Unless Ye Repent

There is a doctrine missing from most of today’s so-called churches, far and few include the doctrine of repentance that is NECESSARY for Salvation.  A half truth is still not the truth, it is still a lie. Simply believing in Jesus and acknowledging that He is the Son of God who died on the Cross for your sins is not enough, you must also repent of your sins.

 

“You believe that God is One. You do well. Even the demons believe, and shudder.”  Jacob (James) 2:19

 

repent

 

1. To feel pain, sorrow, or regret for something one has done or left undone.

2. To change the mind in consequences of the inconvenience or injury done by past conduct.

3. In theology, to feel such sorrow for sin as leads to amendment of life; to be penitent; to grieve over one’s past life, and to seek forgiveness for sin, with a determination to lead a new life.

 

Webster’s Universities Dictionary of the English Language, Webster, 1942

 

Jesus died on the Cross for our sins.  He is able to forgive us for all of our sins and make you a new creature.  You must repent and believe into Jesus.

 

“In those days John the Immerser came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near!”  Matthew 3:1-2

 

“Therefore bring forth fruits worthy of repentance…”  Matthew 3:9

 

“But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice.  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”  Matthew 9:13

 

“I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”  Luke 5:32

 

“I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.  Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?  And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!  Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”  Luke 15:7-10

 

“And 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 be preached in His name to all nations, beginning out of Jerusalem.”  Luke 24:46-47

 

“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom Heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God has spoken through the mouth of all His holy prophets since the past ages.”  Acts 3:19-21

 

“The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you laid hands on, hanging Him on a tree.  Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give to Israel repentance and remission of sins.  And we are His witnesses of these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”  Acts 5:30-32

 

“Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?  Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be immersed in the name of Jesus Christ to the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.  And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.  Then those who gladly received his word were immersed; and that day about three thousand souls were added.”  Luke 2:37-41

 

“When they heard these things they kept silent; and they glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life.”  Acts 11:18

 

“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has established a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has appointed.  He has given assurance of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”  Acts 17:30-31

 

…” testifying both to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.”  Acts 20:21

 

…” but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.”  Acts 26:20

 

“Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?”  Romans 2:4

 

“Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry unto 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.  For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vengeance!  In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.”  2nd Corinthians 7:9-11

 

“For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for His Son from Heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the coming wrath.”  1st Thessalonians 1:9-10

 

…” in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance unto a full true knowledge of 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.”  2nd Timothy 2:25-26

 

“The Lord is not slow concerning His promise, as some count slowness, but is longsuffering toward us, not purposing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”  2nd Peter 3:9

 

“Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent.  Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not at all know what hour I will come upon you.”  Revelation 3:3

 

Finally…

 

Jesus said, “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”  Luke 13:3

 

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”  2nd Corinthians 5:17