that repentance does not save anyone. Repentance is a work as the verse in Jonah declares. (Jonah 3:10) And salvation is by faith, not by works as many verses indicate. (Gal 2:16 for example) "Repent from your sins" is misleading and erroneous when coupled to any perceived requirements for salvation.
OK. Go preach at homosexuals can go to heaven when the Bible plainly says they can’t. Tell people to continue in sin that grace may abound. And judgment day, God will send them to hell if they live that way., John 15, if you don’t abide in the vine, you are cast out, and you wither in are thrown into the fire.
So a child molester can go to heaven & not stop molesting children, he can continue & still is saves as long as he believes in Jesus? What about these verses? "For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience... And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore, He says: “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”" - Ephesians 5:5-6, 11-14 I truly am trying to understand, these are serious questions so I can understand better.
So with Sodom & Gomorrah, all who believed in Jesus coming still enter heaven, even though God destroyed them it because of their sins? I've studies a lot ont he bible with other believers, I'm trying to understand this way of teaching as all I ever hear is without repentance of sin we will not enter the Kingdom. I hear catholics with go to hell because they believe in Mary & purgatory, tgsi isn't true because they believe in Jesus? Even though they believe in works based salvation?
Ok so like those who believe you have to do something, like work based, to enter Heaven don't have the understanding that it's a free gift & may not make it? Like the pharasees or people who believe purgatory along with believing, added works? I'd think that's denying the free gift of salvation. I fully believe that Jesus came to save us, Him alone, as a free gift of salvation. I just get people saying all the time well you sinned & stumble with a certain sin so if you don't fully repent or forgive those who hurt you (this is what I'm struggling with) then Ull go to hell. Then I question myself again. Yes I am working on the forgiveness part of it with my end but, I was hurt very very deeply by people who are suppose to love me. God knows my story & I am trying to get past the pain. At the same time I had people say "well you better before you die or you won't be forgiven" I'm truly trying.
Or maybe it's the some believe Jesus was here. He was a real man. But don't truly believe what He did on the cross for us. They only merely believe in His existence but not what He actually did on the cross.
How can anyone downplay repentance. This teaching is telling people just believe and don't repent of your sins because it doesn't matter. This is foolish!! I feel like you love the Lord but your teaching is wicked and misleading people to live how they want to. thanks
Good afternoon 🎉 Remission of sins is received through repentance, a change of mind is not repenting of sins. Also refer to John 3:18. Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness that through his name whosoever BELIEVETH in him shall RECEIVE REMISSION OF SINS. Notice how God didn't say "whosoever repent of sins shall receive remission from sins." If you still believe that repenting of your sins will save you, you have diminished God's completed work on the cross of calvary. You have not fully 100% trusted that He saved you from your sins so you go out of your OWN WAYS to REPENT OF YOUR SINS thinking that this will save you! It is impossible to not sin after you're saved. Do you know each and every little sin you committed each day, each hour, and each minute? You are not God. You are not omniscient.
@@small_fries7573 Sorry but unbelief in Christ in sin so you have to repent for that. Like remarriage after divorce is adultery. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 7:39 only the death of a spouse can someone get remarry. Jesus said if that first spouse in living and get married to another is adultery. Adultery can't inherit the Kingdom Of God. You must repent of this sin to go to heaven according to the New Testament. Repentance of sins is a must!!!
Repentance is implied in the act of believing in Jesus for salvation. Acts 17:30... "In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." Now, let me ask you this: Can you continue in your sin after asking Jesus to save you or must there be a change or changes (sometimes small sometimes large and incremental)? Antinomianism (continuing in sin after salvation and calling it grace) is the result of easy salvationism. Repent means to turn around. As I said, it is implied in believing. Of course, you don't have to know it all to be saved. Repentance is a work of The Holy Spirit and not a dirty word. It is fundamental and necessary to the Salvation miracle. I fear you are confusing people. What do you think?
Repent just means to change your mind; this is why he wants EVERYONE to do it. You’re still living in sin and you always will be. Of course you can live a good, righteous life, but that doesn’t mean you’ll ever become perfect in this life on your own, and any attempt to do so for salvation is in vain and we are only saved by God’s grace through faith in His Son. That’s it. If you wanna turn from your sin, that’s awesome, but it will not save you and it will only spoil whatever evangelistic message you have for others. If you tell someone to “repent of their sins” or “turn from sin,” you’re just implying that that person needs to change according to your standard of justification, not God’s. Jesus literally said that all sins are forgiven by the shedding of His blood on the cross, so why would you tell anyone anything other than to simply believe in Him for salvation?
@@jacksonrelaxin3425 What scripture did Jesus says all sins are forgiven by the shedding of blood ? How could He say that before He died? He does say repent or perish.
@@2Chronicles714_ 1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world pro·pi·ti·a·tion /prəˌpiSHēˈāSHən/ noun: propitiation; plural noun: propitiations the action of propitiating or appeasing a god, spirit, or person. "he lifted his hands in propitiation" atonement, especially that of Jesus Christ.
@@2Chronicles714_ 1 Peter 1:18-19 NIV For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
What About Repentance and Salvation in Luke 13:3 and Luke 24:47? - Bob Wilkin & Ken Yates ruclips.net/video/PoTxkt020QI/видео.html Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are for a third day, looking at some references to repentance and salvation. In Luke 13:3, is Jesus saying that repentance is needed in order to not individually perish? What does He mean by “perish?” How does forgiveness work into the discussion?
As the protestant author Tozier wrote concerning protestantism," In our zeal to escape the saved by works of the catholics we have committed the opposite error of faith without obedience".
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, 6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior: 7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.
Many believers fail to realize that whenever the Word says that we are believe " in" or "on" Jesus Christ to be saved that in the original Greek of the new testament the word for "on" and "in" is eis, which means to believe into Christ Believing into Christ is our faith in action through obedience, first of all by repentance. Repentance is an act of obedience we must choose to do after we believe.
You are pursuing faith alone but by denying repentance, you are actually unrealized not knowingly doing faith in Christ alone through self righteousness.
Faith is obedience to God's instructions displayed in action. If repentance was not a precondition, then why baptism was required? What was the first message of Peter on the day of Pentecost? Repentance was the main theme there. Even John the baptist began his ministry preaching repentance.
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, 6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior: 7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.
Repentance is changing your mind. Even changing your mind in ordering something else in the menu is called repenting. Even God repented (Gen 6:1) Repentance is turning from trusting your own self-righteousness and trusting in Christ alone for everlasting life. If you use to trust in your good works but are now trusting in Christ alone for everlasting life, then you have repented.
You must listen to Renee Roland one of the worst false teachers.
The blood of Jesus washes aways sin but to receive it one first must first humble themself by acknowledging they are a sinner and repent of their sinfulled life to Jesus.
True repentance leads a person to change their mind by renouncing sin, to God and prove it with a 180-degree change of their lifes direction.
Your life was going in one direction (sin) and you make a decision of the heart and mind (will) to take your life in the opposite direction with His help.
Repentance is not an emotion.
Repentance is not asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intent to go back to the sin(s) again.
Repentance is an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with a heartfelt desire to change.
Repentance - turning from our sin to God and that we realize we have disobeyed God. We have violated His law, offended his moral purity, tried to cast off his yoke of authority. It requires that we admit we have turned from God to sin. Repentance is something that should be ongoing in our lives.
Um no. Regret is not repentance. And repentance is granted to you. This is ridiculous.
@@2Chronicles714_ He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, “Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life.”
with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
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Yes the point is, to come to repentance one one first confess and change their mind about their sinfulled life.
2 Peter 3:9 and
2 Corinthians 7:9-10
make it clear without repentance of sin we will perish which is spiritual death.
@@2Chronicles714_ right on
Meta (change) noia (mind) Repent means "Change of Mind". We are saved by believing (trusting in the complete finished work of Christ on the cross.) Nothing else added.......
nice..
No scripture says that
I'm on disability for mental health reasons and I don't have a job, so "by faith alone" feels really good.
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i agree.. "faith alone" is a very comforting message..
Truth, don't let the enemy mess with your mind about not doing good works, if your not able to do good works your still God's child, im a carer for my 84 year old mother who is housebound, its a 24/7 work so dont let anyone deceive you in any way. God bless you and Glory to God.
What could be more godly and loving than caring for your own family? You are doing Gods work- read the gospels you’ll see for yourself. Jesus said if you give to the church and don’t care for your own family your worse then an unbeliever.
Excellent video! I added it to my playlist. ❣️
Repent means to change your mind. I went from not believing the gospel to believing it, so therefore I did repent.
Just believing the gospel message saves no one. Hearing and believing the gospel message doesn't make you serve the Lord. You still have a decision to make ,either remain in your sinful state or serve the Lord.
