tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post4047856111477415376..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: A Statement Carefully Crafted to Leave Out the Parts of the Gospel Most Disagreeable to SinnersKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-34267734018637813752019-10-03T04:36:02.546-07:002019-10-03T04:36:02.546-07:00No one believes they are in rebellion against God(...No one believes they are in rebellion against God(Every way of a man is right in his own eyes), <br />but there are multitudes that believe they must ________ to be saved.<br />So what are you repenting of?<br /><br /><br /><br />GTLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586025386635179390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-30690187294429269102017-04-27T18:03:36.201-07:002017-04-27T18:03:36.201-07:00Dear Thomas,
Thank you very much for that info. M...Dear Thomas,<br /><br />Thank you very much for that info. My more tech-saavy friend has gotten that bad link off from the website. I am planning to delete your comment here so that the link is not getting support from What is Truth (it was a very helpful comment, of course--thanks again.)<br /><br />All 7 Bible studies are here:<br /><br />http://faithsaves.net/bible-studies/, including PDFs of #5.<br /><br />The text of #5 is also here:<br /><br />http://faithsaves.net/bible-study-5/<br /><br />and a Word doc that can be downloaded and personalized for use in churches is here:<br /><br />http://faithsaves.net/all-content/<br /><br />and I am happy for doctrinally sound Baptist churches to use them, although I do not want their fundamental content changed (e. g., I don't mind if a pastor tweaks something for his church, but if someone is going to take out the repentance section because he is an anti-Lordship person, please don't use the Bible studies I wrote.)<br /><br />I would also commend to you the study here:<br /><br />http://faithsaves.net/repentance/<br /><br />on repentance.<br /> <br />Thanks again.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-60521725301001066702017-04-27T08:48:09.138-07:002017-04-27T08:48:09.138-07:00Thomas - behold the link: http://faithsaves.net/bi...Thomas - behold the link: http://faithsaves.net/bible-study-5/<br /><br />The best way to study repentance is to get a pad of paper, get your Bible, and just start reading the Gospels and Acts. Make a note of how you see salvation presented by the Baptist, Jesus, the apostles, and the evangelists. Pay special attention to how they explain how to receive Christ. Think about how the Gospel is presented. Is it a mere change of mind? Or, is it an honest intellectual, emotional and volitional conviction which produces sincere action? <br /><br />Read Bro. Ross' study, cited above. <br /><br />Talk to your Pastor.<br /><br />Read the epistles, and make the same notes. <br /><br />Read some historic Christian confessions, to get some historical perspective. Article 14 from the 2nd Helvetic Confession is a handy place to start (https://www.ccel.org/creeds/helvetic.htm). Tyler Robbinshttps://eccentricfundamentalist.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-83829639318077288792017-04-27T08:02:33.685-07:002017-04-27T08:02:33.685-07:00I am sincerely interested in studying on repentanc...I am sincerely interested in studying on repentance. <br /><br />Could someone please reply and provide the link for the #5 study on repentance?<br /><br />It would be very much appreciated.<br />Pastor Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03670626356324277515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-58551381717758883052017-04-26T12:47:10.650-07:002017-04-26T12:47:10.650-07:00Brother Ross:
Where would I find the study #5 on ...Brother Ross:<br /><br />Where would I find the study #5 on repentance. Could you please provide a link.<br /><br />Kind Regards,<br /><br />Thomas E. Kresal<br /><br /><br /><br />Pastor Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03670626356324277515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-5363534613727959772017-04-25T10:38:01.654-07:002017-04-25T10:38:01.654-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Pastor Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03670626356324277515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-20552399555372242052017-04-25T08:15:55.741-07:002017-04-25T08:15:55.741-07:00Bro. Ross:
