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Originally Posted by notofworks
I disagree. Dang it, I promised myself I wouldn't post until next week.
Repentance is being misunderstood and misapplied here. Typically, we see it as an action, something that's accomplished.
But repentance as it appears in this discussion is very different and in fact, works in perfect harmony with Romans 10:9-12.
In the Acts command to repent, we are being told to turn, to think differently, to reconsider; it is a condition of complete brokenness and a complete change of heart. We are not being told to slobber and cry at the altar. We're not being told to "work" on something.
It is, in fact, an exact description of what we are told will save us in Romans 10. See it described beautifully here (bolded emphasis mine): |
Peter stately in his epistle plainly, as well, that baptism saves. And the fact remains that repentance is as much an act as baptism, or speaking in tongues. Let's not get away from the point. Folks claim belief in
Acts 2:38 salvation means one must speak in tongues to be saved, and that is salvation by works. That is not honest. Speaking in tongues is something we receive, and cooperate in of our own volition as much as repentance is. That is the principle. And whether Romans mentioned it or not in chapter 10, while it was mentioned in chapter 6 anyway, repentance is as much a work as baptism is.
And no one can say that
Romans 10 shows how to be saved while
Acts 2:38 does not. that would make the two verses contradictory.
Acts 2 also stated that along with the words of verse 38, Peter told them HOW TO BE SAVED.
Romans 10 is not going to go into the details of how sinners are saved, like
Acts 2 is because
Acts 2 is actually speaking TO SINNERS and Romans is speaking to the church. Pel's (I think it was Pel, forgive me if I am wrong) argument, in all due respect, saying that Romans was speaking to sinners is error. Romans is written to BELIEVERS. ACTS shows actual sermons to sinners.
Sorry bros., you are wrong.
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