We all know that a believer must recieve the Holy Spirit in order to be saved. In Acts ch.19 upon encountering the disciples outside Ephesis Paul asked them," Have you recieved the Holy Spirit since you believed"? If we recieve the Spirit when we believe then Paul didn't know what he was talking about.
@@robertnieten7259 I guess Paul lied to the jailer 🙄
@@robertnieten7259 God made it ridiculously simple to be saved. Throughout the whole Bible, faith has always been credited as righteousness. Paul, who saw the glorified Christ, greeted the Corinthians (the most carnal church at the time) as brothers in Christ. believing the gospel, which is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ for your justification is all it takes for salvation.
@@robertnieten7259 and if you don’t believe that, then you’re calling god a liar and you’re relying on yourself to be saved. I’ll pray for you.
@@briandavenport8971 We know that the jailer heard the gospel, turned to the Lord and was water baptized. The reason that it isn't stated that he recieved the Holy Spirit with the first evidence of speaking in tongues is easily explained.
The Word frequently will repeat something said and/ or an event three times for two important reasons:
1) To direct our attention to an important spiritual truth.
2) To set a precedent to where the same circumstance need not be repeated exactly as it occurs each time it appears in scripture.
This is known in biblical study as The Law Of Repetition and is a proven method used in interpreting scripture.
Three times we have examples in scripture of believers recieving the Holy Spirit and what happened the moment that they recieved,( Acts ch.2,10,and ch.19).
In each instance when the believers recieved the Holy Spirit the first thing that happened was that they spoke in tongues.
Another example of the Law of Repetition at work is in Acts ch.2. After the believers recieved the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues, three times the men in the crowd asked how they were hearing what the believers were saying in their native languages.
One time would have been sufficient if thats all it meant, but the reason that the men asked three times is to reveal to us that the miracle for those in the crowd wasn't that the believers were speaking in their native languages but they were hearing what the believers were saying in one spiritual language in their native languages.
The only reason that the word" tongues" is pluralized is because more than one believer was speaking it.
Paul called it the unknown tongue that no man knoweth.( 1Cor.14:2).
If no man knows it then its not a language natuve to this world.
Lastly,Acts ch.2 is an example of the first evidence that a believer has recieved the Holy Spirit and a sign to unbelievers, the men in the crowd.
excellent explanation!
Matt. 1:21. Repentance is doing a 180. Faith in Jesus entails repentance of sin.
So do i itrust jesus christ alone. do u fake christians that love to work 4 your so called salvation ?
Anything goes w Bob. Do as thou wilt is the only commandment to follow.
Well told! This is good news, The Gospel which never gets old. Thank you and God bless!
Thank you so much for this message! My mom died without repentance and I am so worried. This gives me courage! Thank you and God bless you ✝️
If a person places his faith in Christ alone and no longer is trusting no longer in his works, or self-righteous (which is dirty, filthy rags in God's sight), then that person has repented. What does a person trust in, his/her works, or the finished work of Christ alone. Repentance from sin is necessary after we are born again, in terms of our Christian walk and spiritual growth. We still have our sinful flesh, and we will still fall short.
true..
So believing in Christ (God) is really just acknowledging to him that you realize he is saving you from the consequences of all of your sins? Somewhat like accepting his free gift and being thankful for it? I am thankful to The Lord for this since he could have just as easily left us to suffer for eternity with our sins. He knows we need him and just wants us to be grateful for what he is doing and to thank him for it.
Thank you Lord! You have given me a gift that is better than all of the physical gifts of this materialistic world where I am awaiting your return. I really do look forward to coming back to Heaven and seeing ALL of the people I knew here on Earth again. Allow us all to be with you but this time for good and please don't send me back to this sin infested world again!
I don't think that most of these commenters listened to the whole video OR perhaps I didn't pay close enough attention to what the man said.
I did not hear him say that repentance from sin is required for salvation. Amen! Turning from sin is not required to be saved. Faith alone in Christ alone.
Sola Fide,--100% agreed. Thank you for the video and hello from the Philippines.
She who is Forgiven Much LOVES Much!!!!!
Matthew 4:17 "Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost,
6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior:
7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.
Repentance cannot be turning from sins because God had repented many times in the old testament. Repetance is Metanoia in the Greek which means "change of mind".
God repented only in the Old Testament which was written in Hebrew. In Hebrew Repent means turn from. So in
Jonah 3:10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; (They REPENTED) and God repented(TURNED FROM) of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
They repented of sin to avoid judgment which pleased God !
It's not works
1 Samuel 15:29-31
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
(The Lord of Israel is not a man, he does not lie or repent )
@@2Chronicles714_ brother Jonah 3:10 shows turning from evil is a work.
Jonah 3:10
And God saw THEIR WORKS, that THEY TURNED FROM THEIR EVIL WAY
This proves that turning from sin or evil is a work .
Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is NOT JUSTIFIED BY the WORKS of the law, BUT BY the FAITH of Jesus Christ
My brother works cant saved you only Jesus Christ . I used too be a works based salvationist but it goes against scripture when scripture is rightly divided only Jesus can save us but once you believe and become saved you SHOULD live righteous but salvation only comes by believing im telling you in love brother.
God Bless
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That's not what Jonah 3:10 says.
It says they turned from [ which means Repented in Hebrew] their evil works [sins] which pleased God and caused God to not destroy them.
Jonah 3:10
When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.
Jesus brings Jonah up again in
Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.
Repenting of sin pleases God.
I have never advocated doing works. Regardless of what any man claims repenting of sin is the first requirement for salvation.
We are saved by grace through repentance which is the consequence of faith.
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Think about it, If repenting of sins is works why would it be hidden in one verse in Jonah in old testament.
You simply misunderstand it.
Hope what I just sent you clarifies it.
@@2Chronicles714_ what brother you just completely made that say something else.
Jonah 3:10
And God saw THEIR WORKS, that they TURNED FROM their EVIL way
There works were turning from evil
Jonah 3:10
and God REPENTED of the EVIL, that he had said that HE WOULD DO UNTO THEM
God repented of the evil he was gonna to to them or changed his mind.
The works are the men turning from evil this is clear in the scripture .
Acts 19.4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
So it depends on what you're repenting of. In this case you would be repenting of unbelief to belief in Jesus Christ in order to be baptized.
In the bible God repents many times, people assume repenting is always of or from their sins.
In many cases repenting is just a change of mind, for example, I was going to eat a sandwich but I repented and had a coffee instead.
Jonah 3:10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
This passage shows that God turned to another decision. Therefore, the word repent means to turn, and it means to change one’s mind. If human beings could repent of all of their sins and come to Jesus, why would they need a savior in the first place? Human beings cannot repent from sins. All they can do is believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal savior and it is the righteousness of Godthrough grace by faith in Christ that frees us away from sin
A bit confusion there.
Repentance does not mean from your sins cause God repented more than anyone else in the bible, so saying that repentance is always from sin is blasphemous.
We are saved by faith so we must repent from trusting our works, goodness, false "gods" or anything that we were trusting and put trust/repent in faith to Jesus.
We need to change/repent our faith on Jesus as we are saved by it.
God is not a man that He can sin.
God can change His mind
1 Samuel 15:29
@rase.. correct
God did not "repent" from unbelief / believing in false gods towards faith - therefore "repentance" cannot mean turning from unbelief towards faith ???
@rozznel8692 repent means - turn. The word on it's own does Not mean "turn from unbelief"
Turning from wrong belief to a right one or from unbelief to right doctrine of salvation - redemption from 2nd death.
Comprende?
I would like to hear more about repentance for leading a fuller life, pleasing God, and being blessed by God. Thank you.
What is Repentance? Why is Repentance Important? - Bob Wilkin
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Bob Wilkin
Repentance is a gift.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
John the Baptist taught this.
Mark 1:4
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
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Baptism of repentance, to be baptized with repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
We know it's a matter of being baptized with repentance, that it's a gift , not something you can do, because of what John said here.
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
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Unless you want to falsely conclude that we have somehow been able to merit forgiveness.
Sola fida is a false teaching as well; because it is not by faith alone, for faith is a gift.
Do you not know there is a different meaning between believe and faith?
Galatians 3:22
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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The faith of Jesus is a gift given to them that believe the gospel, just as the scriptures proclaim.
Ephesians
2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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Saved through the faith of Jesus
How is it that so many of you teachers interpret faith as if it is something one must conjure up from within themselves to place on Jesus, when faith is clearly a gift?
Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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Justified by the faith of Jesus.
The faith of Jesus is a gift granted to those who believe the gospel.
The faith of Jesus comes inro the believer through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, for faith is one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Your teachings are false, your interpretations, or your borrowed interpretations are false doctrines of men.
Only God has the authority to interpret what he means.
