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			<title>Biblical Repentance/The Connection of Repentance and Faith/es</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{Info|La conexión del arrepentimiento con la fe}} &lt;br /&gt;
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En la Palabra de Dios, el arrepentimiento y la fe se hallan conectados inseparablemente, y deben ser predicados juntos. La Palabra de Dios enseña claramente que Dios ''ordena a“todos los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”'' (Hech. 17:30). Además, la Biblia enseña claramente que el ''arrepentimiento'' es tan necesario como la ''fe'' en el Señor Jesucristo. Pablo les dijo a sus oyentes en Hechos 20:20, 21: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“y como nada que fuese útil he rehuido de anunciaros y enseñaros, públicamente y por las casas, testificando a judíos y a gentiles acerca del arrepentimiento para con Dios, y de la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo”.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Por lo tanto, el arrepentimiento y la fe son ordenados por Dios en el llamado del evangelio. No separemos lo que Dios ha juntado (Mat. 21:32; Mar. 1:15; Hech. 2:36; 5:31; 20:21; 2 Tim. 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Las evidencias de las Escrituras  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Escucha estos versículos en que estas grandes verdades son presentadas juntas en la Palabra de Dios! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''El tiempo se ha cumplido, y el reino de Dios se ha acercado; arrepentíos, y creed en el evangelio” (Marcos 1:15).'' ''“Porque vino a vosotros Juan en camino de justicia, y no le creísteis; pero los publicanos y las rameras le creyeron; y vosotros, viendo esto, no os arrepentisteis después para creerle” (Mat. 21:32).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dios da este testimonio de su ministerio: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Testificando a judíos y a gentiles acerca del arrepentimiento para con Dios, y de la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo” (Hech. 20:21).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La epístola a los Hebreos dice: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Por tanto, dejando ya los rudimentos de la doctrina de Cristo, vamos adelante a la perfección; no echando otra vez el fundamento del arrepentimiento de obras muertas, de la fe en Dios” (Heb. 6:1).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Y uno de los últimos mandatos de nuestro Señor a sus discípulos antes de ascender al cielo se encuentra en Lucas 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Así está escrito, y así fue necesario que el Cristo padeciese, y resucitase de los muertos al tercer día; y que se predicase en su nombre el arrepentimiento y el perdón de pecados en todas las naciones, comenzando de Jerusalén. Y vosotros sois testigos de estas cosas”.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La Biblia nos da ilustraciones de los que se acercaron a Cristo con arrepentimiento y fe; éstos acudieron a él para que los perdonara de sus pecados. El ladrón en la cruz se arrepintió y creyó Luc. 23:39ss), el hijo pródigo se arrepintió y creyó (Luc. 15:11ss), y por lo tanto pedimos a los hombres hoy que se arrepientan y crean. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== El arrepentimiento y el perdón del pecado deben ser predicados juntos ==== &lt;br /&gt;
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A través de los siglos ha existido un debate entre los hijos del Señor en cuanto a cuál viene primero: el arrepentimiento o la fe.  Ambos lados tienen sus defensores entre cristianos creyentes de la Biblia. Pero la regeneración es un milagro que no puede ser examinada bajo un microscopio. Aunque el milagro del nuevo nacimiento siempre se manifiesta en la vida de Dios en el alma del hombre, hemos de cuidarnos de poner un orden demasiado estricto en la manera cómo Dios obra ese milagro en la vida del pecador. Dado que tanto el arrepentimiento como la fe surgen de la regeneración, ambos se manifestarán claramente en los hijos del Señor. Ninguna pecador cree en Cristo para salvación a menos que haya cambiado de parecer en cuanto al pecado, Dios y Cristo. Tampoco ningún pecador se arrepiente auténticamente a menos que crea la Palabra de Dios en cuanto a su condición perdida y el poder salvador de Jesucristo. Enfatizar demasiado la fe o el arrepentimiento puede dar como resultado por lo menos cuatro errores: 1) Enfatizar demasiado el arrepentimiento como algo separado de la fe puede dejar al pecador con la impresión que debe sentir un cierto dolor o derramar cierta cantidad de lágrimas antes de poder creer en Cristo. 2) Enfatizar demasiado el arrepentimiento como algo separado de la fe puede dar al pecador la idea de que tiene que dejar todo pecar antes de poder creer en Cristo. 3) ''Enfatizar demasiado'' la fe sin  arrepentimiento puede dejar al pecador con la impresión que puede “creer en Jesús” sin tener que preocuparse por una vida cambiada. El evangelio llama a pecadores a acudir a Jesús como un Salvador del ''pecado''. Jesús no vino para asegurar al pecador de que irá al Cielo aunque siga en una vida pecaminosa y egoísta; en cambio, Jesús vino para llamar “a pecadores al arrepentimiento” (Mat. 9:13; Mar. 2:17; Luc. 5:32). El pecador nunca se apresurará para acudir a Jesús como ''Salvador'' del pecado a menos que vea al pecado como una maldad que ofende a Dios y lo condena con justicia ante él. Su nombre es “JESÚS, porque él salvará a su pueblo de sus pecados” (Mat. 1:21). 4) Enfatizar demasiado ya sea el arrepentimiento o la fe puede llevar a un concepto erróneo en cuanto al ''fundamento'' correcto para la justificación. El arrepentimiento aparta la vista del pecado y el yo a la vez que la fe recibe la justicia perfecta de Jesús. Ni el arrepentimiento ni la fe ''ameritan'' justificación.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nuestro Señor les dijo a sus discípulos, así como a nosotros también, que siguieran su ejemplo en la predicación del arrepentimiento y la remisión  de pecados por medio de la fe en Cristo porque esto muestra realmente su ministerio mientras estaba en la tierra. Su ''primer'' mensaje según lo registra Marcos 1:15 fue “el tiempo se ha cumplido, y el reino de Dios se ha acercado; ''arrepentíos'', y ''creed'' en el evangelio”. Y sus ''últimas'' palabras a sus discípulos y a nosotros fueron que el arrepentimiento y la remisión de pecados por medio de la fe en Cristo debían ser predicado en su nombre entre todas las naciones comenzando en Jerusalén (Luc. 24:46-48). Pero parece que muchos en la actualidad tienen miedo de predicar el arrepentimiento. Nuestro Señor no tenía miedo de llamar a los hombres a arrepentirse, y nos ha comisionado a nosotros para que hagamos lo mismo. Entonces anhelamos proclamar a todos los hombres que deben arrepentirse y creer en el nombre de Cristo para la remisión de sus pecados.&lt;br /&gt;
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“Y que se predicase en su nombre el arrepentimiento y el perdón de pecados en todas las naciones, comenzando desde Jerusalén” (Luc. 24:47). Éstas son palabras llenas de significado que necesitan ser proclamadas hoy tal como en aquel entonces. Hay una verdadera remisión de los pecados por medio de la fe en Cristo para los que se consideran a sí mismos pecadores. El pecador impío –perdido, sin Dios y sin esperanza, lleno de pecado, lleno de perversidad-- debe acudir a Cristo, renunciando a las armas de rebelión y enarbolando la bandera blanca de rendición. A él Dios le brinda la remisión de los pecados. Lo invita a venir, como al hijo pródigo, de regreso a su hogar.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:18:52 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kirstenyee</dc:creator>			<comments>http://en.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Biblical_Repentance/The_Connection_of_Repentance_and_Faith/es</comments>		</item>
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&lt;div&gt;{{Info|La conexión del arrepentimiento con la fe}} &lt;br /&gt;
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En la Palabra de Dios, el arrepentimiento y la fe se hallan conectados inseparablemente, y deben ser predicados juntos. La Palabra de Dios enseña claramente que Dios ''ordena a“todos los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”'' (Hech. 17:30). Además, la Biblia enseña claramente que el ''arrepentimiento'' es tan necesario como la ''fe'' en el Señor Jesucristo. Pablo les dijo a sus oyentes en Hechos 20:20, 21: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“y como nada que fuese útil he rehuido de anunciaros y enseñaros, públicamente y por las casas, testificando a judíos y a gentiles acerca del arrepentimiento para con Dios, y de la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo”.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Por lo tanto, el arrepentimiento y la fe son ordenados por Dios en el llamado del evangelio. No separemos lo que Dios ha juntado (Mat. 21:32; Mar. 1:15; Hech. 2:36; 5:31; 20:21; 2 Tim. 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Las evidencias de las Escrituras  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Escucha estos versículos en que estas grandes verdades son presentadas juntas en la Palabra de Dios! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''El tiempo se ha cumplido, y el reino de Dios se ha acercado; arrepentíos, y creed en el evangelio” (Marcos 1:15).'' ''“Porque vino a vosotros Juan en camino de justicia, y no le creísteis; pero los publicanos y las rameras le creyeron; y vosotros, viendo esto, no os arrepentisteis después para creerle” (Mat. 21:32).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dios da este testimonio de su ministerio: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Testificando a judíos y a gentiles acerca del arrepentimiento para con Dios, y de la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo” (Hech. 20:21).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La epístola a los Hebreos dice: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Por tanto, dejando ya los rudimentos de la doctrina de Cristo, vamos adelante a la perfección; no echando otra vez el fundamento del arrepentimiento de obras muertas, de la fe en Dios” (Heb. 6:1).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Y uno de los últimos mandatos de nuestro Señor a sus discípulos antes de ascender al cielo se encuentra en Lucas 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Así está escrito, y así fue necesario que el Cristo padeciese, y resucitase de los muertos al tercer día; y que se predicase en su nombre el arrepentimiento y el perdón de pecados en todas las naciones, comenzando de Jerusalén. Y vosotros sois testigos de estas cosas”.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
La Biblia nos da ilustraciones de los que se acercaron a Cristo con arrepentimiento y fe; éstos acudieron a él para que los perdonara de sus pecados. El ladrón en la cruz se arrepintió y creyó Luc. 23:39ss), el hijo pródigo se arrepintió y creyó (Luc. 15:11ss), y por lo tanto pedimos a los hombres hoy que se arrepientan y crean.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:07:58 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kirstenyee</dc:creator>			<comments>http://en.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Biblical_Repentance/The_Connection_of_Repentance_and_Faith/es</comments>		</item>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Kirstenyee: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Info|La conexión del arrepentimiento con la fe}} &lt;br /&gt;
