Repentance

Question 70: What is repentance to life?

Ac 11:18; Ac 2:37; Joe 2:13; Jer 31:18; Jer 31:19; Ps 119:59

… What is repentance to life? A Repentance to life is a saving grace, # Ac 11:18 whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sins, # Ac …

Memories of Maidstone and Newmarket

… Clergyman . — How do you know that? Does not the Prayer Book say that faith and repentance are necessary before baptism? And this is so Scriptural a doctrine, that …

David's Dying Song

2 Samuel 23:5

… An old Jewish Rabbi says, that every man ought to repent at least one day before his last day; and as we do not know when our last …

The Cloud of Doves

Isaiah 60:8

… He must repent, he must believe, he must have Christ and he must have Him now! Look, there he is, on his knees! He cries to God for …

Psalm 78

Psalm 78

… he aims at is repentance, to the which (in affliction especially) he looketh with an accurate and intent eye, as though he would repent indeed; but, alas! his …

Nazareth—or Jesus, Rejected by His Friends

Luke 4:28-30

… his hearers feel that they have no cause to rend their hearts with repentance? Then when He spoke of captives, they claimed to have been born free and …

Psalm 55

Psalm 55

… In confession, when the soul melts into a holy shame and sorrow for the sins he spreads before the Lord, he feels a holy smart and pain within …

Unknown Depths and Heights

Luke 23:34

… The Word of God is very emphatic upon that point—"If they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance" Falling may be retrieved …

Impotence and Omnipotence

John 5:5-9

… He bids them, 'Repent.' They cannot repent." Ah, well, our Lord is our example and He said to this man who could not rise, and could not take …

Sowing and Reaping

Galatians 6:7

… You must yourselves repent and turn to God—I cannot do this for you. It is your own sowing, in this respect, that must bring you a blessed …

The Power of the Risen Savior

Matthew 28:18-20

… that your persuasions will ever make a man repent and believe?" Certainly not! The power that leads men to repent and believe does not lie in rhetoric or …

The Child of Light and the Works of Darkness

Ephesians 5:11

… that we might all repent of other people's sins! Did you ever repent of them? "I have had enough to do to repent of my own sins …

God's Advocates Breaking Silence

Job 36:2

… See to it that you repent as well as believe the Gospel, for a dry-eyed faith is not the faith of God's elect and will not …

Songs in the Night

Job 35:10

… Do you repent of your sins? Then there is pardon for you! Remember Him who said, "Go, and sin no more." Drunkard! But a little while ago you …

Notable Lectures and Addresses, 1857-1878 (Continued)

… Christ, Anne Askew, was tried in the Guildhall, and there witnessed a good confession for her Lord. Perhaps you will remember the verse of brave poetry in which …

Beginning to Serve the Lord

… Were I, at this good hour, to change the note of gladness for one of sadness, it would be to wail out my penitent confession of the times …

The Use of the Bow

2 Samuel 1:17

… If you learn of Jesus at this hour to repent of sin and to put your trust in Him, your soul will be awakened to say, "I will …

Psalm 20

Psalm 20

… Verse 5. "'We will set up our banners." Confession of Christ, as the only name whereby we can be saved, is the "banner" which distinguishes his faithful people …

Psalm 109

Psalm 109

… Imprecations of judgment on the wicked on the hypothesis their continued impenitence are not inconsistent with simultaneous efforts of to bring them to repentance; and Christian charity itself …

Self-Examination

2 Corinthians 13:5

… Your state is fearful; you are accursed now, and except you repent you must be accursed for ever. And yet, Christian, despite thy many sins, canst thou say …

The High Rock

Psalm 61:2

… He sometimes gives repentance and faith at the same time, just as the thunder sometimes follows the lightning at once. At other times, He gives repentance and then …

Psalm 14

Psalm 14

… it is more their temper and sense to say, "No God," than to repent, "and turn to him." What mad enmity is this! Nor can we devise into …

Psalm 58

Psalm 58

… How early men do sin! How late they do repent! As soon as they are born "they go astray, "but if left to themselves they will not return …

Psalm 18

Psalm 18

… What a reason for repentance and humiliation! How much better to be humble than to provoke God to humble us in his wrath! A considerable number of clauses …

Psalm 44

Psalm 44

… The passage may be viewed as a beautiful parable of the work of salvation; men are not saved without prayer, repentance, etc., but none of those save a …

Psalm 132

Psalm 132

… He is not a man that he should lie, nor the son of man that he should repent. What a rock they stand upon who have an immutable …

Letters to Father and Mother, January to June, 1850

… go in just as I am, with some others… I trust the good confession before many witnesses will be a bond betwixt me and my Master, my Savior …

Things That Accompany Salvation

Hebrews 6:9

… Without him, faith, repentance, humility, love, are things quite impossible. Even the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ cannot save until it has been applied to the heart …

Jacob and Esau

Romans 9:15

… But, says one, “Esau repented.” Yes, he did, but what sort of a repentance was it? Did you ever notice his repentance? Every man who repents and believes …

Psalm 100

Psalm 100

… the Lord. "Non nobis, dominc!" will for ever remain the true believer's confession. Of late philosophy has laboured hard to prove that all things have been developed …

Judgment Threatening But Mercy Sparing

Luke 13:7

… And sinners who bear no repentance, faith and holiness, must die. It is only a matter of time as to whether or not the vineyard shall be cleared …

The Plumb Line

Amos 7:7

… Side by side with that faith, God puts true repentance. When a man attempts to convert his fellow man, he gives him a sham repentance, or perhaps he …

The Two Builders And Their Houses

Matthew 7:24-27

… Superficial repentance always leads to careless living. Faith that was never bedewed with repentance never brings forth the flowers of holiness. Pray earnestly for a broken heart. Remember …

Our Lord's Solemn Enquiry

Matthew 27:46

… Know that assuredly he is working for thy good, even now, and let not a syllable escape thee by way of murmuring, or if it does, repent of …

The Spirit and the Wind

John 3:8

… Which comes first, repentance or faith? A repentance that has no faith in it is no repentance. A faith that has no repentance with it is no faith …

Alive or Dead—Which?

1 John 5:12

… Now, as repentance is an evident sign of life, faith in Jesus must involve spiritual life. What if I say that repentance is like the cry of the …

Psalm 63

Psalm 63

… This Psalm is aptly described by Clauss as "A precious confession of a soul thirsting after God and his grace, and finding itself quickened through inward communion with …

Week-day Services, 1858-1860

… I say not that it is a valid excuse for them to make, — for very little time is needed for the exercise of repentance and faith; — but I …

Psalm 39

Psalm 39

… Our divine Lord was silent before the wicked, but not altogether so, for before Pontius Pilate he witnessed a good confession, and asserted his kingdom. A sound course …

'Peace! Perfect Peace!'

Isaiah 26:3

… Backslider, have you been putting your trust anywhere but in God, hoping to find comfort in the world and in sin? Then make this confession—"Asshur shall not …