2 Peter
1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
*Justin Peters - Is Repentance an Inherent Contradiction of the Gospel?* - Bob Wilkin
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Bob Wilkin of the Grace Evangelical Society answers the question, "Is repentance is an inherent contradiction of the Gospel?" Justin Peters at one time faced this dilemma and turned to Calvinism for his answer. That is repentance is not a work since it is given by God. Bob Wilkin looks at whether biblically the answer provided by Calvinism is correct, and answers the question of "Whether repentance is required for eternal life?"
@GESvids
So your answer is to exclude repentance as a gift given by God, to be apart of the gospel message, because repentance isn't mentioned in certain scriptures?
Acts
20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
As far as Calvanism goes, it's a doctrine of men. So to use Justin Peter's to build an argument against the the scriptures I provided to show repentance is a gift, is of no value.
Great presentation - so true. I was of the understanding that the word repentance meant to have a "change of mind" and yes, a change of mind could result in a turning from sin. However I don't believe that turning from sin is always required in order to have repentance. In Jonah 3:10 we read that "God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do" and we know that God cannot sin.
God repented only in the Old Testament which was written in Hebrew. In Hebrew Repent means turn from. So in Jonah 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; (They REPENTED) and God repented(TURNED FROM) of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
They turned from their evil works
Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Again they repented of sin to avoid judgment.
It's not works
1 Samuel kj 15:29-31
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. 31So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
(The Lord of Israel is not a man, he does not lie or repent )
No no no. God didn't repent. He relented from his judgement because they repented.
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
They key point being they turned from there sin.
Furthermore Hebrews says this and completely turns your argument over.
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
@@2Chronicles714_ No no no. God didn't repent. He relented from his judgement because they repented.
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
They key point being they turned from there sin.
Furthermore Hebrews says this and completely turns your argument over.
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
@@Pookabee
That's what I wad trying to say that when the Ninevites turned from their evil God turned from their punishment He was going to do.
@@Spartanthermopylae Hebrews 10:26
shouldn't your last four words instead be, "keep faith in focus"?
Can anyone make sense of these two verses?
Numbers 23:19 (KJV)
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
And
Exodus 32:14 (KJV)
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
He don’t repent but he did repent doesn’t make sense to me?
Does God Ever Repent? - Bob Wilkin
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Bob Wilkin of the Grace Evangelical Society examines the question, "Does God Ever Repent?" Bob examines the usage of the term "repent" or "relent" in the Old Testament when referring to God. What does it mean when God "repented" or "relented" in the Old Testament?
If you are saved you don't want to continue to sin you will hate sin God will convict your heart and your conscience through the Holy spirit
Please Help me I Believe Jesus Is The Son of God and God The Son of The Holy Trinity I Believe Jesus Shed His Blood and Died in my place to Pay for All my Sins He Was Buried Then 3 Days Later Jesus Arose From The Dead!!! Am I still Saved because of my faith in Jesus am I Not Saved because of my Sins? Am I born again because of my faith in Jesus or is there something more I need to do? Thank you for All your Help and Time God Bless you
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
ask The Holy Spirit to lead you into Truth.
don't trust human teachers.
read: Mat 12^41 (Jonah 3^5-10)
Eph 5^3-6
2-Tim 2^19
1-Pet 3^21
Ezek 36^26
According to Jonah 3 repenting(turning) from sin is a work, we are not saved by works but by grace through faith Ephesians 2:8-9, in this dispensation of God's grace we have to repent(turn) from UNBELIEF and trust in Jesus.
According to the book of Jude easy-believism is a heresy, because easy-believism teaches that there is no changed life after salvation, which turns God's grace into lasciviousness.
The important difference between biblical salvation and easy-believism is that easy-believism has no changed life after salvation, because they wanna have an excuse to sin.
This is because John 3 tells us that he who believes in Jesus is not condemned, but in Jude it says easy-believists are condemned, this is because easy-believists don't even believe, but rather they want to sin.
I AM IN NO WAY SAYING YOU HAVE TO STOP SINNING, i'm just saying that the book of Jude condemns turning God's grace into lasciviousness. Meaning, sinning less is not something you do, but something God helps you to do by His Holy Spirit.
Biblical salvation includes a changed life after becoming born-again, however, that changed life can {ONLY} happen(as i just said) by the Holy Spirit of God, this is because Jesus is the source of our wisdom and strength.
So when you get saved God by His Holy Spirit helps you clean up your life, it's not an effort you make, it's what God is doing in you, and He is faithful to finish what He started.
Easy-believism and Lordship salvation are both heresies!
Faith alone OSAS is biblical, but easy-believism is satanic, because it turns Jesus' death on the cross into a "ticket to sin". God bless you all in Jesus Name
Sorry, but that was a confusing message imho. The word repent or metanoia and metanoeo always mean a change of mind about something. That thing that is repented about or that which you've changed your mind about will be found in the context. The change of mind can indeed include a change of mind about sins. What happened with the Ninevites was more of a national turning from wickedness in order to prevent the judgment of God upon Ninevah. I believe that God had mind to turn Ninevah into another Sodom and Gomorrah. A lost person who worships another false God must repent of that and turn in their hearts to the true God and to trusting in the sacrifice of Christ alone for salvation. I personally could not get saved until I came to repentance, change of mind, about my agnosticism. I then received the gospel message from Isaiah 53 and the Romans Road plan. I called on the Lord and trusted Christ as my Savior. I was instantly saved DURING that sinner's prayer. That was back in 1977 and I remember it as if it were yesterday. A lost sinner must only admit that they have sinned against a holy and righteous God. Then they must receive and believe the simple gospel of the death, burial, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ who alone bore their sins on the cross as the "Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
I might add that a change of life is ALWAYS the RESULT of believing on Christ, NOT the other way around. We don't get better in order to get saved, but we get better BECAUSE we are already saved.
@NikoR96 Yes, the issue of as you put it, front loading works as a requirement for salvation is a major roadblock to salvation. The lost sinner is not required by God to "clean up their lives" before God will save them. That is clearly doing good works or trying to keep the law in order to get saved. I was living in numerous wicked sins back in 1977 when I heard the clear gospel from Isaiah 53. All I knew was I was a sinner and that Christ had taken the punishment for my sins on the cross. I was born again about 1 week later. It was God who changed my life, radically I might add, not me. It was because God put His own divine nature in me and His Spirit immediately came to dwell in me that I had a change of life. The Bible is clear that "the flesh profiteth NOTHING. The flesh cannot produce ANY righteousness in us either before or after salvation. Many good people are confused about this because many have forced a wrong definition of repentance, especially in the New Testament. Many read it and think immediately it means "turn from your sins", but that is not what it means. It simply means you hear or read something, you think about it, and as a result, you change your mind because of what you heard or read.
I agree with you 100% but tell me why then is the NARROW ROAD AND FEW THERE BE THAT FIND IT?
It seems to me that especially in North and South America we believe and even more in Europe I would love to hear what you think.😀🇨🇦
*Strive to Enter the Kingdom? Matthew 7:13-14* - Bob Wilkin
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A reader sent in this question:
Hello. Thanks for your articles. I genuinely believe in salvation by faith alone, by trusting in Jesus Christ as God and His atoning death/blood for the forgiveness of sins.
However, one Scripture that has always confused me is Matthew 7:13-14. What does Jesus mean when He says we need to strive to enter the narrow gate and that the way is hard? Does that seem to imply an intense struggle to be saved?
In other words, how does Matthew 7:13-14 square with Romans 6:23, Galatians 2:16, or Romans 5:1?
Thank you in advance for your response.
The Lord Jesus did refer to entering by the narrow gate in Matt 7:13-14. But the text does not mention striving. The questioner is thinking of Luke 13:24: “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.”
The reader asks a super question when he asks how to square striving to enter with other clear verses that teach justification by faith alone, apart from works (Gal 2:16; Rom 5:1). Whenever we perceive one passage as contradicting another, we need to ask how the two can be harmonized.
Some think that Matt 7:13-14 concerns discipleship rather than salvation from eternal condemnation. They understand “the way which leads to life” to refer to the path of discipleship that leads to abundant life. However, in this context, it is more natural to understand the phrase as referring to how to enter into everlasting life (cf. Matt 18:8-9; 19:16-17).
If everlasting life and justification are in view, we know the sole condition is faith in Christ (John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47; Gal 2:16; Rom 5:1).
Could faith alone in Christ for everlasting life be the narrow gate?
Do some people need to strive to believe Jesus’ promise of everlasting life (e.g., John 3:16)?
Yes, and yes.
Most people on Earth today reject the faith-alone message. Even most professing Christians!
Coming from another religion might make you uncomfortable attending church or talking with a Christian about Christ. The faith-alone message might seem like nonsense to you.