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En la Palabra de Dios, el arrepentimiento y la fe se hallan conectados inseparablemente, y deben ser predicados juntos. La Palabra de Dios enseña claramente que Dios ''ordena a“todos los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”'' (Hech. 17:30). Además, la Biblia enseña claramente que el ''arrepentimiento'' es tan necesario como la ''fe'' en el Señor Jesucristo. Pablo les dijo a sus oyentes en Hechos 20:20, 21: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“y como nada que fuese útil he rehuido de anunciaros y enseñaros, públicamente y por las casas, testificando a judíos y a gentiles acerca del arrepentimiento para con Dios, y de la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo”.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Por lo tanto, el arrepentimiento y la fe son ordenados por Dios en el llamado del evangelio. No separemos lo que Dios ha juntado (Mat. 21:32; Mar. 1:15; Hech. 2:36; 5:31; 20:21; 2 Tim. 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Las evidencias de las Escrituras  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Escucha estos versículos en que estas grandes verdades son presentadas juntas en la Palabra de Dios! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''El tiempo se ha cumplido, y el reino de Dios se ha acercado; arrepentíos, y creed en el evangelio” (Marcos 1:15).'' ''“Porque vino a vosotros Juan en camino de justicia, y no le creísteis; pero los publicanos y las rameras le creyeron; y vosotros, viendo esto, no os arrepentisteis después para creerle” (Mat. 21:32).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dios da este testimonio de su ministerio: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Testificando a judíos y a gentiles acerca del arrepentimiento para con Dios, y de la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo” (Hech. 20:21).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:05:32 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kirstenyee</dc:creator>			<comments>http://en.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Biblical_Repentance/The_Connection_of_Repentance_and_Faith/es</comments>		</item>
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			<title>All of Grace/es</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Kirstenyee: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Info|Tolamente Por Gracia}} &lt;br /&gt;
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#[[All of Grace/To You!/es|¡Para ti!]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/What Are We At?/es|¿Que nos proponemos?]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/God Justifieth the Ungodly/es|Dios justifica al impío]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/“It Is God That Justifieth.”/es|Dios es el que justifica]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Just and the Justifier/es|Justo y Justificador]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Concerning Deliverance from Sinning/es|Acerca de ser libres de pecar]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/By Grace through Faith/es|Por gracia por medio de la fe]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Faith, What Is It?/es|La fe, ¿qué es?]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/How May Faith Be Illustrated?/es|¿Cómo ilustrar la fe?]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Why Are We Saved by Faith?/es|¿Por que somos salvos por medio de la fe?]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Alas! I Can Do Nothing!/es|¡Ay de mí! Nada puedo hacer]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/The Increase Of Faith/es|La fe en aumento]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/ Regeneration And The Holy Spirit/es|La regeneración y el Espíritu Santo]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/“My Redeemer Livith”/es|Mi Redentor vive]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Repentance Must Go With Forgiveness/es|El arrepentimiento tiene que acompañar al perdón]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/How Repentance Is Given/es|Cómo nos es dado el arrepentimiento]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/The Fear Of Final Falling/es|El temor de caer al final]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Confirmation/es|Confirmación]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Why Saints Perservere/es|Por qué perseveran los santos]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#[[All of Grace/Close/es|Conclusión]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:58:19 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kirstenyee</dc:creator>			<comments>http://en.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:All_of_Grace/es</comments>		</item>
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			<title>Biblical Repentance/The Need of Repentance/es</title>
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¿Por qué es el arrepentimiento bíblico la necesidad de esta hora? Porque vivimos en una época en que la mayoría de los líderes religiosos realmente niegan la necesidad de arrepentimiento. Si es que lo predican, lo debilitan como el presidente de un seminario que dijo que el arrepentimiento no significa más que “un caballero decirle a Dios que lamenta haber hecho lo que hizo”. Otros dicen que el arrepentimiento es únicamente para los judíos y no para nosotros en la actualidad. Algunos dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para los hijos de Dios y que no tiene nada que ver con los pecadores perdidos, mientras que otros predican justo lo contrario: ¡dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para pecadores perdidos pero no para los hijos de Dios! ¡Y aún otros afirman que el arrepentimiento es meramente una forma de obras y que ningún grupo lo necesita! Por lo tanto, mi propósito es refutar estos errores fatales que están engañando a las almas preciosas para su destrucción eterna. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, para empezar, tengo que presentar el efecto del pecado sobre la raza humana, especialmente sobre ti y sobre mí. ¿Qué es el pecado? &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: su definición  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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En esencia, el pecado es rebelión contra Dios&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;La palabra pecado significa “errar al blanco”. 1 Juan 5:17 declara que “toda injusticia es pecado; pero hay pecado no de muerte”; esto significa cualquier cosa que no está en armonía con el carácter justo y recto de Dios. 1 Juan 3:4 nos dice que pecado es quebrantar la ley de Dios, lo cual es la violación de la voluntad revelada de Dios. Estas definiciones bíblicas ponen en claro que pecado es todo pensamiento, palabra, actitud y acción que son contrarios a la revelación del carácter y la voluntad de Dios presentados en su Palabra.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Esto significa creer que tenemos el derecho de hacer con nuestra vida lo que nos da la gana y de actuar independientemente de Dios y de su santa ley. Como dice el apóstol Juan: “Todo aquel que comete pecado, infringe también la ley; pues el pecado es infracción de la ley” (1 Juan 3:4). De hecho, el pecado es una manera de decirle a Dios: “No te metas con mi vida; no te necesito”. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: sus serias consecuencias  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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La doctrina del efecto del pecado sobre ti y sobre mí y sobre toda la raza humana es ''muy seria''. Así como ningún corazón lo puede concebir apropiadamente, así la boca no puede expresar adecuadamente el estado de perdición y ruina que el pecado ha causado al hombre culpable y desdichado. Te preguntas: “¿Qué ha hecho?” ¡Oh, mi amigo, nos ha separado de Dios! ¡Ha desfigurado y arruinado nuestro cuerpo, alma y espíritu! El pecado ha llenado nuestro cuerpo de enfermedades y dolencias. El pecado ha desfigurado la imagen de Dios en nuestra alma. ¡El pecado ha cortado nuestra comunión con él quien nos hizo a su propia imagen moral! El pecado ha hecho que por naturaleza tú y yo seamos amantes del pecado y aborrecedores de Dios, quien es el ''único'' bien. ¡Sí, es cosa muy seria considerar el pecado a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, ver lo que le ha hecho al hombre, a Dios y su Cristo, y a la creación de Dios! El pecado nos ha desligado de Dios y ha abierto las puertas del infierno. Es serio porque el pecado le ha costado al hombre su bien más precioso –su ''alma imperecedera''. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: humillante para el hombre  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Además, la doctrina del pecado revelada en la Palabra de Dios es ''una muy humillante''. ¿Por qué? Porque la Biblia no nos presenta meramente como ignorantes y necesitados de enseñanza. Ni nos presenta como débiles y necesitados de un tónico. En cambio, revela que tú y yo estamos espiritualmente muertos y que carecemos de ''cualquier'' justicia y rectitud que nos dé algún mérito ante Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Esto significa que espiritualmente carecemos de fuerza, somos totalmente incapaces de mejorarnos a nosotros mismos, estamos expuestos a la ira de Dios y no podemos realizar ni una obra que sea aceptable para un Dios santo (Rom. 3:10-18). &lt;br /&gt;
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La imposibilidad de que alguno pueda ganarse la aprobación de Dios por medio de sus propias obras resulta claro en el caso del joven rico que se acercó a Jesús (Mat. 19). Cuando juzgamos a este joven según las normas humanas, consideramos que era un modelo de virtudes y de logros religiosos. Pero, como tantos otros que confían en sus propios esfuerzos y su propia justicia, desconocía la espiritualidad y lo estricto de la ley de Dios. Cuando Cristo le mostró la codicia de su corazón, se fue triste, porque poseía muchos bienes. Era ''humillante'' descubrir que sus mejores estudios religiosos no eran más que trapos de inmundicia al olfato de Dios (Isa. 64:6). Este joven no quiso confesar que su moralidad y que sus mejores acciones no eran más que obras de tinieblas condenatorias por las que necesitaba sentir pesar y a las que tenía que renunciar. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué humillante es descubrir que Dios requiere ''la verdad en lo íntimo'' (Sal. 51:6)! ¡Qué humillante es que no podamos librarnos por nuestros propios medios del pecado en nuestro corazón y en nuestra mente! Qué humillante es que nosotros, al igual que todos los demás, tenemos que comparecer ante Dios como ''pecadores'' y declararnos ''culpables'' ante él. No queremos confesar que somos pecadores –perdidos, descarriados, indefensos y culpables-- ante Dios. ¡El moral y farisaico no quiere confesar que está en la misma situación ante Dios que el violador, la prostituta y el borracho! No obstante, somos pecadores por naturaleza y en la práctica. &lt;br /&gt;
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No podemos librarnos del pecado por medio de una resolución, una orden, un sacrificio ni por medio de apartarnos totalmente del mundo, porque es nuestra ''naturaleza''. Jeremías 13:23 dice: “¿Mudará el etíope su piel, y el leopardo sus manchas? Así también, ¿podréis vosotros hacer bien, estando habituados a hacer mal?” &lt;br /&gt;