I took a look at the section from your...Bro. Ross:<br /><br />I took a look at the section from your Bible Study #5 on real repentance. I think it is excellent - very well done! I think it is a terrible shame people don't understand what real repentance is. <br /><br />My shorthand text to explain repentance is Proverbs 28:13: "He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy." I often use "confession" and "forsaking" as the two umbrella components about repentance, and explain from there. It is surely more than a simple intellectual change of mind. <br /><br />Good Bible study. You are doing good things! Tyler Robbinshttps://eccentricfundamentalist.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-10865955877085426762017-04-25T03:50:01.889-07:002017-04-25T03:50:01.889-07:00Perhaps I have not made my thoughts clear on my pr...Perhaps I have not made my thoughts clear on my previous post. <br /><br />Repentance is not a matter of confessing a list of sins that we have to give up and how we plan to change our life. Repenting is not an emotional change of life on our part; that would be works salvation. <br /><br />John the Baptist, Jesus Christ and the Apostles all preached that repenting and faith is a simultaneous Spirit wrought change of mind toward sin and God that results in a changed life. This dramatic change of mind redirects one's actions. (Mt. 4:17, 9:13, 11:20-21, Lk 13:2-5, 15:7,10, 24:46-48, Mark 6:12, Acts 2:38, 3;19, 5:31,8:22-23, 17:30, 20:21, 26:20, 2 Peter 3:9)<br /><br />Judas repented (Mt.27:3) but it was not accompanied with faith.<br /><br />It is my understanding that 2 Cor. 7 is advice for Christians to repent of their specific sins. Sanctification is a war between our flesh and Spirit (Gal 5:17), and we are to "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: For it is God which worketh in you both to will and do of his good pleasure." <br /><br />Pastor Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03670626356324277515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-51116874759936914862017-04-24T19:12:38.426-07:002017-04-24T19:12:38.426-07:00Thomas,
I agreed with about everything, except fo...Thomas,<br /><br />I agreed with about everything, except for the third paragraph. The way you are going before faith in Christ is sin, and so that is what you are turning toward. It isn't a work, since scripture says it isn't. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 7:10, "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death." See "to salvation." What is this sorrow over? Sin. Paul describes that repentance in v. 11. Repentance to salvation carries "godly sorrow" among other aspects Paul describes in v. 11. If you read my latest post, I show that there are two places in the NT that say repentance is not a work.<br /><br />Everything else sounded right from you.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-62799820378570719972017-04-24T18:37:48.144-07:002017-04-24T18:37:48.144-07:00"Repentance and Faith are two sides of the sa..."Repentance and Faith are two sides of the same coin. You cannot have one without the other. The salvation of the soul depends upon both. Charles Spurgeon, the famous Baptist preacher, called them the "Siamese twins" of salvation. They have also been referred to as the "two hinges upon which the door of salvation swings." Repent and faith are simultaneous.<br /><br />In the colonial army marching drills they had the word repent "Left, right, left, right, REPENT! At the sound of REPENT the soldier did a 180 degree turn. I have come to understand that our 180 turn is when we have faith in Christ' redemptive work and turn to God in faith.<br /><br />If we have to repent of our sin, have sorrow for our sin or any other requirement prior to salvation we have added works to the gospel. <br /><br />Repentance must be a Spirit wrought change that results with a person in faith turning toward God and away from sin. Pastor Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03670626356324277515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-33695902944037019322017-04-24T13:39:48.373-07:002017-04-24T13:39:48.373-07:00Dear Bro Billy,
What a blessing! I'm glad th...Dear Bro Billy,<br /><br />What a blessing! I'm glad that the Lord has been using those Bible studies for the conversion of the lost in your ministry. By the way, the section on what repentance is not and what it is was not something I just came up with--a lot of it was from one of the most widely used evangelistic works of a few centuries ago, Joseph Alleine's An Alarm to the Unconverted.<br /> KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-63598135807643588712017-04-23T19:10:27.536-07:002017-04-23T19:10:27.536-07:00Bro. Thomas,
We are using the Bible studies in our...Bro. Thomas,<br />We are using the Bible studies in our Adult Sunday School class and also in our one on one evangelistic Bible studies. I really like it. We were able to see a Dad saved after lesson #3, although I personally love lesson #4, when the time is obviously right, I can't wait for another week - - but God is good, and we still go over the lessons even after a profession of faith. I do believe that Brandon would be helped by lesson #4 since it delineates false and true repentance extremely well. The Bible studies are Scriptural and substantive and gets to the heart of important matters. Thank you for putting it together and also making them available for free at www.faithsaves.net.Bill Hardeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552819877860565186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-39555560406283744412017-04-22T16:28:31.730-07:002017-04-22T16:28:31.730-07:00Dear Brandon,
