What is repentance?

[BrotherEastman]

Psalm 51 is a good example of repentance!

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by good samaritan

This is false. belief and repentance aren't the same thing. belief may lead a person to repentance, but it isn't repentance. There are many who believe, but yet never change their lifestyle and I consider that rebellion. To believe that God doesn't want you to do something and for you to do it anyways is wrong. To think that God will pardon you because of your belief is ludicrous and doesn't rightly divide the word.

I must first believe and then I must obey. Every time scripture speaks of faith it is understood that obedience is present. Paul understood this, but we live in a generation who doesn't. We must be clear about this because people have taken this saved by faith and totally misrepresented what the Bible teaches. We must strive to be more like the one we believe in.

Be careful what you quickly dismiss. It is a sin to not believe the record that God gave us of his son. So any mention of repentance without mentioning believing on Jesus will always be found lacking.

[Abiding Now]

Just suppose a terrorist put a bomb in your work place and you were told about the bomb, but you do nothing. Do you really believe? NO! If you really believe then you will flee the building and run until you are safe from the terrorist's bomb. Faith (believing) without works (repentance) is dead. Jesus DEMANDED folks to quit sinning.

John 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

John 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

[Michael The Disciple]

One can be sorry for things they do. But without making Jesus LORD of their life God does not count it as repentance. We can even PRAY and tell God we are sorry for sins. Yet if we dont make Jesus LORD of our life we are still in sins.

But when we do repent and are baptized into his name accepting him the LORD of our lives our sins will be forgiven.

Then we can with receiving the Spirit move on to living a life to the will of God. Now IF, and again I say IF we sin after that we confess the sin and stop doing it God will restore us to fellowship.

[jfrog]

This one gets it

Originally Posted by Abiding Now

Just suppose a terrorist put a bomb in your work place and you were told about the bomb, but you do nothing. Do you really believe? NO! If you really believe then you will flee the building and run until you are safe from the terrorist's bomb. Faith (believing) without works (repentance) is dead. Jesus DEMANDED folks to quit sinning.

John 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

John 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

[MawMaw]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Lets get where the rubber meets the road. To repent means to stop sinning. It includes an apology for we owe God an apology but it also means liars quit lying, fornicators quit fornicating, etc etc.

There is also the idea of restitution (where possible and beneficial).

But the basic idea is to change your course.

Exactly!

[good samaritan]

If Jesus is Lord of our life we are going to be obedient. Acts 2:38 is to a group of people who already believe. After believing they were sorry for their sins. After sorrow they repented and that means they changed their lifestyle to please God. Repentance isn't as deep as people make it, but it simply means I quit being disobedient to God and I have begun to serve Him.

Repentance=change

If I have repented I can't continue in sin.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by good samaritan

If Jesus is Lord of our life we are going to be obedient. Acts 2:38 is to a group of people who already believe. After believing they were sorry for their sins. After sorrow they repented and that means they changed their lifestyle to please God. Repentance isn't as deep as people make it, but it simply means I quit being disobedient to God and I have begun to serve Him.

Repentance=change

If I have repented I can't continue in sin.

[jfrog]

Originally Posted by good samaritan

If Jesus is Lord of our life we are going to be obedient. Acts 2:38 is to a group of people who already believe. After believing they were sorry for their sins. After sorrow they repented and that means they changed their lifestyle to please God. Repentance isn't as deep as people make it, but it simply means I quit being disobedient to God and I have begun to serve Him.

Repentance=change

If I have repented I can't continue in sin.

Change=Repentance happens when one first believes in Jesus.

[good samaritan]

Originally Posted by jfrog

Change=Repentance happens when one first believes in Jesus.

easy believism. Believing in God alone doesn't change my lifestyle it is the choice I make afterward.

MT 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God:but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19 Honour thy father and thy mother:and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up:what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:and come and follow me. 22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful:for he had great possessions

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If you define that believing as making a change then maybe we just define things differently. As long as people change I don't see the problem.