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Este hecho humilló al apóstol Pablo. Lo llevó a arrepentirse y confesar que ante Dios era un pecador merecedor del infierno. En Romanos 7 nos cuenta que en una época vivía sin la ley; pero que cuando conoció el mandamiento de que no debía codiciar, se llenó de codicia. Comprendió que era carnal&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;carnal -- dado a los placeres sensuales.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, que se había vendido al pecado. Confesó que era humillante enterarse de que lo que ''quería'' hacer –vivir justa y rectamente-- no ''podía hacer''. Y lo que no quería hacer –pecar contra un Dios santo, recto y justo—''eso'' es lo que hacía. Confesó tener la ''voluntad'' de hacer lo bueno, pero ''no el poder'' para hacerlo. Su voluntad estaba depravada, y su naturaleza pecaminosa lo tenía cautivo: “Porque no hago el bien que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero, eso hago” (Rom. 7:19). Por más que luchaba contra él, que tomaba resoluciones contra él, que lo denunciaba y que hacía todo lo que podía en su contra –no se podía librar de él. &lt;br /&gt;
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De la misma manera, nos sentimos humillados cuando, por el poder iluminador del Espíritu de Dios, vemos el terrible poder del pecado en ''nuestra'' vida. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: cómo ve Dios nuestro corazón  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡La Biblia declara que el efecto del pecado sobre el hombre es tal que ''nuestro corazón es comparable a algunas de las cosas más repugnantes'' que nos podamos imaginar! Se vale de estas descripciones para mostrarnos cómo considera Dios nuestros pecados. &lt;br /&gt;
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¿Sabes que la Palabra de Dios nos describe como ''gusanos''? Lo hace en Job 25:4-6: “¿Cómo, pues, se justificará el hombre para con Dios? ¿Y cómo será limpio el que nace de mujer? He aquí que ni aun la misma luna será resplandeciente, ni las estrellas son limpias delante de sus ojos; ¿Cuánto menos el hombre, que es un gusano, y el hijo de hombre, también gusano?”&amp;lt;ref /&amp;gt; El significado de la raíz de la palabra usada aquí como ''gusano'' en el hebreo es “gusano de podredumbre”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Harris, R.L., Archer, G.L., y Waltke, B.K. (199, c1980), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Glosario teológico del Antiguo Testamento), p. 850. Chicago: Moody Press.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Esta es la forma como Dios nos ve: en proceso de putrefacción, fuera de Cristo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, ¿sabías que Dios nos describe en nuestra naturaleza depravada como una “podrida llaga”. Así lo hace en Isaías 1:4-6: &lt;br /&gt;
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Las Escrituras también muestran que el pecado ha hecho al hombre como ''bestias'' ignorantes y estúpidas. Leemos en el Salmo 73:22: “Tan torpe era yo, que no entendía; era como una ''bestia'' delante de ti”. También leemos en el Salmo 49:20: “El hombre que está en honra y no entiende, semejante es a las bestias que perecen”. Si todavía estás jugando con el pecado, condenas tu alma al infierno. Y eres como las bestias que perecen, porque ''no entiendes''. &lt;br /&gt;
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Alguien me podría decir: “¡Ésta no es una manera agradable de decir las cosas!” Lo sé, pero es lo que dice la Palabra de Dios. Tenemos que despojarnos de todo nuestro orgullo y fariseísmo y renunciar para siempre a querer algo ''en'' nosotros que nos recomiende a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué cuadro del hombre depravado! ¡Qué imagen de ti y de mí por naturaleza! Viéndonos en este estado de putrefacción, Dios ''tiene que'' ordenar que nos arrepintamos. &lt;br /&gt;
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Quiero razonar contigo: Si no te ocupas de la eternidad y no piensas en el mundo venidero, entonces de seguro la Palabra de Dios te retrata con exactitud en estas descripciones. Eres como un gusano, como una llaga podrida y como una bestia que perece. ¡Oh que supieras tu final (Deut. 32:29) y, arrepentido, acudieras ya mismo a Dios, y te encomendaras a su misericordia en Cristo! ¡Oh que te presentaras hoy ante el Dios Santo, humillándote ante él, y clamando a él con verdadero arrepentimiento! &lt;br /&gt;
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1. a. En esencia, ¿qué es pecado?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué significa esto en relación con nosotros mismo? &lt;br /&gt;
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3. ¿Por qué es el pecado humillante para el hombre? &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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7. ¿De qué manera el pecado en nuestra naturaleza pone en igualdad de condición a todos los hombres ante Dios? &lt;br /&gt;
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8. a. ¿Qué nos dice Romanos 7:19 sobre los efectos de nuestra naturaleza en relación con nuestra habilidad de dejar de pecar? (Por favor escriba el texto del versículo y la referencia.)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Y usted? ¿Coincide con esto al aplicarlo a usted personalmente? &lt;br /&gt;
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9. La Biblia compara nuestro corazón con algunas de las cosas más repulsivas que nos podemos imaginar. Al usar estas descripciones del pecado, la Palabra de Dios muestra qué aspecto tienen nuestros pecados para Dios, y por qué necesitamos confesarlos y arrepentirnos de ellos. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Cuáles son las tres cosas horribles con las cuales la Biblia compara nuestros pecados? (Escriba también la referencia de cada una.)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Y usted? Basándose en estos versículos, describa qué aspecto han de tener sus pecados para Dios. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==== Definición de arrepentimiento  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Este párrafo y el siguiente fueron agregados por el editor.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''. &lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico. Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Lo que incluye el arrepentimiento  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, arrepentirse es cambiar de parecer en cuanto al pecado y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del pecado'' y acercarse ''a'' Dios. ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta la totalidad de la vida del pecador. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye que el pecador ''asuma la culpa de su condición pecaminosa'' ante Dios y ponerse del lado de él en contra de sí mismo. El penitente no culpa a ningún otro de su condición, sino que se condena a sí mismo bajo la ira eterna de Dios porque se lo merece. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye ''sentir gran tristeza por el pecado''. Segunda Corintios 7:10 dice que “la tristeza que es según Dios produce arrepentimiento para salvación, de que no hay que arrepentirse”. Y Mateo 5:4 dice: “Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos recibirán consolación”. &lt;br /&gt;
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El arrepentimiento lleva a ''confesar los pecados''. No escondiendo nada, el pecador se hace responsable de sus pecados y abre su corazón pecaminoso a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, el arrepentimiento lleva a ''renunciar al pecado''. El pecador arrepentido toma la determinación de no volver a él. Por lo tanto, en el arrepentimiento bíblico, el pecador convicto y convencido asume su lugar ante de Dios como un condenado con justicia. Aborrece su pecado, anhela ser libre de él. Siente gran tristeza por su pecado y toma la determinación de no volver a él. Y demuestra que su arrepentimiento es real andando en la senda de justicia y en auténtica santidad. “Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento” es la evidencia de que ha ocurrido un cambio radical en nuestra vida (Mat. 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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En Hechos 17:30 leemos estas palabras: “Pero Dios, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de esta ignorancia, ahora manda a ''todos'' los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”. Dios dice que ''todos'' los hombres –no sólo los gentiles, sino todos los hombres, lo cual incluye a todo pueblo, lengua, nación y tribu. Y en el v. 31 encontramos por qué Dios ha ordenado que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan: ¡El juicio se acerca! “''Arrepentíos!''” dice Dios. “El Rey viene para juzgar! ''Arrepentíos'' si valoráis vuestra alma” ¿Por qué? “Por cuanto ha establecido un día en el cual juzgará al mundo con justicia, por aquel varón a quien designó [Jesucristo], dando fe a todos con haberle levantado de los muertos”. Sí, Dios ordena que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan y produzcan fruto digno de su arrepentimiento lo cual es una vida santa, ¡o se enfrentará con ellos en un juicio ''sin misericordia!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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La cuestión es que Dios es ''soberano'' en su salvación. Sólo él establece los términos bajo los cuales recibe a pecadores rebeldes en su reino. Su Palabra declara que él es amante, gentil, misericordioso y generoso; pero es también santo, recto y justo. Por lo tanto, ordena a los hombres que se arrepientan. A menos que el pecador rebelde se arrepienta y crea el evangelio, no hay perdón. Pero ¡alabado sea su nombre precioso; es a este tipo de pecador que él mirará! El Señor dice en Isaías 66:2 “Pero miraré a aquel que es pobre y humilde de espíritu, y que tiembla a mi palabra”. También el Salmo 51:17 nos dice: “Los sacrificios de Dios son el espíritu quebrantado; al corazón contrito y humillado no despreciarás tú, oh Dios”. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Alabado sea el Señor! Nunca rechazará al pecador arrepentido y creyente. Cristo vino a buscar y salvar a justamente este tipo de pecador. Escucha a Isaías 55:6, 7: “Buscad a Jehová mientras puede ser hallado, llamadle en tanto que está cercano. Deje el impío su camino, y el hombre inicuo sus pensamientos, y vuélvase a Jehová, el cual tendrá de él misericordia, y al Dios nuestro, el cual será amplio en perdonar”. Nota que en estos versículos hay nuevamente un mandato de que dejemos nuestro propio camino y nos volvamos a Dios. ¡Deja tu camino y vuélvete a Dios!&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Esto no significa que uno tiene que dejar todo acto de pecado antes de acudir a Cristo. Esto es imposible. Significa que cambia de parecer, se aparta de él en su corazón, y luego se aparta más y más del pecado conocido en su vida a medida que madura en Cristo.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Debo recalcar también otra verdad: ''el arrepentimiento bíblico es perpetuo''—el hijo de Dios se arrepentirá hasta que Dios lo lleve a su morada. El arrepentimiento es un modo de pensar permanente, un aborrecimiento continuo del mal. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Oh, cuántas almas preciosas han sido condenadas aquí mismo! Parecen arrepentirse por un tiempo. Dejan sus antiguas compañías y dejan los lugares donde cometían sus pecados: el bar, el salón de baile, la casa de la prostituta. Parecen aceptar a Cristo. Aun predican, enseñan y testifican de él. Pero porque son “oidores pedregales” (Mar. 4:5, 6, 16, 17), sólo duran un tiempo. Empiezan a enfriarse, volviendo gradualmente a sus costumbres de antes. Vuelven al pecado, vuelven a aquello a lo que habían renunciado. Uno a uno vuelven a sus antiguos pecados y compañeros, y vuelven al mundo. Eso es porque su arrepentimiento no era perpetuo: no surgió del nuevo nacimiento sino de la carne. La Palabra de Dios los describe: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Ciertamente, si habiéndose ellos escapado de las contaminaciones del mundo, por el conocimiento del Señor y el Salvador Jesucristo, enredándose otra vez en ellas son vencidos, su postrer estado viene a ser peor que el primero. Porque mejor les hubiera sido no haber conocido el camino de la justicia que después de haberlo conocido, volverse atrás del santo mandamiento que les fue dado. Pero les ha acontecido lo del verdadero proverbio: El perro vuelve a su vómito, y la puerca lavada a revolcarse en el cieno” (2Pe. 2:20-22).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