I think if you go through the Bible...Dear Brandon,<br /><br />I think if you go through the Bible studies here:<br /><br />http://faithsaves.net/bible-studies<br /><br />with a member of a solid Baptist church helping you it will be very good for you.<br /><br />Thanks.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-70632882550668366772017-04-22T13:49:02.041-07:002017-04-22T13:49:02.041-07:00Thanks David, that helped a little bit. It makes s...Thanks David, that helped a little bit. It makes sense what your saying. Still so many questions weigh my mind right now. It troubles me greatly. Things like forsaking all and denying myself and giving it all to Christ to be saved. When have I done enough. I just feel like a worm and totally unworthy. Forgive me. I know I have posted many questions. Will I get all I need from here? Maybe .. Maybe not. I'm not doubting at all. But in the position I am its tough. I know I have to be patient and God will eventually shed that light on me. Like I said before, I have nobody here. I recently moved, the church I went to was borderline apostate.. I can't seem to find a place to serve. I want to do it right. Issues like 501c3 still plague me :/ . I apologize for turning this blog into something its not. I just have too many questions and trying to figure it all out on my own is the challenge. I know I have the Holy Spirit of God to guide me, but sometimes I feel like I just grieve him and I'm doing things all wrong. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361603692432322613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-62337262933358035122017-04-22T12:02:19.795-07:002017-04-22T12:02:19.795-07:00I believe turning from sin is an essential compone...I believe turning from sin is an essential component of repentance. (Is this the same as ceasing from wrongdoing?) I am told I thus believe in works salvation. How does one answer this?<br /><br />By the way I thought the Roloff quote unfortunate. Anyone agree?<br /><br /><br />Please help.<br /><br />Paul TeagueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-23026095573311086692017-04-22T04:22:44.609-07:002017-04-22T04:22:44.609-07:00Brandon,
Your heart attitude towards this is to b...Brandon,<br /><br />Your heart attitude towards this is to be commended. You are asking questions and thinking things through. I used to be devastated by theological questioning and doubts. It is still a temptation to me, but maybe what I will share will be of help to you. For one, have patience. Trust God that He can and will lead you into all truth. Pray believing that He will as He promised He will do. I often want the inner questions and doubts settled right away. Sometimes it takes time. Stay calm. 1 Peter speaks more of the the persecution believers were facing but 5:10 I believe is applicable here. False doctrine and teaching comes from Satan. Satan's attacks are not always physical persecution but also spiritual, theological. 1 Peter 5:10 tells us that God will "make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." Be encouraged that God will do just this.<br /><br />Regarding the statement, "You can't remain in rebellion against God and be saved," the keyword here is "remain." I don't believe Bro. Brandenburg is saying we never sin (1 John 1:8). I am teaching through 1 John right now and see time after time where John says that believers don't sin. This is not a contradiction with what he said in 1:8. He is saying that if one is saved, sinning will not be his desire or direction. It is not his habitual, comfortable lifestyle. <br /><br />Let's take the same idea here and switch religions. If one says he has converted to Islam, how would you describe a true conversion? If he doesn't read the Koran, doesn't care what the Koran says, doesn't pray three times a day towards Mecca, etc., would you say he has converted? If he is rebelling against what Islam teaches, would you say he was truly a convert? There are Muslims in places like Turkey who are Muslim in name but do not follow the dietary and other laws/standards. They are "nominal Muslims." Are they really Muslims, then? If one says he has converted, read the Koran, prays 3 times a day, follows what the Koran teaches and allows it to affect every area of his life, no one would question his conversion. Anything in between the first "convert" and the second convert above leaves a big question mark about there being a true belief/conversion. I believe 1 John describes what a true conversion looks like. If one is in between, there should be a question of whether a true conversion has taken place. <br /><br />Repentance and faith are like the bridge that takes one from his own, old ways and life to the new life in Christ. Christ does the saving, but repenting/turning from the old life and to Christ and life in Him is the culmination of one's mind and will to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. It is the decision that I am now a follower of Christ. A decision as such will result in Christ changing the life.<br /><br />Hope this is of some help. God bless you.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10691092293025211173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-11972378213849593522017-04-22T04:00:15.015-07:002017-04-22T04:00:15.015-07:00So I'm still trying to gets better understandi...So I'm still trying to gets better understanding of this. So it can be clear to me, so pardon my questions. I just want the truth.