The same is true, as well, if you come from most Christian traditions. You would be uncomfortable attending a church that proclaims the faith-alone message.
The word translated strive is agonizomai. We get the word agonize from it. It is used seven times in the NT. It is translated as fight in John 18:36; 1 Tim 6:12; and 2 Tim 4:7. Paul used it to refer to competing for a prize in 1 Cor 9:25.
It is translated as striving in Col 1:29 and laboring fervently in Col 4:12.
Striving/fighting/competing is not required in order to be born again. The Lord never said that. But for most in His legalistic Jewish audience, striving was, in a sense, necessary in order to come to belief in Jesus’ promise of eternal life.
The Lord rebuked some legalistic Jews, saying, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life” (John 5:39-40).
Their problem was not that they searched the Scriptures (cf. Acts 17:11). It was that they were searching with closed minds. They were not seeking to find God’s way to eternal life. They were seeking to understand what the greatest commandments were so that they could best gauge the likelihood that they would gain kingdom entrance.
Does that sound familiar? Isn’t that the way many people in Christendom search the Scriptures? Aren’t many seeking to check their works against Scripture? Don’t they base their assurance and that of others on how obedient they are?
If you have ever shared the faith-alone message, you know that most people reject it. Most are happy to tell you why you are preaching a false gospel. They will charge you with cheap grace and easy believism.
Maybe you could tell them that the narrow gate is the faith-alone, apart from works, way. You could ask them if they are willing to ask God if the faith-alone message is true. Are they willing to read the Gospel of John and meditate honestly on what they find? Is striving to find the truth out of the question for them?
Thomas Edison took fourteen months to get a working light bulb. He tried thousands of filaments that didn’t work before finding one that did. He had to strive to find the right filament. His striving was certainly work.
But striving to enter by the narrow way is not work. This striving does not involve turning from sins and doing good works. It involves being open to believing in the Lord Jesus Christ for the gift of everlasting life. That message may seem heretical to people. They may hate it, as Saul of Tarsus did. The striving needed is prayer and openness to the Word of God.
For years, Martin Luther strove to be justified before God by his works. He turned from his sins, sought to live a holy life, went on pilgrimages, taught the Scriptures to others, and confessed his sins to other priests. It was all to no avail. Then, while meditating on Scripture, he realized that justification is by faith alone, apart from works.
If the legalist is open to the truth, then his legalistic striving will eventually give way to the realization that everlasting life is a gift given to all who simply believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
I find it odd that many are willing to strive to enter into life by doing everything except praying and studying. They turn from their sins, commit their lives to Christ, and begin on the path of discipleship. They give their money. But these people who will seemingly do anything to gain everlasting life are unwilling to consider that their view may be wrong. They are unwilling to simply come to the Lord Jesus that they may have life (John 5:40).
Don’t be afraid to ask people if they are willing to strive in order to gain everlasting life if the striving involves prayer and study of the Gospel of John. Ask them if they are willing to believe the faith-alone message.
There is no other way to be born again. If people are not willing to believe in Jesus for the gift of everlasting life, then their need is to become willing. That may take striving. Striving to find the truth is a good thing.
In order to be saved from the power of sin you need to "repent and be baptized." Just because God requires you to work (repent and be baptized) doesn't mean your work saves you - it is still God who alone saves. The nature of your work (which does not save) is not like God's work (which does save). God can change your nature, you can't. But having said that, God still links what you do to receiving what he is offering.
I can’t handle the withdrawal from smoking. I’ve tried. I dont wanna go to hell
i smoked for 24 years and i asked GOD nearly every day to help me as i could not stop or pack in so take it to our father like i did months i kept asking him to set me free from the addiction spirit months later i went to put a nicerette patch on and i knew i would still smoke with it on then one morning i heard the lord say take it off you are delivered. i went to my daughters who smokes and i could not stand the smell that was 5 years ago. you wont go to hell the lord knows what we are like thats why he imputes the holy spirit in us to help change us dont be to hard on your self just keep taking it to your heavenly father he knows your heart.
@@trisharundle1964 thank
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@@Mgg407 Maybe you want to watch brother Andrew Farley, he has a lot of good news for the brethren.
How does one repent from something they are said to be a slave to in Romans 6? How does a slave repent from their slavery?
When you believe you HAVE repented. Changed your mind from unbelief to belief in Christ alone
But how can one have faith if he doesn’t understand why he needs faith. Repentance / change of mind is understanding ur need for a saviour thus then trusting on the Lord Jesus
Repentance is just changing from unbelief to belief. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't believe he said that people don't need to understand why we need faith. He's just saying that "repenting of your sins" isn't a part of faith, and by extension, isn't a part of salvation.
Saved from what exactly ?
Hell.
The term hell is not in the Bible@@Ssethtzeentach_enjoyer
@@Busabuck100 "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in HELL." (Matthew 10:28)
"And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into HELL, into the fire that never shall be quenched:" (Mark 9:43)
"And death and HELL were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death." (Revelation 20:14)
"But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into HELL; yea, I say unto you, Fear him." (Luke 12:5)
Hell is a mistranslation from Gehenna, a garbage dump in Jerusalem.
Jesus , in His first words in public ministry said to REPENT ?
Any one got an opinion ?
What is meant by the verse "Repent and be baptised every one of you ".
It means "change your mind and be baptised every one of you", which was a public declaration of faith in the Lord, it's not a requirement for salvation.
right on.AMEN
Can you explain Hebrews 10:29-31 ? Thank you
What about Acts? Repent and be baptized and you will be saved
So what do we make of passages in 1 John 2 and 1 John 3 that says nobody who is born of God keeps on sinning, if we say we know Him but keep on sinning we are liars, etc, etc, etc? Those are all about repentance. I believe in Free Grace, but I'd like to reconcile these passages that seem to suggest that repentance shows true faith is indeed in the building.
It's really simple; when you get saved, only your Spirit is [re]born of God. Your flesh still isn't saved, so you have the old man (flesh) and the new man (Spirit). When you sin, it's called "living in the flesh", so every time you sin, you're living in the part of yourself that is not born of God.
Regarding "if we say we know Him but keep on sinning...", remember that "knowing God" isn't the same thing as salvation. God has to know us in order for us to get saved, but we don't have to know Him. Obviously, we need to know about His Son, the death, burial, and resurrection, we need to know a little about the trinity, and all the other fundamentals of salvation, but we don't need to know all the commandments or anything like that to go to Heaven.
Remember what Jesus said in Matthew 7:23: "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." - He said "I never KNEW YOU", not "YOU never KNEW ME". And if you read the verses preceding that one, those people were trusting in their own works to get them to Heaven, similar to the ROYS (repent of your sins) crowd.
@alvinfen4511 "know has to be taken in it’s context. To know God is to be His child, to have everlasting life." - Book, chapter, and verse?
@alvinfen4511 "John 17:3
3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent." - You're quoting from a modern Satanic Bible version; you need to get yourself a King James, where it says "they MIGHT know thee"; in other words, not all saved people "know" God.
"To know God is everlasting life, you can’t get One without the Other." - Wrong; everlasting life is to believe on Christ.
That being said, if you got more scripture, by all means provide it. I've always been under the impression that "knowing God" is after salvation and not synonymous with it at all.
@alvinfen4511 "The majority of existing manuscripts read may know you, not might." - The majority of manuscripts are wrong.
"You’re left with a very sad fact, you think God’s child doesn’t even know Him." - That's not what I said; I said that "knowing God" has nothing to do with salvation. There are saved people who know God because they're reading their Bible, they're praying, and they're living a righteous life, but again, I believe that knowing God has to do with doing good works and not with salvation.
@alvinfen4511 "The joy of my salvation is knowing my name is written in heaven~!" - True.
"If your works have anything to do with it your joy is false." - Also true; when did I say that we're saved by works?
"Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke 13:5). As noted in previous comments, we are saved by grace alone by faith alone in Christ alone. But, you can't discount repentance. It is a change of mind about who you are and who God is.
Where in scripture does it say we are saved by faith alone?
@NikoR96
If the pastor said we have have to change our lifestyle before we come to Christ he is wrong, if he said there must be a change after then he is correct.
The blood of Jesus washes aways sin but to receive it one first must first humble themself by acknowledging they are a sinner and repent of their sinfulled life to Jesus.
True repentance leads a person to change their mind by renouncing sin, to God and prove it with a 180-degree change of their lifes direction.
Your life was going in one direction (sin) and you make a decision of the heart and mind (will) to take your life in the opposite direction with His help.
Repentance is not an emotion.
Repentance is not asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intent to go back to the sin(s) again.
Repentance is an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with a heartfelt desire to change.
Repentance - turning from our sin to God and that we realize we have disobeyed God. We have violated His law, offended his moral purity, tried to cast off his yoke of authority. It requires that we admit we have turned from God to sin. Repentance is something that should be ongoing in our lives.