En muchos casos, ese volver es ''lento''. ¡Pocos vuelven de una sola vez! Primero, anhelan la “libertad”; escudriñan la Palabra de Dios para averiguar cuánta libertad tienen, para poder vivir lo más cerca posible al pecado. Luego, poco a poco vuelven a este pecado y a aquel otro. Por último, ya no tienen un testimonio para Cristo, sino ''sólo una confesión de fe externa''. El pecado ya no los molesta. No lo aborrecen ni están en contra de él. Se dicen a sí mismos que Dios ya no quiere que se arrepientan y aborrezcan al pecado. Piensan que están en el camino de vida, no obstante, ¡el pecado ya no los molesta! Entonces se vuelven a esos pecados de los cuales una vez se habían arrepentido, diciendo: “¡Ahora tenemos ''libertad'' para andar en estos caminos!” Pero, ¡oh, mis amigos, esto no es libertad, sino ''un permiso'' para hacer lo que siempre has querido hacer, ''permiso'' para andar en el pecado sin restricciones! ¡Has jugado con fuego y tu corazón está ahora endurecido por el engaño del pecado! (Heb. 3:12). &lt;br /&gt;
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También te advierto: ¡''cuídate'' del arrepentimiento que no ''continúa''! No es un arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico, tu corazón volverá a estar satisfecho con la basura del mundo: “De ceniza se alimenta; su corazón engañado le desvía, para que no libre su alma, ni diga: ¿No es pura mentira lo que tengo en mi mano derecha?” (Isa. 44:20). Por lo tanto, nunca lo olvides: el verdadero arrepentimiento es ''perpetuo''. Si te has convertido de verdad, aborrecerás y dejaras tus pecados por el resto de tu vida&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Aunque el arrepentimiento bíblico es perpetuo, esto no significa que los hijos de Dios no tengan una lucha continua con el pecado o períodos de “sequedad”. Pablo escribe: “Porque el deseo de la carne es contra el Espíritu, y el del Espíritu es contra la carne; y éstos se oponen entre sí, para que no hagáis lo que quisiereis” (Gál. 5:17). Pero los verdaderos hijos de Dios nunca pueden estar satisfechos o conformes con sus pecados. El Espíritu Santo dará al auténtico creyente la convicción de que lo está entristeciendo, iluminará su corazón y le dará arrepentimiento y una restauración de su comunión con el Señor (Sal. 51).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Y anhelarás ser santo, ser como Cristo y agradar a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Yo te pregunto: “¿Alguna vez has poseído ''tú'' el arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico que Dios ordena de todos los hombres?” &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora debo agregar que ''el arrepentimiento es un don de la gracia'' que obra en el corazón por el poder de Dios el Espíritu Santo&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;El arrepentimiento como un “don de la gracia” surge de la obra milagrosa del Espíritu Santo, que Jesús llamó “nacer de nuevo” (Juan 3:3; 1 P. 1:23). Este nuevo nacimiento también es descrito como “nacer del Espíritu” (Juan 3:5; 6, 8), “nacido de Dios” (Juan 1:13; 1 Juan 2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18), concebidos por Dios (1 P. 1:3; 1 Juan 5:1, 18) y regeneración (Tit. 3:5). La Biblia usa también otros diversos términos. Ningún pecador se arrepiente auténticamente a menos que primero haya recibido vida por medio del Espíritu Santo.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;fck_dom_range_temp_1218560982340_433&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;. Hechos 11:18 nos dice: “¡De manera que también a los gentiles ha ''dado'' Dios ''arrepentimiento'' para vida!” El Espíritu Santo nos muestra nuestra condición pecaminosa ante Dios y pone en nosotros la voluntad de renunciar a nuestro odio de Dios y su autoridad. Y por su gracia nos da el anhelo de andar con él en novedad de vida y santidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Como ya hemos visto, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos porque tú y yo somos ''rebeldes contra'' Dios por naturaleza. ''Todo'' hombre aparte de Cristo es un rebelde contra el trono de Dios (Rom. 8:7). Debido a nuestra naturaleza pecaminosa hemos determinado vivir nuestra vida apartados de Dios. Por eso tenemos que cambiar radicalmente nuestra manera de pensar con respecto a vivir independientemente de él. ¡Esto lo demostramos por medio de nuestro clamor a Dios pidiéndole que sea nuestro ''Señor'' y el ''Soberano'' de nuestra vida! &lt;br /&gt;
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Porque le hemos escupido en el rostro, blasfemado su nombre, inclinado ante los dioses del oro y del placer, pasado su día como nos place y andado con orgullo y arrogancia contra él, Dios nos manda arrepentirnos y creer en el Señor Jesucristo. Tenemos que cambiar nuestra manera de pensar acerca del orgullo y la arrogancia, acerca de la codicia y los placeres mundanos y acerca de andar por ''nuestro propio'' camino. Tenemos que clamar a él para que obre su amor en santidad en nosotros. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sí, mi amigo, porque no lo hemos amado a él con todo nuestro corazón, alma, mente y fuerzas y hemos derrochado nuestro amor en el yo y en el mundo, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos y confiar en el Señor Jesús para remisión de nuestros pecados. Porque, fíjate bien, el arrepentimiento auténtico quita al ''yo'' del trono y entroniza a ''Cristo'' como Señor sobre cada área de la vida. &lt;br /&gt;
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1. ¿Qué manda Dios que haga cada pecador? &lt;br /&gt;
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2. a. ¿De qué manera hubiera usted definidido al “arrepentimiento” antes de tomar este curso?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿De qué manera define el autor al “arrepentimiento”? &lt;br /&gt;
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3. Por favor lea con cuidado el párrafo sobre las palabras del Antiguo Testamento usadas para significar “arrepentimiento”. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Qué significa nacham?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué significa shub?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. Lea el Salmo 51. Brevemente, basándose en este salmo, ¿cómo describiría usted al arrepentimiento?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;d. Complete esta cita directa: “Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión: Como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y como el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una ______________ ___________ ___ _______ a Dios”. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4. Por favor lea con cuidado el párrafo sobre las palabras que usa el Nuevo Testamento para referirse al “arrepentimiento.” &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. Describa el significado general básico de las tres palabras griegas que se traducen a nuestro idioma como “arrepentíos”. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Cuál es el énfasis más específico en metanoeo y metanoia que va más allá del “dolor... que la persona experimenta debido al pecado”? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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5. En sus propias palabras, ¿cuáles son las cuatro descripciones adicionales del verdadero arrepentimiento? (p. ej.: ¿Qué incluye o a qué lleva el arrepentimiento)? &lt;br /&gt;
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6. ¿Por qué manda Dios “a todos los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”? &lt;br /&gt;
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7. Escriba el punto clave y la referencia de cada uno de estos versículos. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. Isaías 66:2&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. Salmo 51:17 &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8. Lea Isaías 55:6,7. Complete la frase en estos versículos que contesta cada una de las siguientes preguntas. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Por qué se debe buscar al Señor ahora?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué se le manda hacer al hombre impío e inicuo?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. ¿Qué promete hacer Dios? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Se considera usted impio e inicuo? ¿Por qué sí o por qué no?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. Si su respuesta fue positiva, ¿qué le manda hacer Dios en Isaías 55:6-7? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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10. ¿Qué significa ser un “oidor pedregal” (de Marcos 4:5, 6, 16, 17)? &lt;br /&gt;
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13. En esta sección, en la nota 8 de pie de página, ¿cuáles son los versículos que nos dicen que el arrepentimiento bíblico es un don de Dios? Para cada uno, escriba la frase clave y la referencia. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;references /&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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En la Palabra de Dios, el arrepentimiento y la fe se hallan conectados inseparablemente, y deben ser predicados juntos. La Palabra de Dios enseña claramente que Dios ''ordena a“todos los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”'' (Hech. 17:30). Además, la Biblia enseña claramente que el ''arrepentimiento'' es tan necesario como la ''fe'' en el Señor Jesucristo. Pablo les dijo a sus oyentes en Hechos 20:20, 21: &lt;br /&gt;
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''“y como nada que fuese útil he rehuido de anunciaros y enseñaros, públicamente y por las casas, testificando a judíos y a gentiles acerca del arrepentimiento para con Dios, y de la fe en nuestro Señor Jesucristo”.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, el arrepentimiento y la fe son ordenados por Dios en el llamado del evangelio. No separemos lo que Dios ha juntado (Mat. 21:32; Mar. 1:15; Hech. 2:36; 5:31; 20:21; 2 Tim. 2:25).&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Este párrafo y el siguiente fueron agregados por el editor.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''. &lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico. Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, arrepentirse es cambiar de parecer en cuanto al pecado y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del pecado'' y acercarse ''a'' Dios. ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta la totalidad de la vida del pecador. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye que el pecador ''asuma la culpa de su condición pecaminosa'' ante Dios y ponerse del lado de él en contra de sí mismo. El penitente no culpa a ningún otro de su condición, sino que se condena a sí mismo bajo la ira eterna de Dios porque se lo merece. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye ''sentir gran tristeza por el pecado''. Segunda Corintios 7:10 dice que “la tristeza que es según Dios produce arrepentimiento para salvación, de que no hay que arrepentirse”. Y Mateo 5:4 dice: “Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos recibirán consolación”. &lt;br /&gt;
