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Dynamic Doctrines of the Faith

Topic #6: Repentance

LUK 13:3. “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” [All Scripture quotes from The Holy Bible, New King James Version, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, Inc.) 1982.]

MAT 3:7–8. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance …”

LUK 24:46–47. Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”

ACT 2:38. Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”

REV 2:5. “Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.”

Oak Ridge Boys. “I was crippled by a life of injustice, I was bent from walkin’ into the wind. I pled guilty on the day of Judgement, God just shook my hand and grinned, And he said, ‘Come on in, you did the best that you could do. There’s a little bit of right in every wrong, There’s a little bit of me in you.’”

Q: What is repentance?

“Humanists say all a person must do to enter the kingdom of Heaven is feel a true contrition for sins, confess and repent of the, and endeavor to live a good life.” [D. James Kennedy, Truths that Transform.]

Q: Is this sufficient for salvation? Why or why not?

Q: Repentance from a true Holy Spirit conversion is necessarily linked to ________ and that __________ is necessarily linked to __________.

Reminder: The Ordo Salutis:

1. The free offer of salvation in the gospel.

2. Regeneration.

3. Conversion.

4. Justification.

5. Adoption.

6. Sanctification.

7. Glorification.

Within conversion is repentance and faith.

Q: Which comes first in conversion, repentance or faith?

2TI 2:24–26. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.

ROM 2:4.Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Q: From where does repentance come?

Q: What does Paul say are some fruits of repentance?

^{ª Repentance}		Faith
ROM 3:20, PSA 51:3-4, EZE 36:31 1. Man must know ______________________.	è	ROM 10:13–17, PSA 9:10, PHI 3:8 1. Man must know the ______________________.
JER 31:19, PSA 51:17 2. Man must have a ________ and ____________ ___________.	è	JN 4:42, 1TH 2:13 2. Man must feel drawn to ____________.
ACT 26:18, EZE 14:6, 2CO 7:11 3. Man must _______________ _________ his sinful ways.	è	ACT 16:31, 15:11, PHI 3:9 3. Man must turn to rely on __________ _____________ for salvation.
[Table from The Westminster Confession of Faith for Study Classes, G. I. Williamson, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing (Phila.), 1980, p98.

Q: How is the repentance that resulted from our conversion related to the repentance we have to exercise daily in our Christian walk?

2CO 7:9–10. Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

Q: How is repentance different from just being sorry?