For Jesus ti grant forgiveness of sins without a change of conduct is to make the grace of God an accomplice to evil.
@@2Chronicles714_ Romans 4:2-8, Ephesians 2:8-9, to name two. The video lists several in John.
@NikoR96
Without repentance there can be no faith.
To believe is faith produced by repentance.
Jesus Peter and Paul all said REPENT first then BELIEVE.
In James 2 he is saying what Paul says show evidence of your faith by your works.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-
Faith is a gift from God granted to those who have repented first.
9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Our works we've done regardless of how noble or much (Outside of Christ) are as filthy rags in God's eyes.
Paul makes clear that we are to do works in Christ Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Jesus says we are to do works (bear fruit) in His name.
John 15:1-6
Matthew 10:8
Matthew 28:19
John 14:12
And More.
James and Paul are on the exact same page.
Acts 26:20
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God,(Believe) and do works meet for repentance.
Show your faith through your works (actions)
James 2:14
What doth it profit,my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
James 2:17-19
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
James 2:21-24
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
James 2:26
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Without works Abraham's faith would have been meaningless,that is why Jesus Peter and Paul say to repent first which is evidence that God has granted Faith to truly believe.
The False teachers that discard James 2 do it because they teach that if you strive to live a life in obedience to Jesus that's adding works which that teaching contradicts much of the new testament which teaches we must have a change of conduct and lifestyle if we are true Christians.
@NikoR96
Faith without works is dead.
70% of Americans say they believe but now many have admitted they are sinners and change their mind about their sinfulled life's?
1 Corinthians 15:2
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
What was the command of Jesus that Paul preached?
Acts 17:30
In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
Acts 20:21
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith (believe) in our Lord Jesus.
Acts 22:16
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.
Baptism follows repentance.
Acts 26:20
First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
Paul's dire warning!!!
Romans 2:4-8
Or DO YOU SHOW CONTEMPT for the riches of his KINDNESS, FORBEARANCE and PATIENCE, not realizing that God’s KINDNESS is INTENDED to LEAD YOU TO REPENTANCE?
5But because of your STUBBORNNESS and your UNREPENTANT HEART YOU ARE STORING UP WRATH AGAINST YOURSELF for the day of God’s WRATH, when his RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT will be revealed. 6 God “WILL REPAY EACH PERSON ACCORDING to WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.” 7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, HE WILL GIVE ETERNAL LIFE 8But FOR THOSE WHO ARE SELF-SEEKING and WHO REJECT THE TRUTH and follow evil, there will be WRATH AND ANGER.
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Does that say "repentance from sin" or just "repentance"?
@Ssethtzeentach_enjoyer
Repent means change your mind.
What is the one thing that God wants you to change your mind about? The only thing that will keep you eternally separated from God. That is sin.
All sin including unbelief,false gods,witchcraft self righteousness etc
Convincing range of scriptures quoted here. Well delivered. Still, you don’t seem to read the comments here that seem to recycle after a grace message. These concerns need to be addressed in a later video.
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@alvinfen4511
The only thing you have correct is that John's Gospel was written long after Jesus's death on the cross.
Obviously it was not written for evangelism as you continue to claim.
It was written to the already repented church in Ephesus to encourage believers to continue believing that Jesus is the Son of God hence why John uses the word believe so often.
You are putting the cart before the horse.
None of the verses you continue to quote in John mention forgiveness of sins and why would they when they aren't for evangelism.
Without repentance there is no forgiveness of sins.
Luke 24:45-47
Acts 2:38-41
Acts 3:19
Acts 20:21
Acts 22:16
Acts 26:18-20
Peter and Paul make it clear their teachings in Acts is for Jews and Gentiles.
Acts 11:18
When the others heard this, they stopped objecting and began praising God. They said, “We can see that God has also given the Gentiles the privilege of repenting of their sins and receiving eternal life.”
2 Corinthians 7:9-10
9Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. 10
For 👉the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow.👈 But worldly sorrow,
which 👉lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.👈
Very good ❤❤❤❤❤
It's pretty ridiculous to believe that you can keep on living in sin, practicing it habitually, and as long as you have faith then you're good to go. This is contrary to the Bible's teachings
Does salvation depend on you, or is it a gift of God? And who exactly have you ever seen encouraging habitual sin after getting saved?
@@eddw9Salvation is granted to the contrite heart that repents. It is a gift but that doesn’t mean it is granted to everyone, the legal transaction must first take place in order for the fine to be paid.
Amen! ☝️❤️☝️❤️☝️
I was designed and manufactured by God.
I have no reason to think he made a mistake.
Yes as I read through comments and people who are ill or can’t work expressing that faith alone sounds good etc I see t the misconceptions. God cares for you fully! Would you love your child less if they were unable in any way? Of course not-No good deeds works etc cannot save you at all- but to say you don’t repent is incorrect as well. Like the last comment repentance means fully believing and turning to Christ for your salvation period, but this absolutely does result in changed behavior! And a changed life. So if you believe Jesus is Savior but still do religious works to ‘earn’ His favor that’s incorrect, if you believe Jesus is Savior and continue to practice sin and have no desire at all to live His way that’s incorrect too. Read through the gospels for yourself asking Jesus to fully know Him and He will more than make it clear.
Hi Bob, the Church of Christ really hit on: “repent and be baptized in the name of Christ for the remission of sins” Acts 2:38
That's correct
They never read, Acts 2:36-37 to the house of Israel. They love to isolate a verse and build a religion based on that one particular verse. 😧
@BibleTumper
Acts 2 is the day of pentecost which is the start of the church for all people Jew and Gentile
I was baptized at a Church of Christ on a Sunday, recieving the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues on that Friday at an Apostolic Pentecostal church and then that Sunday i was rebaptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
James 2 verse 21
Was not Abraham our father justified by " WORKS ", when he had offered Issac his son upon the altar.
James chapter 2 verse 25
Likwise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by " WORKS ", when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way.
James 2 verse 24
Ye see then how that by " WORKS " a man " IS " justified, and " NOT " by faith only .
We don’t have to repent, oh thank God LOL
Well I'm going to give you the benefit of the dope because you made this video a year ago, so you were saying we do not have to turn from our sin? So you are saying that Jesus died on the cross so we can continue in our sin to be saved? So then what would be the point of Jesus dying because we had no problem staying in our sin before he was around even after the law was made man was still in sin why couldn't we just continue in sin? So you're saying Jesus came he died he went through all that pain and suffering so all we have to do is believe in him and continue living a sinful life being in bondage to sin which means we work for Our Father the devil and we can still be saved? Wow I can't believe how little you think of Jesus this is what he died for? Can you please read this it will clear it all up for you!!! 1 John 3:5-8 now don't get me wrong the Bible does say Jesus came to die for our sins of course 100%!!!! But nowhere in the Bible does it say the Jesus died so we can CONTINUE in our SINS!!! This is not Biblical teaching Jesus says the opposite the Bible preaches the opposite of what you were saying is this Bible verse I gave you will prove this!!! Have a good one
If I Believe in Jesus for Eternal Life, Can I Live However I Want? - Zane Hodges
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How Does 1 John 3:6 9 Fit Into Free Grace Theology and Into Eternal Security? - Bob Wilkin & Steve Elkins
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Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are answering a question from a listener about 1 John 3:6-9. There are at least seven different major interpretations of 1 John 3:9. What is the point of these verses?
What Do We Mean by Propitiation? Does It Only Count if We Accept It? - Zane C. Hodges
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What does it mean that Jesus is the propitiation for the whole world? What did Jesus' death on the cross accomplish for everyone, both believers and unbelievers? Does anyone get sent to hell as punishment for their sins? Why do unbelievers go to the lake of fire?
@@GESvids so if you believe in Jesus Christ for eternal life can you live however you want, well that's a very easy question to answer can your eyes and most people that don't have all the truth yes of course because no matter what you do it doesn't matter because you guys believe that you are saved no matter how bad you sin no matter how much you do the work of the devil you're still saved, sounds pretty silly doesn't it because it is!! And there's evidence of this just look around you in the world look at the way that Christians behave look at all of the different Christians that accept sin just like you choose to do what's being preached all over the world 99% of the time you can't tell an unbeliever from a believer that's a problem and it's only getting worse!!!!