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El arrepentimiento lleva a ''confesar los pecados''. No escondiendo nada, el pecador se hace responsable de sus pecados y abre su corazón pecaminoso a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, el arrepentimiento lleva a ''renunciar al pecado''. El pecador arrepentido toma la determinación de no volver a él. Por lo tanto, en el arrepentimiento bíblico, el pecador convicto y convencido asume su lugar ante de Dios como un condenado con justicia. Aborrece su pecado, anhela ser libre de él. Siente gran tristeza por su pecado y toma la determinación de no volver a él. Y demuestra que su arrepentimiento es real andando en la senda de justicia y en auténtica santidad. “Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento” es la evidencia de que ha ocurrido un cambio radical en nuestra vida (Mat. 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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En Hechos 17:30 leemos estas palabras: “Pero Dios, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de esta ignorancia, ahora manda a ''todos'' los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”. Dios dice que ''todos'' los hombres –no sólo los gentiles, sino todos los hombres, lo cual incluye a todo pueblo, lengua, nación y tribu. Y en el v. 31 encontramos por qué Dios ha ordenado que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan: ¡El juicio se acerca! “''Arrepentíos!''” dice Dios. “El Rey viene para juzgar! ''Arrepentíos'' si valoráis vuestra alma” ¿Por qué? “Por cuanto ha establecido un día en el cual juzgará al mundo con justicia, por aquel varón a quien designó [Jesucristo], dando fe a todos con haberle levantado de los muertos”. Sí, Dios ordena que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan y produzcan fruto digno de su arrepentimiento lo cual es una vida santa, ¡o se enfrentará con ellos en un juicio ''sin misericordia!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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La cuestión es que Dios es ''soberano'' en su salvación. Sólo él establece los términos bajo los cuales recibe a pecadores rebeldes en su reino. Su Palabra declara que él es amante, gentil, misericordioso y generoso; pero es también santo, recto y justo. Por lo tanto, ordena a los hombres que se arrepientan. A menos que el pecador rebelde se arrepienta y crea el evangelio, no hay perdón. Pero ¡alabado sea su nombre precioso; es a este tipo de pecador que él mirará! El Señor dice en Isaías 66:2 “Pero miraré a aquel que es pobre y humilde de espíritu, y que tiembla a mi palabra”. También el Salmo 51:17 nos dice: “Los sacrificios de Dios son el espíritu quebrantado; al corazón contrito y humillado no despreciarás tú, oh Dios”. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Alabado sea el Señor! Nunca rechazará al pecador arrepentido y creyente. Cristo vino a buscar y salvar a justamente este tipo de pecador. Escucha a Isaías 55:6, 7: “Buscad a Jehová mientras puede ser hallado, llamadle en tanto que está cercano. Deje el impío su camino, y el hombre inicuo sus pensamientos, y vuélvase a Jehová, el cual tendrá de él misericordia, y al Dios nuestro, el cual será amplio en perdonar”. Nota que en estos versículos hay nuevamente un mandato de que dejemos nuestro propio camino y nos volvamos a Dios. ¡Deja tu camino y vuélvete a Dios!&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Esto no significa que uno tiene que dejar todo acto de pecado antes de acudir a Cristo. Esto es imposible. Significa que cambia de parecer, se aparta de él en su corazón, y luego se aparta más y más del pecado conocido en su vida a medida que madura en Cristo.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Debo recalcar también otra verdad: ''el arrepentimiento bíblico es perpetuo''—el hijo de Dios se arrepentirá hasta que Dios lo lleve a su morada. El arrepentimiento es un modo de pensar permanente, un aborrecimiento continuo del mal. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Oh, cuántas almas preciosas han sido condenadas aquí mismo! Parecen arrepentirse por un tiempo. Dejan sus antiguas compañías y dejan los lugares donde cometían sus pecados: el bar, el salón de baile, la casa de la prostituta. Parecen aceptar a Cristo. Aun predican, enseñan y testifican de él. Pero porque son “oidores pedregales” (Mar. 4:5, 6, 16, 17), sólo duran un tiempo. Empiezan a enfriarse, volviendo gradualmente a sus costumbres de antes. Vuelven al pecado, vuelven a aquello a lo que habían renunciado. Uno a uno vuelven a sus antiguos pecados y compañeros, y vuelven al mundo. Eso es porque su arrepentimiento no era perpetuo: no surgió del nuevo nacimiento sino de la carne. La Palabra de Dios los describe: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Ciertamente, si habiéndose ellos escapado de las contaminaciones del mundo, por el conocimiento del Señor y el Salvador Jesucristo, enredándose otra vez en ellas son vencidos, su postrer estado viene a ser peor que el primero. Porque mejor les hubiera sido no haber conocido el camino de la justicia que después de haberlo conocido, volverse atrás del santo mandamiento que les fue dado. Pero les ha acontecido lo del verdadero proverbio: El perro vuelve a su vómito, y la puerca lavada a revolcarse en el cieno” (2Pe. 2:20-22).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
En muchos casos, ese volver es ''lento''. ¡Pocos vuelven de una sola vez! Primero, anhelan la “libertad”; escudriñan la Palabra de Dios para averiguar cuánta libertad tienen, para poder vivir lo más cerca posible al pecado. Luego, poco a poco vuelven a este pecado y a aquel otro. Por último, ya no tienen un testimonio para Cristo, sino ''sólo una confesión de fe externa''. El pecado ya no los molesta. No lo aborrecen ni están en contra de él. Se dicen a sí mismos que Dios ya no quiere que se arrepientan y aborrezcan al pecado. Piensan que están en el camino de vida, no obstante, ¡el pecado ya no los molesta! Entonces se vuelven a esos pecados de los cuales una vez se habían arrepentido, diciendo: “¡Ahora tenemos ''libertad'' para andar en estos caminos!” Pero, ¡oh, mis amigos, esto no es libertad, sino ''un permiso'' para hacer lo que siempre has querido hacer, ''permiso'' para andar en el pecado sin restricciones! ¡Has jugado con fuego y tu corazón está ahora endurecido por el engaño del pecado! (Heb. 3:12). &lt;br /&gt;
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También te advierto: ¡''cuídate'' del arrepentimiento que no ''continúa''! No es un arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico, tu corazón volverá a estar satisfecho con la basura del mundo: “De ceniza se alimenta; su corazón engañado le desvía, para que no libre su alma, ni diga: ¿No es pura mentira lo que tengo en mi mano derecha?” (Isa. 44:20). Por lo tanto, nunca lo olvides: el verdadero arrepentimiento es ''perpetuo''. Si te has convertido de verdad, aborrecerás y dejaras tus pecados por el resto de tu vida&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Aunque el arrepentimiento bíblico es perpetuo, esto no significa que los hijos de Dios no tengan una lucha continua con el pecado o períodos de “sequedad”. Pablo escribe: “Porque el deseo de la carne es contra el Espíritu, y el del Espíritu es contra la carne; y éstos se oponen entre sí, para que no hagáis lo que quisiereis” (Gál. 5:17). Pero los verdaderos hijos de Dios nunca pueden estar satisfechos o conformes con sus pecados. El Espíritu Santo dará al auténtico creyente la convicción de que lo está entristeciendo, iluminará su corazón y le dará arrepentimiento y una restauración de su comunión con el Señor (Sal. 51).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Y anhelarás ser santo, ser como Cristo y agradar a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Yo te pregunto: “¿Alguna vez has poseído ''tú'' el arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico que Dios ordena de todos los hombres?” &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora debo agregar que ''el arrepentimiento es un don de la gracia'' que obra en el corazón por el poder de Dios el Espíritu Santo&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;El arrepentimiento como un “don de la gracia” surge de la obra milagrosa del Espíritu Santo, que Jesús llamó “nacer de nuevo” (Juan 3:3; 1 P. 1:23). Este nuevo nacimiento también es descrito como “nacer del Espíritu” (Juan 3:5; 6, 8), “nacido de Dios” (Juan 1:13; 1 Juan 2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18), concebidos por Dios (1 P. 1:3; 1 Juan 5:1, 18) y regeneración (Tit. 3:5). La Biblia usa también otros diversos términos. Ningún pecador se arrepiente auténticamente a menos que primero haya recibido vida por medio del Espíritu Santo.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span id=&amp;quot;fck_dom_range_temp_1218560982340_433&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;. Hechos 11:18 nos dice: “¡De manera que también a los gentiles ha ''dado'' Dios ''arrepentimiento'' para vida!” El Espíritu Santo nos muestra nuestra condición pecaminosa ante Dios y pone en nosotros la voluntad de renunciar a nuestro odio de Dios y su autoridad. Y por su gracia nos da el anhelo de andar con él en novedad de vida y santidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Como ya hemos visto, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos porque tú y yo somos ''rebeldes contra'' Dios por naturaleza. ''Todo'' hombre aparte de Cristo es un rebelde contra el trono de Dios (Rom. 8:7). Debido a nuestra naturaleza pecaminosa hemos determinado vivir nuestra vida apartados de Dios. Por eso tenemos que cambiar radicalmente nuestra manera de pensar con respecto a vivir independientemente de él. ¡Esto lo demostramos por medio de nuestro clamor a Dios pidiéndole que sea nuestro ''Señor'' y el ''Soberano'' de nuestra vida! &lt;br /&gt;
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Porque le hemos escupido en el rostro, blasfemado su nombre, inclinado ante los dioses del oro y del placer, pasado su día como nos place y andado con orgullo y arrogancia contra él, Dios nos manda arrepentirnos y creer en el Señor Jesucristo. Tenemos que cambiar nuestra manera de pensar acerca del orgullo y la arrogancia, acerca de la codicia y los placeres mundanos y acerca de andar por ''nuestro propio'' camino. Tenemos que clamar a él para que obre su amor en santidad en nosotros. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sí, mi amigo, porque no lo hemos amado a él con todo nuestro corazón, alma, mente y fuerzas y hemos derrochado nuestro amor en el yo y en el mundo, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos y confiar en el Señor Jesús para remisión de nuestros pecados. Porque, fíjate bien, el arrepentimiento auténtico quita al ''yo'' del trono y entroniza a ''Cristo'' como Señor sobre cada área de la vida. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Preguntas para estudio El significado del arrepentimiento  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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1. ¿Qué manda Dios que haga cada pecador? &lt;br /&gt;
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2. a. ¿De qué manera hubiera usted definidido al “arrepentimiento” antes de tomar este curso?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿De qué manera define el autor al “arrepentimiento”? &lt;br /&gt;
