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Repentance
What it is - Isa 45:22; Mt 6:19-21; Ac 14:15; 2Co 5:17; Col 3:2; 1Th 1:9; Heb 12:1,2
Commanded to all by God - Eze 18:30-32; Ac 17:30
Commanded by Christ - Re 2:5,16; 3:3
Given by God - Ac 11:18; 2Ti 2:25
Christ came to call sinners to - Mt 9:13
Christ exalted to give - Ac 5:31
By the operation of the Holy Spirit - Zec 12:10
Called repentance to life - Ac 11:18
Called repentance to salvation - 2Co 7:10
WE SHOULD BE LED TO, BY
- The long-suffering of God
- Ge 6:3; 1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 3:9- The goodness of God
- Ro 2:4- The chastisements of God
- 1Ki 8:47; Re 3:19- Godly sorrow works
- 2Co 7:10Necessary to the pardon of sin - Ac 2:38; 3:19; 8:22
Conviction of sin necessary to - 1Ki 8:38; Pr 28:13; Ac 2:37,38; 19:18
PREACHED
- By Christ
- Mt 4:17; Mr 1:15- By John the Baptist
- Mt 3:2- By the Apostles
- Mr 6:12; Ac 20:21- In the name of Christ
- Lu 24:47Not to be repented of - 2Co 7:10
The present time the season for - Ps 95:7,8; Heb 3:7,8; Pr 27:1; Isa 55:6; 2Co 6:2; Heb 4:7
There is joy in heaven over one sinner brought to - Lu 15:7,10
Ministers should rejoice over their people on their - 2Co 7:9
Should be evidenced by fruits - Isa 1:16,17; Da 4:27; Mt 3:8; Ac 26:20
SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY
- Humility
- 2Ch 7:14; Jas 4:9,10- Shame and confusion
- Ezr 9:6-15; Jer 31:19; Eze 16:61,63; Da 9:7,8- Self-abhorrence
- Job 42:6- Confession
- Le 26:40; Job 33:27- Faith
- Mt 21:32; Mr 1:15; Ac 20:21- Prayer
- 1Ki 8:33; Ac 8:22- Conversion
- Ac 3:19; 26:20- Turning from sin
- 2Ch 6:26- Turning from idolatry
- Eze 14:6; 1Th 1:9- Greater zeal in the path of duty
- 2Co 7:11Exhortations to - Eze 14:6; 18:30; Ac 2:38; 3:19
THE WICKED
- Averse to
- Jer 8:6; Mt 21:32- Not led to by the judgments of God
- Re 9:20,21; 16:9- Not led to, by miraculous interference
- Lu 16:30,31- Neglect the time given for
- Re 2:21- Condemned for neglecting
- Mt 11:20Danger of neglecting - Mt 11:20-24; Lu 13:3,5; Re 2:22
Neglect of, followed by swift judgment - Re 2:5,16
Denied to apostates - Heb 6:4-6
Illustrated - Lu 15:18-21; 18:13
- The Prodigal Son
- Lu 15:17-19- The Repentant Son
- Mt 21:29- Paul
- Ga 1:23True-Exemplified
- Israelites
- Jud 10:15,16- David
- 2Sa 12:13- Manasseh
- 2Ch 33:12,13- Job
- Job 42:6- Nineveh
- Jon 3:5-8; Mt 12:41- Peter
- Mt 26:75- Zacchaeus
- Lu 19:8- Thief on the Cross
- Lu 23:40,41- Corinthians
- 2Co 7:9,10False-Exemplified
- Saul
- 1Sa 15:24-30- Ahab
- 1Ki 21:27-29- Judas
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