@@GESvids it fits in there absolutely perfect but again the problem is do you know what the word Grace means? People throw that word around and they don't even know what it means do most people it means continue in your son if you need to and you can try your hardest not to do it but if you still fall short Grace how's your back but what does grace mean does it have your back absolutely not!! Because people don't know what the word means most pastors don't even know what the word means is used as a context for believers and unbelievers to continue in their sin this is why you cannot tell them apart
@@GESvids propitiation means Jesus was the sacrifice for the world!!! But we definitely know that he is the only way back to the father 100 no doubt about it what does that mean we still live in sin does that mean Jesus died so we can continue in our sin? There's nothing in the Bible that says Jesus died so we can continue in our sins!! But there is quite a few places where Jesus tells us not to sin he tells us to turn from our sin and the first John 3:6 to 9 tells you if you abide in him you cannot sing because in him there is no sin!!! So this is not very difficult to understand this but for someone who doesn't want to hear this they will not want to understand this because this means people have to stop being bondage to sin and we know in this world even with so-called Christians they don't want to stop their sin!!! Jesus came on Earth to die for our sins to take away our sins this is not complicated not sure why people struggle with this!!! And again if you read 1st John 3 6 to 9 he came so we do not send anymore but he's very clear that he does give us the choice we can still choose to send if we want!! Or we could take up our cross and walk with them daily and walking righteousness with him!! So it's up to us which one are we going to choose I would say most Christians so-called Christians this is what we call lukewarm Christians Jesus says he spits them out of his mouth what's a lukewarm Christian? One that expects to be saved while they're still living in bondage to sin doing the work of their father the devil!!! Sounds pretty foolish doesn't it because it is
@@GESvids the ones that go to hell are the ones that don't accept Lord Jesus as their savior the ones that don't have faith and believe but he came and died on the cross and rose again three days after these people who believe this and accept Jesus in the heart and walk with Jesus everyday and righteousness and love and in fear and obedience will be saved that's a tough one for Christians who want to continue in the Sin they're not going to want to hear this one!!!
The Lord Jesus said twice in the Book of Luke "But unless you repent, you too will all perish."
The Lord Jesus said “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?
Believing without deeds of faith is dead. If you believe then you will repent. True continuous believing will lead you through the journey of repentance. You cannot believe unless you repent, Believing is from the heart not from the mind. In repentance you humble yourself before God, God will give you godly sorrow that brings repentance that leads to salvation. Then you will pray earnestly, seeking The Righteousness of The Lord Jesus and turn away from sin. Without repentance your faith dies. How can you be saved if your faith is dead?
Let The Parable of The Sower speaks to your heart. Only the seeds that was sown on good soil, grows that produce grains. Only those who have fruits will be harvested.
If you do not repent, you will die an evildoer, then this is what you are going to here from The Lord Jesus "Away from Me you evildoer. I don't know you".
The problem with these false grace preachers is how they can preach repentance if they have not gone through the journey of repentance - where The Lord leads you to walk in The Light.
This is a mish-mash of very out-of-context, half-quoted verses used to proof-text a narrative. None of those verses in context mean what you want them to.
For one, it's the Parable of the Sower, not the Parable of the Soils. It's not about salvation but the responsibility of those He was preparing to be Apostles and plant the Gospel.
You wrote: _"True continuous believing will lead you through the journey of repentance."_
ALL believing is continuous. Even believing that continues for no more than five seconds is continuous. Everything is continuous for as long as it continues. Your phrase, _"continuous believing,"_ is redundant.
By sticking your adjective, _"true,"_ onto your noun, _"believing,"_ what are you trying to signify, if not merely _belief of truth?_
Your extra-Biblical, cognitively meaningless phrase, _"the journey of repentance,"_ is a joke, and is nothing that any rationally-thinking, Bible-believing person is ever going to take seriously. And frankly, as long as you write posts like what you just wrote, you deserve to not be taken seriously, seeing as how, by your grace-despising, Christ-despising, self-righteously heretical post, you amply demonstrate that not only have you not listened to a word Bob has said in any of his many other videos and writings, but you have not even put so much as five seconds' worth of careful thinking toward anything he has said in this very video to which you have just now shamefully reacted.
@@ScrogginHausen It is sad that obviously you have not experienced the beautiful journey of repentance so you are not understanding The Word of God by heart. If you repent and walk in The Light, The Lord Jesus will give you insight and understanding as you grow in True Faith and you will find out That The Word of God does not contradict Scripture verses.
The problem is your calloused heart, so you don't understand The Word of The Lord Jesus. You will be ever hearing but not understanding and you will be ever seeing but not perceiving.
Continue without repentance and definitely you will perish.
You have been warned.
@@ScrogginHausen What I had written was had transformed me, I was also deceived for a while. I was transformed by The Lord Jesus but I went back to sin and I became the worst of sinners. I had listened to many false preachers but their preaching could not change lives to become righteous. I ived a life fearing death because sin brings condemnation, iniquity separated me from God. If I had not repented six years ago I could have probably perished. The Lord Jesus leads me through the journey of repentance. Thanks to The Bible app and Christian Worship songs, The Lord Jesus led me to give up TV, Netflix , porn and other forms of entertainment and replaced them with memorizing The Word of God until I obey The Word and worship The Lord Jesus through youtube premium membership Christian Worship Songs with lyrics (without the face of a person singing). It is all through The Mercy and Grace of The Lord Jesus. I am only six years old walking in The Light with My Lord and Savior and Teacher - the Lord Jesus. It is amazing how The Lord Jesus calls sinners to repentance and lled them to live in The Righteousness of The Lord Jesus - through His Words, Teachings and Commands.
I no longer fear death but wish I could have repented earlier. I wasted much of my life.
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What is Repentance,what is faith?
Jesus said in Luke 24:46-47
He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
What does the Bible say about repentance?
It means a recognition of my sin which involves Godly sorrow and a commitment on my part to change the direction of my life. Repentance is not an emotion.Its more than being grieved or feeling sorry about my sin and even having remorse.
It is making a genuine 180° change of heart recognizing that sin(s) is against God.
God wants there to be a genuine change of life because living in sin is disobedience and rebellion against God and the end result will be destruction of the soul in hell.
There must be a change in conduct, and how you live.
First, John the Baptist came preaching repentance then Jesus's first command was to Repent. Paul said that all men everywhere must repent.
Jesus said I have not come to call the righteous but SINNERS TO REPENTANCE. Why didn't He say for salvation or for faith?
Because they used those terms interchangeably. Jesus is calling for a change of life, salvation for the forgiveness of sins.
What about the scriptures that say we are saved by faith? John's gospel doesn't mention repentance why? Because they understood faith and repentance go hand in hand. If you have genuine faith you will have genuine repentance.
Paul said to the philippian jailer believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. Nothing about repentance Go to Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance but now commandeth all men every where to repent.
Nothing about believing in this one. Go to
Acts 20:21
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.
Repent and believe. Then in Acts 26:20 (b)
I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their
repentance by their deeds.
Paul is saying repent and show your repentance by your works.
Faith and repentance go hand in hand.
What is Jesus saving us from? Matthew 1:21
And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Salvation is salvation from sin, that why Jesus's first command was Repent.
You can't truly believe without repentance and you can't repent without believing.
Let's say a man is an adulterer a serial rapist who steals from his job to support his drug habit, He says Jesus I don't want to go to hell, so forgive me so I won't go to hell and bless me and continues to live the same way. That's not salvation. It's not about stopping your sins first, it's making the decision of your will to make a 180° turn around in your life with Jesus's help.It must be a salvation from sin, it's forgiveness of sin, being saved from sin.Where we fall short we are continually cleansed and washed in the blood of Jesus.
John 3:16 alone refutes your view .
If your view were Exegetically derived - thus objectively true - then metanoi must necessarily be in every conceivable Justification before God/Evangelistic/Everlasting Life passage .
Yet , this is precisely what we do not find .
@@Ydarg09
Some say John's gospel was written for evangelism because it says in John 20:31
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
The misunderstanding is because in John's gospel the word believe is always in the present continuous tense, which doesn't mean just believe once, it means go on believing.
Everywhere in John's gospel the emphasis is going on believing.
For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever goes on believing- present continuous tense-
Whoever is believing. It means to go on doing something, all the way through John's gospel it means go on believing that Jesus is the son of God, going on believing, you may go on having life.
That whosoever goes on believing will never perish but go on having eternal life. Ask any expert in Greek and they will say that's what the original text says.
In other words John's gospel was not written to convert people but to tell believers to continue believing.
That's why John doesn't deal with repentance or water baptism because he assumes the readers are already repented and been baptized.
The fact that John doesn't mention repentance doesn't mean its not necessary.
John knew that believing and repentance go hand in hand.
Nobody would repent if they didn't believe, and nobody was a believer unless they repented.
He's saying go on believing because in Ephesus where he lived when he wrote it there was a heretic called Cerinthus that was teaching bad things about Jesus and that bad teaching was getting into the church. So John wrote his gospel for believers to make them go on believing in
Jesus as the son of God.
It's the going on believing that is so important. Believing that Jesus is the son of God, going on believing that you may go on having life.
Didn't watch the video I see.
