Comments on: Repentance and Faith Inseparable

By: Said at Southern Seminary » Top Ten Posts For The Weekend

Said at Southern Seminary » Top Ten Posts For The Weekend — Fri, 11 May 2007 05:23:01 +0000

[...] Repentance and Faith Inseparable from Provocations & Pantings. Speaking of Doctor Mr. Brister, he posted a some great thoughts on conversion. Does anybody notice how much work this guy puts into every post? [...]

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Thu, 10 May 2007 06:24:47 +0000

Hello,does being UNDER GRACE,give AS the RIGHT to KEEP on SINNING against God’ ETERNAL LAW(Ten-Commandments)? God forbid,but it is through GODLY-REPENTANCE and SORROW,that WE are MADE in the IMAGE of God,by FAITH in his son JESUS.Which is GROWING in the PERFECTION of HOLINESS,there by WE CEASE to TRANSGRESS God’s ETERNAL HOLY LAW.For SIN is the TRANSGRESSION of God ‘s law,1John3:4………How could WE who are DEAD to SIN,KEEP on LIVING in SIN(or TRANSGRESSING God’s LAW)…………Does the LAW of God,NULLIFY the DEATH and CROSS of CHRIST.NO?……For it is when the SPIRIT of CHRIST comes into our HEART that WE KEEP and OBEY the LAW(Ten-Commandments) of God,by his HOLY SPIRIT.and NOT by the WORKS(Flesh) of the LAW.By which no ONE will be DECLARED RIGHT with God………Do WE than make VOID the (LAW) through FAITH?(Believe in the DEATH and RESURRECTION of CHRIST) God FORBID,yea,we ESTABLISH(Keep and OBEY) the LAW.

By: Timmy Brister

Timmy Brister — Thu, 10 May 2007 02:18:21 +0000

Thanks for the comments guys. A while back I had drafted an article dealing with repentance as a gift, and I will try to retrieve it for a future post. I was amazed to read how often Scriptures spoke that God had “granted them repentance.” It’s amazing how much your theology changes when you read the Bible.

Jim,
I am always down for some snazzy new emoticon. Thanks for the heads up. 8)

By: Jim Pemberton

Jim Pemberton — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:30:32 +0000

Interesting – that smiley with the shades was created with the combination of an “8″ and a “)”.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:28:57 +0000

Amen, brother.

It is highly unfortunate that the pastor Noblit mentioned is being resisted in his church on such an issue. I remember when my pastor in college went over this with us, and even churches in our surrounding community rose up against him, labeling him “legalistic” that he would expect such repentance and that he insisted Jesus must be Lord as well as Savior.

Even a cursory reading of the gospels and the book of Acts alone would teach what you have written above. It’s a shame that churches can bypass scripture in favor of the ideas of men.

By: Jim Pemberton

Jim Pemberton — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:27:48 +0000

The only way to repent is that one has faith. Where repentance could be any change in behavior it is always contingent on the fact that positively one believes that the change in action will produce some desired result or negatively that failure to make a change will fail to produce some desired result. Typical for Christian faith is that we repent negatively without assurance but the repentance itself generates assurance. At what point in this process is our salvation secured? James teaches us that faith without repentance is faithless belief. So faith MUST produce repentance in order to be understood as faith. it may be years before assurance is realized. I would argue that ignorance on the part of the believer as to his own salvation (teachings on assurance from I John and Romans 8) will not prevent one from being saved. Also I would add as one who holds a reformed view of theology that faith and repentance do not result in salvation, but rather saving grace always results in faith and repentance.