<br /><br />The question of the Corinthian church which is the most carnal Church in the NT, ch 3:1-5, who were walking entirely in the the flesh (debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults, contentions, suing one another, etc, 1 Cor 1:11, 6:1-8, 2 Cor 12:20 and others), and yet, the Apostle Paul called them "brothers" and "brethren" over twenty-five times in his letters. They were so bad, that one of them was in an incestuous relationship with his fathers wife and the Church was tolerating it, until Paul rebuked them and ordered that sinning brother to be kicked out of the fellowship until he stopped what he was doing. We are also told that many of them even died because they were taking Communion in an unworthy manner, 1 Cor 11:30, yet they were saved. Hebrews 12:5-11 makes clear, that God will chastise those who are being disobedient, like the Corinthians.<br /><br />So, if the Corinthians did not deny all, if they did not forsake all of them sins, etc, etc, etc, then why were they still saved? why did Paul consistently call them brethren, not doubting their salvation? Why?<br /><br />What about Paul, a saved man, had issues with his flesh AFTER he came to faith in Christ, Romans 7:14-25, so he obviously had not denied all of his sins, forsaken all of his sins, etc (the same goes for Noah, Lot, Samson, David, Solomon, Peter, et al)?<br /><br />That brings me to ask exactly<br />What is the gospel? Put another way --<br /> how is a sinner justified in the eyes of a holy God? <br /><br />What makes this view different from RCC, Mormons, JW's, Seventh Day Adventists?<br /><br />I'm sorry but these are all questions that come back to me in regards to turning from sin. Like when is it enough to repent from all sin? All sin? Forsake all? What does all this truly imply. When have I turned from enough.<br /><br />Please once again pardon my questions but like I said I want the truth and to share the truth and know in my heart what is right. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361603692432322613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-67802110986008649362017-04-21T23:10:34.829-07:002017-04-21T23:10:34.829-07:00I probably shouldn't comment now, cause Im ver...I probably shouldn't comment now, cause Im very tired. I won't be offended if this goes unpublished, but God stirred my soul yesterday and today about my salvation and salvation in general. I totally understand why somebody might believe that salvation is by faith alone and nothing else however, I strongly believe in repentance. I will explain this conflict. When I got saved in 96 I had been struggling with it for some time. You see I had made a profession of faith when I was 6 years old and it doesn't make any sense to me to get saved again if God didnt save you the first time. As an adult I walked away from the Lord and rebelled by not going to church and living for self. To get a sense of what was going on in my life I was living in a big rig driving coast to coast. I was alone alot, but I started listening to gospel preaching on the radio and visiting churches here and there. Sometimes I attended truck stop chapel services on Sunday . I was not married so I didn't really have anywhere to go and I really didnt care for the most part. Slowly over time I started being concerned about my eternal soul. This conviction went on for 2 years, but I still couldnt reconcile what I mentioned earlier about already being saved.<br />I prayed to God for days and days. I read the Bible over several times. Just as a side note I gave up reading when I got married ha-ha. Finally, not being able to reconcile this I prayed to God and told God to leave me alone Im tired of playing this game. Im tired of all the suspense. I told God that I will view my self as an unsaved person and if he wanted to save me he would have to do it because I couldnt figure it out. Mind you I felt guilty for walking away from the Lord especially growing up with a Godly mother who taught me right from wrong.<br />The very next day was Sunday and I was in Birmingham Alabama. I got up in the morning a new man. I even chuckled to myself that I felt better being lost than found. <br />Let me tell you what happened because to this day it still puzzles me. I walked into the truck stop and a goofy looking man with a Jesus saves t-shirt came up to me and invited me to a chapel service. I couldnt believe it, I thought to myself maybe I'll get saved today. I was mocking God in my heart but I told the man sure why not.