@@ScrogginHausen
John did not teach a gospel contrary to Matthew Mark and Luke.
Jesus,John the Baptist Peter and Paul all made it clear that we must repent of sin.
To believe is faith produced by repentance.
John did believe in repentance.
@@2Chronicles714_ Nevermind that older Bibles say that God repented in several places, including Jonah 3:10. Does God sin?
Do some word studies and stop repeating what your idols behind pulpits say. "Repent" is metanoia in Greek and it literally means "other mind" as in 'change your mind/thinking'. "Sin" on the other hand (hamartia), is an archery term meaning "miss the mark". Ergo, you're supposed to change your mind and believe in the good news, instead of missing the mark by trusting in your works.
This is something that naturally happens when one comes to Christ and places their trust in his FINISHED work on the cross. It doesn't mean what you think it means.
This is wrong because repentance is definitely needed before a person can approach God for salvation
What about act 20:21
*Paul Preached Repentance and Faith (Acts 20:21)*
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December 16, 2019 by Bob Wilkin
We are nearly done with the final proofing of the second edition of our one-volume NT commentary. (The first edition came out in 2010, and we sold the last copies in January of this year.) We hope to have it in print by December 19.
I’ve been going through changes that Al Valdes made in his commentaries on Luke and Acts. When I got to Acts 20:21, he and I discussed it.
Here is what we finally came up with as commentary on Acts 20:21:
Paul also recounted the content of his ministry proclamation: “repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (see also Luke 24:47). Paul here referred to his ministry in Asia from the first day (cf. 20:18). Repentance rendered unbelievers receptive to the gospel (cf. Acts 17:30-31). However, it never served as a co-condition for eternal salvation-which only requires belief in Jesus (cf. Acts 15:7-11; 16:31; see also John 3:16-18).
We left that comment a bit vague on the question of whether Acts 20:21 concerns Paul’s evangelistic preaching or all his preaching.
I’m in print as suggesting that Acts 20:21 concerns Paul’s entire preaching ministry, not simply his evangelistic preaching. (See faithalone.org/journal-articles/does-free-grace-theology-diminish-the-gospel-2/ under II. E. See also an article by Bill Fiess faithalone.org/grace-in-focus-articles/repentance-and-faith/). However, I am open to the possibility that Paul is discussing his evangelistic ministry. It is true that when an unbeliever repents, he is more open to the message of life than he was before he repented. That could be what Paul is talking about. We do not have enough details in Paul’s exhortation to the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:17-38) to be certain. However, if it is appropriate to consider the epistle to the Ephesians in this question, then the evidence tips toward Acts 20:21 referring to Paul’s entire preaching ministry. Paul never mentions repentance in Ephesians. But he does mention salvation by faith alone often (Eph 1:13, 15, 19; 2:5, 8-9; 3:12).
The key is Al’s last line of explanation: “[repentance] never served as a co-condition for eternal salvation-which only requires belief in Jesus (cf. Acts 15:7-11; 16:31; see also John 3:16-18.”
Did you notice he said, "What we came up with."
Acts 20:21 means exactly what it says.
Sola fida is a false doctrine, contrived through man's understanding of the meaning.
Scripture interprets scripture always, no exceptions.
2 Peter
1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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God gave no one the right or authority to interpret what he means.
It is through repentance and faith.
Repentance and faith are gifts.
Acts 11:18
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
Ephesians
2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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The faith of Jesus is a gift given to them that believe the gospel.
Galatians 3:22
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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Scripture interprets scripture always. Only the Holy Spirit has authority to explain his inspired words.
Every person who's now in heaven, in a way, "has repented from all their sins," because there's No sin in heaven. No choice to sin there. They chose Life and this Life is in Jesus. As long as your hope is in Jesus and knowing full well that you'll be a brand new creation in heaven...then that is repenting of your sins. You are turning from self and now Believing into Jesus for a new life that only He can give you.
No one is in heaven now unless they had repented of their sins before they died and believed that Jesus died on the cross was buried and rose again for their sins.
Can we pick one Gospel to the exclusion of others to establish the Christian doctrine?
No
Read Revelation, Christ's letters to the seven churches...
Rev 2:5
Rev 2:16
Rev 2:22
Rev 3:19
Christ Jesus emphatically telling the Churches to repent? Do you think once one becomes a church member, he should repent? AND before that it is not necessary? Please do not create a new teaching based on your cherry picked verse.
Why is John’s Gospel the Key for Evangelism?
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Some Christians think that John’s Gospel is insufficient for evangelizing others. But why is John’s Gospel actually the key for understanding the gift of eternal salvation, the saving message and evangelism?
Freak logic?
Suppose I am a habitual drinker, indulge in witchcraft, and worship some demons, without turning away (repentance), can I just believe in Jesus Christ to get salvation? Faith matters? Right?
Then what about the teaching that drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of God? Drunkards have no faith?
Is there Any Difference Between Entering the Kingdom and Inheriting the Kingdom? - Bob Wilkin & Ken Yates
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Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about entering or inheriting the (Millennial) Kingdom? Should these be thought of as synonyms?
Jn 8^34-36
Jesus has set me free from an addiction.
we have to live holy.
He is able to help us by The Holy Spirit.
Acts 2: 37-40 if your going to preach preach all the word of God nor just select scriptures. Jesus said repeatedly Repent the kingdom of heaven is at hand. There is no turning away from sin UNLESS you FULLY turn away from YOURSELF (my way)and turn FULLY to God. When you do this your sins are forgiven and you then have POWER to turn from sins. (Acts ch 2) But to say there is no repentance only belief in Jesus is untrue- the demons believe and know who He is and shudder. That’s not SAVING faith.
hell is a myth and is not in scripture
Obedience is required for salvation. Sinning Christians are not released from the punishment that the law has always required for sin. Only the obedient Christians are released from the punishment of the law. Sinning Christians are living as if Jesus never came, because they wont recieve any of the benefits that he gave up his life to bring to us. He promised to give his true followers a new heart so that we can obey his laws.
1 Timothy: "They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.
We know that the law is good if one uses it properly.
We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers-and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost,
6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior:
7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.
Obedience is a type of works. 😅
Why are you rejecting me??! You are making terrible mistakes.
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Can you believe yet not repent? I find that not true that one can believe yet not fight sin. I do believe in faith alone to be saved, yet works with follow as you accept Christ in your heart. Does that mean you will not sin, no we all will, but our faith on Christ will save us, not our works of course.
Without repentance there is no faith.
Acts 2:38
Makes this clear
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Repentance of sin precedes faith.
Without repentance you cannot receive the Holy Spirit.
Without the Holy Spirit nobody can inherit the kingdom of God.
Romans 8:9
You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. [And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.]
Are you calling Jesus a liar? For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son so that everyone who believes in him shall not perish but have Everlasting life
@zacharyvernon7989
You don't believe if you don't obey.
Repentance precedes Faith.
John 3:16 is not a verse for being saved it is one of many that John uses to encourage the church to continue believing.
that Jesus is the Son of God.
The message of salvation:
Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God died on the cross was buried and rose again for our sins?
(Acts 2:31-32)
If yes then everything Jesus preached on repenting of sin applies to Gentiles as well
Luke 24:45-47
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
And REPENTANCE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS will be preached in His name to 👉ALL NATIONS 👈Starting in Jerusalem.
Jesus said:
Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Jesus again reaffirms Peter to start the church in John 21:17
The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?”Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things: you know that I love you."
“Feed my sheep.
When did Peter start the church?
Acts 2 is the day of pentecost which is the start of the church.
This was the first time in church where some asked how to be saved.
37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles,( Including John)“BROTHERS, WHAT SHALL WE DO? (TO be saved)
38Peter replied, “REPENT and be BAPTIZED, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS. And YOU WILL RECEIVE the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off. (meaning gentiles) for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.
Note Peter said the same thing as Jesus We repent of sin for the forgiveness of sins for salvation.
Peter again includes Gentiles.
Acts 11:18
When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying,
So then, even to Gentiles God has granted REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO LIFE".
Acts 17:30
In the past God overlooked such ignorance but now COMMANDETH ALL PEOPLE EVERY WHERE TO REPENT.
Acts 20:21
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they MUST TURN TO GOD IN REPENTANCE AND HAVE FAITH in our Lord Jesus.
Acts 22:16
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on the name of the Lord.
Jesus and Paul
Acts 26:18-20
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, SO THAT THEY MAY RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS and a place among those who are SANCTIFIED BY FAITH IN ME.’
19“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.20
First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should REPENT AND TURN TO GOD and demonstrate their REPENTANCE by their deeds.
2 Corinthians 7:9-10
Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because YOUR SORROW LED YOU TO REPENTANCE. For YOU BECAME SORROWFUL as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10GODLY SORROW BRINGS REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO SALVATION and leaves no regret, but worldly SORROW BRINGS DEATH.
