The Bible Teaches Doctrine (part 7):

Man Loves Through Repentance

 

Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent,

for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the

wilderness of Judea, 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at

hand.”

 Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the

apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “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.

 Acts 17:29 Being then God’s offspring,

we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art

and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God

overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

 Acts 20:18b “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, … 21 testifying both to Jews

and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our

Lord Jesus Christ.

“If there is no mention of the need for repentance, sometimes the gospel message becomes only, “Believe in Jesus Christ and be saved”. But this watered-down

version of the gospel does not ask for a wholehearted commitment to

Christ—commitment to Christ, if genuine, must include a

commitment to turn from sin. Preaching the need for faith

without repentance is preaching only half of the gospel. It will result in many people being

deceived, thinking that they have heard the Christian gospel and

tried it, but nothing has happened.” Wayne

Grudem

AGREEING

AGREEING

Ezekiel 14:6 Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces

from all your abominations.

AGREEING

 Jeremiah 2:13 for my people have

committed two evils: they have forsaken me,

the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for

themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no

water.

AGREEING

 John 10:10b I came that they may have

life and have it abundantly.

 John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who

lives and believes in me shall never die.

AGREEING

 

 Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who

labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

AGREEING

 

 

 Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is

death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our

Lord.

AGREEING

 

 

 John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the

way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except

through me.

AGREEING

 

 Romans 10:13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be

saved.” 14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?

AGREEING

 

CONFESSING

 

CONFESSING

Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;

according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

and cleanse me from my sin! 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

 

CONFESSING

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in

your words and blameless in your judgment.

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,

and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

…

 

CONFESSING

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from your

presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from

me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your

salvation, and uphold me with a willing

spirit.

 

CONFESSING

 Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily

bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our

debtors.

 

CONFESSING

 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our

sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 

CONFESSING

 James 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins

to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed.

 

CONFESSING

 

TURNING

 

TURNING

2 Corinthians 7:9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly

grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly

grief produces death.

 

TURNING

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will

not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the

temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be

able to endure it.

 

TURNING

 

PURSUING

 

PURSUING

Matthew 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the

way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that

leads to life, and those who find it are few.

 

PURSUING

Romans 6:3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into

Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in

order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory

of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

 

PURSUING

Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good

news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the

eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being

baptized?” 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized

him.

 

PURSUING

1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of

the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body

and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and

so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

 

PURSUING

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of

some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you

see the Day drawing near.

 

PURSUING