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3. Por favor lea con cuidado el párrafo sobre las palabras del Antiguo Testamento usadas para significar “arrepentimiento”. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Qué significa nacham?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué significa shub?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. Lea el Salmo 51. Brevemente, basándose en este salmo, ¿cómo describiría usted al arrepentimiento?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;d. Complete esta cita directa: “Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión: Como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y como el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una ______________ ___________ ___ _______ a Dios”. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4. Por favor lea con cuidado el párrafo sobre las palabras que usa el Nuevo Testamento para referirse al “arrepentimiento.” &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. Describa el significado general básico de las tres palabras griegas que se traducen a nuestro idioma como “arrepentíos”. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Cuál es el énfasis más específico en metanoeo y metanoia que va más allá del “dolor... que la persona experimenta debido al pecado”? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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5. En sus propias palabras, ¿cuáles son las cuatro descripciones adicionales del verdadero arrepentimiento? (p. ej.: ¿Qué incluye o a qué lleva el arrepentimiento)? &lt;br /&gt;
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6. ¿Por qué manda Dios “a todos los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”? &lt;br /&gt;
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7. Escriba el punto clave y la referencia de cada uno de estos versículos. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. Isaías 66:2&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. Salmo 51:17 &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
8. Lea Isaías 55:6,7. Complete la frase en estos versículos que contesta cada una de las siguientes preguntas. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Por qué se debe buscar al Señor ahora?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué se le manda hacer al hombre impío e inicuo?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. ¿Qué promete hacer Dios? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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10. ¿Qué significa ser un “oidor pedregal” (de Marcos 4:5, 6, 16, 17)? &lt;br /&gt;
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13. En esta sección, en la nota 8 de pie de página, ¿cuáles son los versículos que nos dicen que el arrepentimiento bíblico es un don de Dios? Para cada uno, escriba la frase clave y la referencia. &lt;br /&gt;
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.5 ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''. &lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico. Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, arrepentirse es cambiar de parecer en cuanto al pecado y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del pecado'' y acercarse ''a'' Dios. ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta la totalidad de la vida del pecador. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye que el pecador ''asuma la culpa de su condición pecaminosa'' ante Dios y ponerse del lado de él en contra de sí mismo. El penitente no culpa a ningún otro de su condición, sino que se condena a sí mismo bajo la ira eterna de Dios porque se lo merece. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye ''sentir gran tristeza por el pecado''. Segunda Corintios 7:10 dice que “la tristeza que es según Dios produce arrepentimiento para salvación, de que no hay que arrepentirse”. Y Mateo 5:4 dice: “Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos recibirán consolación”. &lt;br /&gt;
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El arrepentimiento lleva a ''confesar los pecados''. No escondiendo nada, el pecador se hace responsable de sus pecados y abre su corazón pecaminoso a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, el arrepentimiento lleva a ''renunciar al pecado''. El pecador arrepentido toma la determinación de no volver a él. Por lo tanto, en el arrepentimiento bíblico, el pecador convicto y convencido asume su lugar ante de Dios como un condenado con justicia. Aborrece su pecado, anhela ser libre de él. Siente gran tristeza por su pecado y toma la determinación de no volver a él. Y demuestra que su arrepentimiento es real andando en la senda de justicia y en auténtica santidad. “Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento” es la evidencia de que ha ocurrido un cambio radical en nuestra vida (Mat. 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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En Hechos 17:30 leemos estas palabras: “Pero Dios, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de esta ignorancia, ahora manda a ''todos'' los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”. Dios dice que ''todos'' los hombres –no sólo los gentiles, sino todos los hombres, lo cual incluye a todo pueblo, lengua, nación y tribu. Y en el v. 31 encontramos por qué Dios ha ordenado que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan: ¡El juicio se acerca! “''Arrepentíos!''” dice Dios. “El Rey viene para juzgar! ''Arrepentíos'' si valoráis vuestra alma” ¿Por qué? “Por cuanto ha establecido un día en el cual juzgará al mundo con justicia, por aquel varón a quien designó [Jesucristo], dando fe a todos con haberle levantado de los muertos”. Sí, Dios ordena que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan y produzcan fruto digno de su arrepentimiento lo cual es una vida santa, ¡o se enfrentará con ellos en un juicio ''sin misericordia!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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La cuestión es que Dios es ''soberano'' en su salvación. Sólo él establece los términos bajo los cuales recibe a pecadores rebeldes en su reino. Su Palabra declara que él es amante, gentil, misericordioso y generoso; pero es también santo, recto y justo. Por lo tanto, ordena a los hombres que se arrepientan. A menos que el pecador rebelde se arrepienta y crea el evangelio, no hay perdón. Pero ¡alabado sea su nombre precioso; es a este tipo de pecador que él mirará! El Señor dice en Isaías 66:2 “Pero miraré a aquel que es pobre y humilde de espíritu, y que tiembla a mi palabra”. También el Salmo 51:17 nos dice: “Los sacrificios de Dios son el espíritu quebrantado; al corazón contrito y humillado no despreciarás tú, oh Dios”. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Alabado sea el Señor! Nunca rechazará al pecador arrepentido y creyente. Cristo vino a buscar y salvar a justamente este tipo de pecador. Escucha a Isaías 55:6, 7: “Buscad a Jehová mientras puede ser hallado, llamadle en tanto que está cercano. Deje el impío su camino, y el hombre inicuo sus pensamientos, y vuélvase a Jehová, el cual tendrá de él misericordia, y al Dios nuestro, el cual será amplio en perdonar”. Nota que en estos versículos hay nuevamente un mandato de que dejemos nuestro propio camino y nos volvamos a Dios. ¡Deja tu camino y vuélvete a Dios! &lt;br /&gt;
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Debo recalcar también otra verdad: ''el arrepentimiento bíblico es perpetuo''—el hijo de Dios se arrepentirá hasta que Dios lo lleve a su morada. El arrepentimiento es un modo de pensar permanente, un aborrecimiento continuo del mal. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Oh, cuántas almas preciosas han sido condenadas aquí mismo! Parecen arrepentirse por un tiempo. Dejan sus antiguas compañías y dejan los lugares donde cometían sus pecados: el bar, el salón de baile, la casa de la prostituta. Parecen aceptar a Cristo. Aun predican, enseñan y testifican de él. Pero porque son “oidores pedregales” (Mar. 4:5, 6, 16, 17), sólo duran un tiempo. Empiezan a enfriarse, volviendo gradualmente a sus costumbres de antes. Vuelven al pecado, vuelven a aquello a lo que habían renunciado. Uno a uno vuelven a sus antiguos pecados y compañeros, y vuelven al mundo. Eso es porque su arrepentimiento no era perpetuo: no surgió del nuevo nacimiento sino de la carne. La Palabra de Dios los describe: &lt;br /&gt;
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En muchos casos, ese volver es ''lento''. ¡Pocos vuelven de una sola vez! Primero, anhelan la “libertad”; escudriñan la Palabra de Dios para averiguar cuánta libertad tienen, para poder vivir lo más cerca posible al pecado. Luego, poco a poco vuelven a este pecado y a aquel otro. Por último, ya no tienen un testimonio para Cristo, sino ''sólo una confesión de fe externa''. El pecado ya no los molesta. No lo aborrecen ni están en contra de él. Se dicen a sí mismos que Dios ya no quiere que se arrepientan y aborrezcan al pecado. Piensan que están en el camino de vida, no obstante, ¡el pecado ya no los molesta! Entonces se vuelven a esos pecados de los cuales una vez se habían arrepentido, diciendo: “¡Ahora tenemos ''libertad'' para andar en estos caminos!” Pero, ¡oh, mis amigos, esto no es libertad, sino ''un permiso'' para hacer lo que siempre has querido hacer, ''permiso'' para andar en el pecado sin restricciones! ¡Has jugado con fuego y tu corazón está ahora endurecido por el engaño del pecado! (Heb. 3:12). &lt;br /&gt;
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También te advierto: ¡''cuídate'' del arrepentimiento que no ''continúa''! No es un arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico, tu corazón volverá a estar satisfecho con la basura del mundo: “De ceniza se alimenta; su corazón engañado le desvía, para que no libre su alma, ni diga: ¿No es pura mentira lo que tengo en mi mano derecha?” (Isa. 44:20). Por lo tanto, nunca lo olvides: el verdadero arrepentimiento es ''perpetuo''. Si te has convertido de verdad, aborrecerás y dejaras tus pecados por el resto de tu vida . Y anhelarás ser santo, ser como Cristo y agradar a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Yo te pregunto: “¿Alguna vez has poseído ''tú'' el arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico que Dios ordena de todos los hombres?” &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora debo agregar que ''el arrepentimiento es un don de la gracia'' que obra en el corazón por el poder de Dios el Espíritu Santo. Hechos 11:18 nos dice: “¡De manera que también a los gentiles ha ''dado'' Dios ''arrepentimiento'' para vida!” El Espíritu Santo nos muestra nuestra condición pecaminosa ante Dios y pone en nosotros la voluntad de renunciar a nuestro odio de Dios y su autoridad. Y por su gracia nos da el anhelo de andar con él en novedad de vida y santidad. &lt;br /&gt;
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Como ya hemos visto, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos porque tú y yo somos ''rebeldes contra'' Dios por naturaleza. ''Todo'' hombre aparte de Cristo es un rebelde contra el trono de Dios (Rom. 8:7). Debido a nuestra naturaleza pecaminosa hemos determinado vivir nuestra vida apartados de Dios. Por eso tenemos que cambiar radicalmente nuestra manera de pensar con respecto a vivir independientemente de él. ¡Esto lo demostramos por medio de nuestro clamor a Dios pidiéndole que sea nuestro ''Señor'' y el ''Soberano'' de nuestra vida! &lt;br /&gt;
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Porque le hemos escupido en el rostro, blasfemado su nombre, inclinado ante los dioses del oro y del placer, pasado su día como nos place y andado con orgullo y arrogancia contra él, Dios nos manda arrepentirnos y creer en el Señor Jesucristo. Tenemos que cambiar nuestra manera de pensar acerca del orgullo y la arrogancia, acerca de la codicia y los placeres mundanos y acerca de andar por ''nuestro propio'' camino. Tenemos que clamar a él para que obre su amor en santidad en nosotros. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sí, mi amigo, porque no lo hemos amado a él con todo nuestro corazón, alma, mente y fuerzas y hemos derrochado nuestro amor en el yo y en el mundo, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos y confiar en el Señor Jesús para remisión de nuestros pecados. Porque, fíjate bien, el arrepentimiento auténtico quita al ''yo'' del trono y entroniza a ''Cristo'' como Señor sobre cada área de la vida. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Preguntas para estudio El significado del arrepentimiento  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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1. ¿Qué manda Dios que haga cada pecador? &lt;br /&gt;