<br />I do not know what denomination the preacher man was but probably a Baptist since I was in the Bible belt. He started preaching and he preached Gods love for about 15 minutes. Then he started preaching hellfire. I do remember him saying today was the day of salvation and that God draws you and you could only get saved when God draws you to himself. I could go on and on, but I became under acute conviction and asked him to pray with me for salvation. He asked several questions about my spiritual condition and I repeated to him everything that I stated earlier. He urged me that I was just doubting and that I was already saved. He asked me if I hated anyone, I told him no. For some reason he felt that I didn't need to recite the sinners prayer, I simply don't understand why after I done told him I was sure I wasn't saved. He finally gave in and said that he would pray with me for salvation. That is my salvation testimony plain and simple. I do not know what his name was and I dont know the date, but Im thankful for what happened that day when Jesus washed my sin away. A testimony of salvation is a hard to deny, and whether I was saved at 6 or at 26 I simply don't know from a theological standpoint, but i do know Im saved cause I was there when it happened. Thanku kind people for reading, I hope it makes sense . CraigAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191841072741059097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-50397578661345621192017-04-21T16:34:01.182-07:002017-04-21T16:34:01.182-07:00Hi everyone,
I just wrote a long comment, but not...Hi everyone, <br />I just wrote a long comment, but not sure if it went through. I'll send one more. I really like this blog. Kent has been doing this a long time and is a very good writer. Theres alot of Brandon's out there trying to work out there own salvation. Kent has seen all types, but gets a sense of people's problems. What drives me to read and comment? I have some ideas, but its probably the Lord wanting me to grow a little more. Technology and blogs have made a big difference in many people's life. I hope Im able to learn and grow more spiritually. Thanks Kent for showing me your faith!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191841072741059097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-59243017881931415422017-04-21T13:33:27.520-07:002017-04-21T13:33:27.520-07:00"You can't remain in rebellion against Go...<br /><br />"You can't remain in rebellion against God and be saved." I think this is one of the practical areas of the discussion. Is the unbaptized "Christian" remaining in rebellion? Is the woman who wears pants her entire life remaining in rebellion? Is the Critical Text adherent remaining in rebellion? I think these are some of the practical questions people have when this subject comes up.<br /><br />I don't think anyone can remain in rebellion against God and be saved. Bob I would almost have to agree with you concerning these points. Can I fully say that person is not saved? No I can't. Are they still in a stepping stone and is God still working on them in that view? Maybe. Do we truly know the heart of that individual? I don't think so. I do think its quite possible that the people who openly reject these truths could not be saved. God knows. But if the Spirit of God will lead us into all truth... why are their so many divisions of the so-called saved? If God will unite all true believers... why so many doctrinal and scripture differences? are those churches really believers? Questions I ask myself... who am I to judge their salvation though...Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-85936416452961868562017-04-21T13:25:17.815-07:002017-04-21T13:25:17.815-07:00First, I want to say thank you for your writing to...First, I want to say thank you for your writing to me and expressing so great a concern. Second, I want to say that honestly I have nothing more to say. <br /><br />KJB1611 thank you for the links, greatly appreciated.<br /><br />When I got saved, I was never told repent, but it is obvious, I truly repented. I didn't want my life anymore the way it was. I like the quote by Lester Roloff, a dear man I used to listen to greatly when I got saved. "Real repentance is putting your trust in Jesus Christ so you will not live like that anymore." That's exactly what I did.<br /><br />I guess the real problem arose when I joined a fundamental church (independent baptist is what they called themselves) and was taught the "hyles-way" by a hyles graduate. Although he didn't fully support hyles though. Every time I brought up any question about repentance and the way Lester Roloff presented it I just was always stumped and told he was wrong (although the very same Pastor listened to Roloff in his younger days and even shared a time when he rejected all music and listened to his sermons instead). So I was brought up in that way. I just thought my salvation experience was different and to hold someone to the way I came to Christ was wrong because it was adding to the gospel of simply believe. :/ <br /><br />The reason for my questions and the way I presented them is because truly they were for my own use. To establish myself in the faith. Like I said I am just a babe and have only been saved for 3 years now. I know very little.<br /><br />Quite frankly all the comments and the two articles shut me down. I felt so grieved. Like all I did was want to give up and run. Yes I guess its sad. All I could think about was I just want to be locked up again with me, God and my Bible. But I have an obligation and am accountable for my wife and children now so its not possible. <br /><br />Honestly I don't even know what to do right now. But I do know I am saved sealed and secured.<br /><br />All the proof their that you have is almost undeniable, but it still provides one great problem for me. Maybe you won't understand, but I am still not, in my heart, fully persuaded by all that was said. Why? I don't know? Maybe I been grieving the Spirit of God? Chastisement? I don't know? Maybe I just don't fully understand everything? Maybe because I have none to disciple me and answer the hard questions? <br /><br />Please pardon my emotions and personal response. <br /><br />I hope it makes sense, but truly apart from God, my wife and children, I am alone out here. <br /><br /> Brandonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-85316106241687164062017-04-21T12:40:43.425-07:002017-04-21T12:40:43.425-07:00Hi Kent (and KJB1611)
