Glory be to God! ** 🙋🏾♀️ STAY TUNED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THIS EPISODE! ** 🚩TUNE IN EVERY 2 TO 3 DAYS FOR NEW EPISODES! Follow me on Facebook under AuntCynthia Whitaker 😊💥 Join me today on the podcast (link below). Today's episode is one that should not be missed! For I will be discussing: Without repentance, there is no forgiveness of sin. Peter, the apostle, said in Acts 3:19, "Repent therefore, and turn again, 👉🏾 that your sins may be blotted out." Amen!
Repentance, properly defined, is necessary for salvation! In the Bible, the word repent means “to change one’s mind.” The Bible also tells us that true repentance will result in a change of actions (Luke 3:8–14; Matthew 3:8, Romans 6:15-19; Galatians 5:19-26; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Matthew 16:24-28). Beloved, study these Scriptures for yourselves. In summarizing his ministry, Paul declares, “I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds” (Acts 26:20).
So the question on the floor: Is repentance necessary for salvation? The short answer is Yes! For salvation comes through repentance!
Some people say that you can believe in Jesus as “Savior,” but not as “Lord.” That is, you can believe in Him, but never repent of your sin. You can believe in Him and be saved, even if your life goes on just as it was before you came to Christ. Well, we know that this false teaching is none other than that damnable "Once saved/Always saved" false doctrine! Some people even claim that if we say repentance is necessary for salvation for the forgiveness of sins, we’re adding works to the Gospel. They claim that if repentance is required, then we’re no longer saved by God’s grace alone, but by WHAT we DO as well.
But what does Scripture say?
🎯 Jesus says, “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance” (Luke 5:32)
🎯 Jesus told His disciples to proclaim “repentance and forgiveness of sins” in His name to all the nations" (Luke 24:47).
When the apostles preached in the book of Acts, they called people to repent of their sins in order to be forgiven:
🎯 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." (Acts 2:38)
🎯 And Paul in Acts 20:20-21,
"20 [you know] how I did not shrink back in fear from telling you anything that was for your benefit, or from teaching you in public meetings, and from house to house, 21 solemnly [and wholeheartedly] testifying to both Jews and Greeks, urging them to turn in repentance to God and [to have] faith in our Lord Jesus Christ [for salvation].
🎯 Here Paul is giving his testimony to King Agrippa about what happened to him on the road to Damascus when the Lord Jesus Christ stopped him in his zealous murderous pursuit of Christ's followers in Acts 26:16-18,
16 "Get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you [to serve] as a minister and as a witness [to testify, with authority,] not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you, 17 [choosing you for Myself and] rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, 18 to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive 👉🏾forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’" Amen!
🚩 Without repenting of your sins when you hear the Gospel preached, whereby you make a conscious decisive choice to turn from your wicked lifestyle and turn to God, so that through Christ's atoning sacrificial work at the cross, we can receive forgiveness of our past sins and have them wash clean by the precious blood of Jesus that was shed for us, there will be no forgiveness of sins! How are we to receive the gracious gift of salvation, that we did not