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2. a. ¿De qué manera hubiera usted definidido al “arrepentimiento” antes de tomar este curso?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿De qué manera define el autor al “arrepentimiento”? &lt;br /&gt;
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3. Por favor lea con cuidado el párrafo sobre las palabras del Antiguo Testamento usadas para significar “arrepentimiento”. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Qué significa nacham?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué significa shub?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. Lea el Salmo 51. Brevemente, basándose en este salmo, ¿cómo describiría usted al arrepentimiento?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;d. Complete esta cita directa: “Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión: Como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y como el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una ______________ ___________ ___ _______ a Dios”. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4. Por favor lea con cuidado el párrafo sobre las palabras que usa el Nuevo Testamento para referirse al “arrepentimiento.” &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. Describa el significado general básico de las tres palabras griegas que se traducen a nuestro idioma como “arrepentíos”. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Cuál es el énfasis más específico en metanoeo y metanoia que va más allá del “dolor... que la persona experimenta debido al pecado”? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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5. En sus propias palabras, ¿cuáles son las cuatro descripciones adicionales del verdadero arrepentimiento? (p. ej.: ¿Qué incluye o a qué lleva el arrepentimiento)? &lt;br /&gt;
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6. ¿Por qué manda Dios “a todos los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”? &lt;br /&gt;
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8. Lea Isaías 55:6,7. Complete la frase en estos versículos que contesta cada una de las siguientes preguntas. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Por qué se debe buscar al Señor ahora?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué se le manda hacer al hombre impío e inicuo?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. ¿Qué promete hacer Dios? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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13. En esta sección, en la nota 8 de pie de página, ¿cuáles son los versículos que nos dicen que el arrepentimiento bíblico es un don de Dios? Para cada uno, escriba la frase clave y la referencia.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.5 ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''. &lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico. Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, arrepentirse es cambiar de parecer en cuanto al pecado y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del pecado'' y acercarse ''a'' Dios. ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta la totalidad de la vida del pecador. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye que el pecador ''asuma la culpa de su condición pecaminosa'' ante Dios y ponerse del lado de él en contra de sí mismo. El penitente no culpa a ningún otro de su condición, sino que se condena a sí mismo bajo la ira eterna de Dios porque se lo merece. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye ''sentir gran tristeza por el pecado''. Segunda Corintios 7:10 dice que “la tristeza que es según Dios produce arrepentimiento para salvación, de que no hay que arrepentirse”. Y Mateo 5:4 dice: “Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos recibirán consolación”. &lt;br /&gt;
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El arrepentimiento lleva a ''confesar los pecados''. No escondiendo nada, el pecador se hace responsable de sus pecados y abre su corazón pecaminoso a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, el arrepentimiento lleva a ''renunciar al pecado''. El pecador arrepentido toma la determinación de no volver a él. Por lo tanto, en el arrepentimiento bíblico, el pecador convicto y convencido asume su lugar ante de Dios como un condenado con justicia. Aborrece su pecado, anhela ser libre de él. Siente gran tristeza por su pecado y toma la determinación de no volver a él. Y demuestra que su arrepentimiento es real andando en la senda de justicia y en auténtica santidad. “Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento” es la evidencia de que ha ocurrido un cambio radical en nuestra vida (Mat. 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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En Hechos 17:30 leemos estas palabras: “Pero Dios, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de esta ignorancia, ahora manda a ''todos'' los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”. Dios dice que ''todos'' los hombres –no sólo los gentiles, sino todos los hombres, lo cual incluye a todo pueblo, lengua, nación y tribu. Y en el v. 31 encontramos por qué Dios ha ordenado que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan: ¡El juicio se acerca! “''Arrepentíos!''” dice Dios. “El Rey viene para juzgar! ''Arrepentíos'' si valoráis vuestra alma” ¿Por qué? “Por cuanto ha establecido un día en el cual juzgará al mundo con justicia, por aquel varón a quien designó [Jesucristo], dando fe a todos con haberle levantado de los muertos”. Sí, Dios ordena que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan y produzcan fruto digno de su arrepentimiento lo cual es una vida santa, ¡o se enfrentará con ellos en un juicio ''sin misericordia!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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La cuestión es que Dios es ''soberano'' en su salvación. Sólo él establece los términos bajo los cuales recibe a pecadores rebeldes en su reino. Su Palabra declara que él es amante, gentil, misericordioso y generoso; pero es también santo, recto y justo. Por lo tanto, ordena a los hombres que se arrepientan. A menos que el pecador rebelde se arrepienta y crea el evangelio, no hay perdón. Pero ¡alabado sea su nombre precioso; es a este tipo de pecador que él mirará! El Señor dice en Isaías 66:2 “Pero miraré a aquel que es pobre y humilde de espíritu, y que tiembla a mi palabra”. También el Salmo 51:17 nos dice: “Los sacrificios de Dios son el espíritu quebrantado; al corazón contrito y humillado no despreciarás tú, oh Dios”. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Alabado sea el Señor! Nunca rechazará al pecador arrepentido y creyente. Cristo vino a buscar y salvar a justamente este tipo de pecador. Escucha a Isaías 55:6, 7: “Buscad a Jehová mientras puede ser hallado, llamadle en tanto que está cercano. Deje el impío su camino, y el hombre inicuo sus pensamientos, y vuélvase a Jehová, el cual tendrá de él misericordia, y al Dios nuestro, el cual será amplio en perdonar”. Nota que en estos versículos hay nuevamente un mandato de que dejemos nuestro propio camino y nos volvamos a Dios. ¡Deja tu camino y vuélvete a Dios! &lt;br /&gt;
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Debo recalcar también otra verdad: ''el arrepentimiento bíblico es perpetuo''—el hijo de Dios se arrepentirá hasta que Dios lo lleve a su morada. El arrepentimiento es un modo de pensar permanente, un aborrecimiento continuo del mal. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Oh, cuántas almas preciosas han sido condenadas aquí mismo! Parecen arrepentirse por un tiempo. Dejan sus antiguas compañías y dejan los lugares donde cometían sus pecados: el bar, el salón de baile, la casa de la prostituta. Parecen aceptar a Cristo. Aun predican, enseñan y testifican de él. Pero porque son “oidores pedregales” (Mar. 4:5, 6, 16, 17), sólo duran un tiempo. Empiezan a enfriarse, volviendo gradualmente a sus costumbres de antes. Vuelven al pecado, vuelven a aquello a lo que habían renunciado. Uno a uno vuelven a sus antiguos pecados y compañeros, y vuelven al mundo. Eso es porque su arrepentimiento no era perpetuo: no surgió del nuevo nacimiento sino de la carne. La Palabra de Dios los describe: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Ciertamente, si habiéndose ellos escapado de las contaminaciones del mundo, por el conocimiento del Señor y el Salvador Jesucristo, enredándose otra vez en ellas son vencidos, su postrer estado viene a ser peor que el primero. Porque mejor les hubiera sido no haber conocido el camino de la justicia que después de haberlo conocido, volverse atrás del santo mandamiento que les fue dado. Pero les ha acontecido lo del verdadero proverbio: El perro vuelve a su vómito, y la puerca lavada a revolcarse en el cieno” (2Pe. 2:20-22).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
En muchos casos, ese volver es ''lento''. ¡Pocos vuelven de una sola vez! Primero, anhelan la “libertad”; escudriñan la Palabra de Dios para averiguar cuánta libertad tienen, para poder vivir lo más cerca posible al pecado. Luego, poco a poco vuelven a este pecado y a aquel otro. Por último, ya no tienen un testimonio para Cristo, sino ''sólo una confesión de fe externa''. El pecado ya no los molesta. No lo aborrecen ni están en contra de él. Se dicen a sí mismos que Dios ya no quiere que se arrepientan y aborrezcan al pecado. Piensan que están en el camino de vida, no obstante, ¡el pecado ya no los molesta! Entonces se vuelven a esos pecados de los cuales una vez se habían arrepentido, diciendo: “¡Ahora tenemos ''libertad'' para andar en estos caminos!” Pero, ¡oh, mis amigos, esto no es libertad, sino ''un permiso'' para hacer lo que siempre has querido hacer, ''permiso'' para andar en el pecado sin restricciones! ¡Has jugado con fuego y tu corazón está ahora endurecido por el engaño del pecado! (Heb. 3:12). &lt;br /&gt;
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También te advierto: ¡''cuídate'' del arrepentimiento que no ''continúa''! No es un arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico, tu corazón volverá a estar satisfecho con la basura del mundo: “De ceniza se alimenta; su corazón engañado le desvía, para que no libre su alma, ni diga: ¿No es pura mentira lo que tengo en mi mano derecha?” (Isa. 44:20). Por lo tanto, nunca lo olvides: el verdadero arrepentimiento es ''perpetuo''. Si te has convertido de verdad, aborrecerás y dejaras tus pecados por el resto de tu vida . Y anhelarás ser santo, ser como Cristo y agradar a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora debo agregar que ''el arrepentimiento es un don de la gracia'' que obra en el corazón por el poder de Dios el Espíritu Santo.   Hechos 11:18 nos dice: “¡De manera que también a los gentiles ha ''dado'' Dios ''arrepentimiento'' para vida!” El Espíritu Santo nos muestra nuestra condición pecaminosa ante Dios y pone en nosotros la voluntad de renunciar a nuestro odio de Dios y su autoridad. Y por su gracia nos da el anhelo de andar con él en novedad de vida y santidad.&lt;br /&gt;
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Como ya hemos visto, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos porque tú y yo somos ''rebeldes contra'' Dios por naturaleza. ''Todo'' hombre aparte de Cristo es un rebelde contra el trono de Dios (Rom. 8:7). Debido a nuestra naturaleza pecaminosa hemos determinado vivir nuestra vida apartados de Dios. Por eso tenemos que cambiar radicalmente nuestra manera de pensar con respecto a vivir independientemente de él. ¡Esto lo demostramos por medio de nuestro clamor a Dios pidiéndole que sea nuestro ''Señor'' y el ''Soberano'' de nuestra vida!&lt;br /&gt;