While the specific phrase &...Hi Kent (and KJB1611)<br /><br />While the specific phrase "Repent of your sins indeed is not found in the Bible" yet the phrase "Repent of this thy wickedness" (Acts 8:22) is. The wicked is to forsake His wicked way and return unto the Lord (Isaiah 55:7) which is as good a definition of Biblical repentance as any. <br /><br />Colin Maxwell weecalvin1509https://www.blogger.com/profile/11651073682513238727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-44229407348387042802017-04-21T11:51:20.165-07:002017-04-21T11:51:20.165-07:00Dear Mr. Brandenburg,
Again I want to thank you f...Dear Mr. Brandenburg,<br /><br />Again I want to thank you for your website and your thought provoking articles and the helpful discussions you allow in the comments. I always benefit from dropping by from time to time.<br /><br />Two things I think I can take away from the discussion (and as always please correct me where needed):<br /><br />1) You are right that the concept of repentance is found in John even though the word is not found, but therefore it is in fact possible to give a good presentation of the Gospel of Christ without a form of the word "repent" being present.<br /><br />2) In one of your answers to Brandon you said, "You can't remain in rebellion against God and be saved." I think this is one of the practical areas of the discussion. Is the unbaptized "Christian" remaining in rebellion? Is the woman who wears pants her entire life remaining in rebellion? Is the Critical Text adherent remaining in rebellion? I think these are some of the practical questions people have when this subject comes up.<br /><br />Anyway, I always enjoy stopping in from time to time. Hope you are well.<br /><br />BobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-14904021653062992442017-04-20T17:52:39.362-07:002017-04-20T17:52:39.362-07:00Brandon,
I gave you some responses to your set of ...Brandon,<br />I gave you some responses to your set of questions. I didn't see an acknowledgment nor feedback on any of them. I would like to know your answers, or the answers you were driving at in your questions.<br /><br />1. Who is the audience of Mk. 1:15 - and why exactly is that important.<br /><br />2. What does the gospel of the kingdom of God mean? - I surely would like to hear your explanation.<br /><br />3. What are we to repent of?<br /><br />4. What do you think of how the book of John deals with sin, and the conviction of sin, and its abandonment as an evidence concerning salvation?<br /><br />I took some time to respond just to jump around and deal with more questions, which, I am afraid will lead to nowhere, that is with you.<br /><br />And by the way, you tell a dead man to turn from sin and self the same way you tell a dead man to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. And yes, repentance is evidenced by works (as you have cited in Jonah) as much as faith is evidenced by works (James 2:20f.).<br /><br />Bill Hardeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15552819877860565186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-2140093828267921682017-04-20T17:52:26.160-07:002017-04-20T17:52:26.160-07:00Dear Brandon,
If you really want the truth, pleas...Dear Brandon,<br /><br />If you really want the truth, please read:<br /><br />http://faithsaves.net/repentance/<br /><br />and:<br /><br />http://faithsaves.net/all-believers-disciples/<br /><br />The Apostle John was not preaching salvation by works when, under inspiration, he recorded that Christ commanded that one “repent of her fornication” (Revelation 2:21) and warned that those who do not “repent of their deeds” would enter “into great tribulation” (Revelation 2:22). That is, those unsaved people who do not “repent of their deeds” will miss the Rapture and enter into the “great tribulation” (Revelation 7:14; Matthew 24:21) with the rest of the unsaved, those who “repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts” (Revelation 9:20-21), those who “blasphemed the name of God . . . and . . . repented not to give him glory. . . . blasphemed the God of heaven . . . and repented not of their deeds” (Revelation 16:9, 11). <br /> <br /><br />While the specific phrase "repent of your sins" is not in the Bible, the idea is all over the place--such as, for example, in the texts above, where the lost are commanded to repent of their sinful deeds.<br /><br />Thanks.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.com