@alvinfen4511
Repentance is a command.
It's no more a works than believing that Jesus is the Son of God is. They are required in that order.
Throughout scripture Repentance always precedes Faith.
In Jonah 6:10
They repented of their evil works [which is sin] so God relented and did not destroy them.
If Sodom and Gomorrah would have repented of their evil works [sin] then God would not have destroyed them.
The same thing goes for me and you and all people if we don't repent of our evil works [sin] then God will destroy us in the lake of fire.
Mark 6:11-12
11And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Note John and the other disciples preached repentance just like Jesus.
12And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
Stop with this narrative that John never preached repentance.
@alvinfen4511
When Paul's is talking about not mixing works/the law with grace he's referring to the old Mosaic laws which of course I never disputed.
We are all under the Lordship of Jesus or the lordship of satan.
They both have opposing kingdoms.
There is no in beteeen.
Romans 6:16
Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, [satan's lordship] or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
[Jesus's Lordship]
You like many confuse the old law of Moses with the new testament teaching of Jesus's law.
Much of the teaching of Jesus Peter John James and Paul is about how a believer in Jesus is to live.
It's not the same thing as adding works to grace.
If you have come to Christ through repentance then Paul says
2 Corinthians 5:15,17
And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here!
I enjoy many of Mr. Wilkin's videos and find them helpful however one thing gave me pause.
We know from many scriptures that God repented. So, this acknowledgement does not support the definition of repentance as put forth in this video.
"A change of mind or attitude" seems to be a better definition.
It is clear from scripture, that repentance does not save anyone.
Repentance is a work as the verse in Jonah declares. (Jonah 3:10)
And salvation is by faith, not by works as many verses indicate. (Gal 2:16 for example)
"Repent from your sins" is misleading and erroneous when coupled to any perceived requirements for salvation.
OK. Go preach at homosexuals can go to heaven when the Bible plainly says they can’t. Tell people to continue in sin that grace may abound. And judgment day, God will send them to hell if they live that way., John 15, if you don’t abide in the vine, you are cast out, and you wither in are thrown into the fire.
So a child molester can go to heaven & not stop molesting children, he can continue & still is saves as long as he believes in Jesus? What about these verses? "For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience... And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore, He says: “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”" - Ephesians 5:5-6, 11-14
I truly am trying to understand, these are serious questions so I can understand better.
Thank you!
I thought the entering the Kingdom was here in earth, when we become born again. Entering is at the 1000 year reign.
So with Sodom & Gomorrah, all who believed in Jesus coming still enter heaven, even though God destroyed them it because of their sins? I've studies a lot ont he bible with other believers, I'm trying to understand this way of teaching as all I ever hear is without repentance of sin we will not enter the Kingdom. I hear catholics with go to hell because they believe in Mary & purgatory, tgsi isn't true because they believe in Jesus? Even though they believe in works based salvation?
Ok so like those who believe you have to do something, like work based, to enter Heaven don't have the understanding that it's a free gift & may not make it? Like the pharasees or people who believe purgatory along with believing, added works? I'd think that's denying the free gift of salvation. I fully believe that Jesus came to save us, Him alone, as a free gift of salvation. I just get people saying all the time well you sinned & stumble with a certain sin so if you don't fully repent or forgive those who hurt you (this is what I'm struggling with) then Ull go to hell. Then I question myself again. Yes I am working on the forgiveness part of it with my end but, I was hurt very very deeply by people who are suppose to love me. God knows my story & I am trying to get past the pain. At the same time I had people say "well you better before you die or you won't be forgiven" I'm truly trying.
Or maybe it's the some believe Jesus was here. He was a real man. But don't truly believe what He did on the cross for us. They only merely believe in His existence but not what He actually did on the cross.
How can anyone downplay repentance. This teaching is telling people just believe and don't repent of your sins because it doesn't matter. This is foolish!! I feel like you love the Lord but your teaching is wicked and misleading people to live how they want to. thanks
Good afternoon 🎉
Remission of sins is received through repentance, a change of mind is not repenting of sins. Also refer to John 3:18.
Acts 10:43 To him give all the prophets witness that through his name whosoever BELIEVETH in him shall RECEIVE REMISSION OF SINS. Notice how God didn't say "whosoever repent of sins shall receive remission from sins."
If you still believe that repenting of your sins will save you, you have diminished God's completed work on the cross of calvary. You have not fully 100% trusted that He saved you from your sins so you go out of your OWN WAYS to REPENT OF YOUR SINS thinking that this will save you!
It is impossible to not sin after you're saved. Do you know each and every little sin you committed each day, each hour, and each minute? You are not God. You are not omniscient.
@@small_fries7573 Sorry but unbelief in Christ in sin so you have to repent for that. Like remarriage after divorce is adultery. Paul said in 1 Corinthians 7:39 only the death of a spouse can someone get remarry. Jesus said if that first spouse in living and get married to another is adultery. Adultery can't inherit the Kingdom Of God. You must repent of this sin to go to heaven according to the New Testament. Repentance of sins is a must!!!
We cannot become an unbelieving believer.
Thats a false teaching
Repentance is implied in the act of believing in Jesus for salvation. Acts 17:30... "In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." Now, let me ask you this: Can you continue in your sin after asking Jesus to save you or must there be a change or changes (sometimes small sometimes large and incremental)? Antinomianism (continuing in sin after salvation and calling it grace) is the result of easy salvationism. Repent means to turn around. As I said, it is implied in believing. Of course, you don't have to know it all to be saved. Repentance is a work of The Holy Spirit and not a dirty word. It is fundamental and necessary to the Salvation miracle. I fear you are confusing people. What do you think?
Repent just means to change your mind; this is why he wants EVERYONE to do it. You’re still living in sin and you always will be. Of course you can live a good, righteous life, but that doesn’t mean you’ll ever become perfect in this life on your own, and any attempt to do so for salvation is in vain and we are only saved by God’s grace through faith in His Son. That’s it. If you wanna turn from your sin, that’s awesome, but it will not save you and it will only spoil whatever evangelistic message you have for others. If you tell someone to “repent of their sins” or “turn from sin,” you’re just implying that that person needs to change according to your standard of justification, not God’s. Jesus literally said that all sins are forgiven by the shedding of His blood on the cross, so why would you tell anyone anything other than to simply believe in Him for salvation?
Why do you guys spend so much time convincing people that Jesus doesn't save them?
@@jacksonrelaxin3425
What scripture did Jesus says all sins are forgiven by the shedding of blood ?
How could He say that before He died?
He does say repent or perish.
@@2Chronicles714_
1 John 2:2
And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world
pro·pi·ti·a·tion
/prəˌpiSHēˈāSHən/
noun: propitiation; plural noun: propitiations
the action of propitiating or appeasing a god, spirit, or person.
"he lifted his hands in propitiation"
atonement, especially that of Jesus Christ.
@@2Chronicles714_
1 Peter 1:18-19 NIV
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
Luke 13:3 NKJV
I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Follow Jesus not Calvin
What About Repentance and Salvation in Luke 13:3 and Luke 24:47? - Bob Wilkin & Ken Yates
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Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are for a third day, looking at some references to repentance and salvation. In Luke 13:3, is Jesus saying that repentance is needed in order to not individually perish? What does He mean by “perish?” How does forgiveness work into the discussion?
As the protestant author Tozier wrote concerning protestantism," In our zeal to escape the saved by works of the catholics we have committed the opposite error of faith without obedience".
Lol
This guy will lead you to Hell for contradicting the words of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I think repenting is a condition of salvation
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost,
6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior:
7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.
Repent means to change your mind from unbelief to belief
Many believers fail to realize that whenever the Word says that we are believe " in" or "on" Jesus Christ to be saved that in the original Greek of the new testament the word for "on" and "in" is eis, which means to believe into Christ
Believing into Christ is our faith in action through obedience, first of all by repentance. Repentance is an act of obedience we must choose to do after we believe.
@alvinfen4511 Is repentance " works" or an act of obedience we must choose to do in order to be saved after we believe ?
You are pursuing faith alone but by denying repentance, you are actually unrealized not knowingly doing faith in Christ alone through self righteousness.
Faith without repentance is a fake faith
Bob everyone believes
Faith is obedience to God's instructions displayed in action. If repentance was not a precondition, then why baptism was required?
What was the first message of Peter on the day of Pentecost?
Repentance was the main theme there. Even John the baptist began his ministry preaching repentance.
Nice try. Hell doesn't exist.
Titus 3 Verses 5 to 7
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done (repent of our sins), but ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost,
6 Which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Savior:
7 That being JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE, we should be made HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
We are justified by grace through faith not by our works of righteousness (repentance of our sins). Please make a note of this ♥️.