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Porque le hemos escupido en el rostro, blasfemado su nombre, inclinado ante los dioses del oro y del placer, pasado su día como nos place y andado con orgullo y arrogancia contra él, Dios nos manda arrepentirnos y creer en el Señor Jesucristo. Tenemos que cambiar nuestra manera de pensar acerca del orgullo y la arrogancia, acerca de la codicia y los placeres mundanos y acerca de andar por ''nuestro propio'' camino. Tenemos que clamar a él para que obre su amor en santidad en nosotros.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sí, mi amigo, porque no lo hemos amado a él con todo nuestro corazón, alma, mente y fuerzas y hemos derrochado nuestro amor en el yo y en el mundo, Dios nos ordena arrepentirnos y confiar en el Señor Jesús para remisión de nuestros pecados. Porque, fíjate bien, el arrepentimiento auténtico quita al ''yo'' del trono y entroniza a ''Cristo'' como Señor sobre cada área de la vida.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Definición de arrepentimiento  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.5 ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''. &lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico. Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Lo que incluye el arrepentimiento  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, arrepentirse es cambiar de parecer en cuanto al pecado y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del pecado'' y acercarse ''a'' Dios. ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta la totalidad de la vida del pecador. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye que el pecador ''asuma la culpa de su condición pecaminosa'' ante Dios y ponerse del lado de él en contra de sí mismo. El penitente no culpa a ningún otro de su condición, sino que se condena a sí mismo bajo la ira eterna de Dios porque se lo merece. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye ''sentir gran tristeza por el pecado''. Segunda Corintios 7:10 dice que “la tristeza que es según Dios produce arrepentimiento para salvación, de que no hay que arrepentirse”. Y Mateo 5:4 dice: “Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos recibirán consolación”. &lt;br /&gt;
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El arrepentimiento lleva a ''confesar los pecados''. No escondiendo nada, el pecador se hace responsable de sus pecados y abre su corazón pecaminoso a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, el arrepentimiento lleva a ''renunciar al pecado''. El pecador arrepentido toma la determinación de no volver a él. Por lo tanto, en el arrepentimiento bíblico, el pecador convicto y convencido asume su lugar ante de Dios como un condenado con justicia. Aborrece su pecado, anhela ser libre de él. Siente gran tristeza por su pecado y toma la determinación de no volver a él. Y demuestra que su arrepentimiento es real andando en la senda de justicia y en auténtica santidad. “Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento” es la evidencia de que ha ocurrido un cambio radical en nuestra vida (Mat. 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Arrepentimiento y juicio  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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En Hechos 17:30 leemos estas palabras: “Pero Dios, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de esta ignorancia, ahora manda a ''todos'' los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”. Dios dice que ''todos'' los hombres –no sólo los gentiles, sino todos los hombres, lo cual incluye a todo pueblo, lengua, nación y tribu. Y en el v. 31 encontramos por qué Dios ha ordenado que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan: ¡El juicio se acerca! “''Arrepentíos!''” dice Dios. “El Rey viene para juzgar! ''Arrepentíos'' si valoráis vuestra alma” ¿Por qué? “Por cuanto ha establecido un día en el cual juzgará al mundo con justicia, por aquel varón a quien designó [Jesucristo], dando fe a todos con haberle levantado de los muertos”. Sí, Dios ordena que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan y produzcan fruto digno de su arrepentimiento lo cual es una vida santa, ¡o se enfrentará con ellos en un juicio ''sin misericordia!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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La cuestión es que Dios es ''soberano'' en su salvación. Sólo él establece los términos bajo los cuales recibe a pecadores rebeldes en su reino. Su Palabra declara que él es amante, gentil, misericordioso y generoso; pero es también santo, recto y justo. Por lo tanto, ordena a los hombres que se arrepientan. A menos que el pecador rebelde se arrepienta y crea el evangelio, no hay perdón. Pero ¡alabado sea su nombre precioso; es a este tipo de pecador que él mirará! El Señor dice en Isaías 66:2 “Pero miraré a aquel que es pobre y humilde de espíritu, y que tiembla a mi palabra”. También el Salmo 51:17 nos dice: “Los sacrificios de Dios son el espíritu quebrantado; al corazón contrito y humillado no despreciarás tú, oh Dios”. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Alabado sea el Señor! Nunca rechazará al pecador arrepentido y creyente. Cristo vino a buscar y salvar a justamente este tipo de pecador. Escucha a Isaías 55:6, 7: “Buscad a Jehová mientras puede ser hallado, llamadle en tanto que está cercano. Deje el impío su camino, y el hombre inicuo sus pensamientos, y vuélvase a Jehová, el cual tendrá de él misericordia, y al Dios nuestro, el cual será amplio en perdonar”. Nota que en estos versículos hay nuevamente un mandato de que dejemos nuestro propio camino y nos volvamos a Dios. ¡Deja tu camino y vuélvete a Dios! &lt;br /&gt;
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Debo recalcar también otra verdad: ''el arrepentimiento bíblico es perpetuo''—el hijo de Dios se arrepentirá hasta que Dios lo lleve a su morada. El arrepentimiento es un modo de pensar permanente, un aborrecimiento continuo del mal. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Oh, cuántas almas preciosas han sido condenadas aquí mismo! Parecen arrepentirse por un tiempo. Dejan sus antiguas compañías y dejan los lugares donde cometían sus pecados: el bar, el salón de baile, la casa de la prostituta. Parecen aceptar a Cristo. Aun predican, enseñan y testifican de él. Pero porque son “oidores pedregales” (Mar. 4:5, 6, 16, 17), sólo duran un tiempo. Empiezan a enfriarse, volviendo gradualmente a sus costumbres de antes. Vuelven al pecado, vuelven a aquello a lo que habían renunciado. Uno a uno vuelven a sus antiguos pecados y compañeros, y vuelven al mundo. Eso es porque su arrepentimiento no era perpetuo: no surgió del nuevo nacimiento sino de la carne. La Palabra de Dios los describe: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“Ciertamente, si habiéndose ellos escapado de las contaminaciones del mundo, por el conocimiento del Señor y el Salvador Jesucristo, enredándose otra vez en ellas son vencidos, su postrer estado viene a ser peor que el primero. Porque mejor les hubiera sido no haber conocido el camino de la justicia que después de haberlo conocido, volverse atrás del santo mandamiento que les fue dado. Pero les ha acontecido lo del verdadero proverbio: El perro vuelve a su vómito, y la puerca lavada a revolcarse en el cieno” (2Pe. 2:20-22).'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
En muchos casos, ese volver es ''lento''. ¡Pocos vuelven de una sola vez! Primero, anhelan la “libertad”; escudriñan la Palabra de Dios para averiguar cuánta libertad tienen, para poder vivir lo más cerca posible al pecado. Luego, poco a poco vuelven a este pecado y a aquel otro. Por último, ya no tienen un testimonio para Cristo, sino ''sólo una confesión de fe externa''. El pecado ya no los molesta. No lo aborrecen ni están en contra de él. Se dicen a sí mismos que Dios ya no quiere que se arrepientan y aborrezcan al pecado. Piensan que están en el camino de vida, no obstante, ¡el pecado ya no los molesta! Entonces se vuelven a esos pecados de los cuales una vez se habían arrepentido, diciendo: “¡Ahora tenemos ''libertad'' para andar en estos caminos!” Pero, ¡oh, mis amigos, esto no es libertad, sino ''un permiso'' para hacer lo que siempre has querido hacer, ''permiso'' para andar en el pecado sin restricciones! ¡Has jugado con fuego y tu corazón está ahora endurecido por el engaño del pecado! (Heb. 3:12). &lt;br /&gt;
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También te advierto: ¡''cuídate'' del arrepentimiento que no ''continúa''! No es un arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico, tu corazón volverá a estar satisfecho con la basura del mundo: “De ceniza se alimenta; su corazón engañado le desvía, para que no libre su alma, ni diga: ¿No es pura mentira lo que tengo en mi mano derecha?” (Isa. 44:20). Por lo tanto, nunca lo olvides: el verdadero arrepentimiento es ''perpetuo''. Si te has convertido de verdad, aborrecerás y dejaras tus pecados por el resto de tu vida . Y anhelarás ser santo, ser como Cristo y agradar a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Yo te pregunto: “¿Alguna vez has poseído ''tú'' el arrepentimiento bíblico auténtico que Dios ordena de todos los hombres?”&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Definición de arrepentimiento  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.5 ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''. &lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico. Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, arrepentirse es cambiar de parecer en cuanto al pecado y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del pecado'' y acercarse ''a'' Dios. ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta la totalidad de la vida del pecador. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye que el pecador ''asuma la culpa de su condición pecaminosa'' ante Dios y ponerse del lado de él en contra de sí mismo. El penitente no culpa a ningún otro de su condición, sino que se condena a sí mismo bajo la ira eterna de Dios porque se lo merece. &lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye ''sentir gran tristeza por el pecado''. Segunda Corintios 7:10 dice que “la tristeza que es según Dios produce arrepentimiento para salvación, de que no hay que arrepentirse”. Y Mateo 5:4 dice: “Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos recibirán consolación”. &lt;br /&gt;
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El arrepentimiento lleva a ''confesar los pecados''. No escondiendo nada, el pecador se hace responsable de sus pecados y abre su corazón pecaminoso a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, el arrepentimiento lleva a ''renunciar al pecado''. El pecador arrepentido toma la determinación de no volver a él. Por lo tanto, en el arrepentimiento bíblico, el pecador convicto y convencido asume su lugar ante de Dios como un condenado con justicia. Aborrece su pecado, anhela ser libre de él. Siente gran tristeza por su pecado y toma la determinación de no volver a él. Y demuestra que su arrepentimiento es real andando en la senda de justicia y en auténtica santidad. “Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento” es la evidencia de que ha ocurrido un cambio radical en nuestra vida (Mat. 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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En Hechos 17:30 leemos estas palabras: “Pero Dios, habiendo pasado por alto los tiempos de esta ignorancia, ahora manda a ''todos'' los hombres en todo lugar, que se arrepientan”. Dios dice que ''todos'' los hombres –no sólo los gentiles, sino todos los hombres, lo cual incluye a todo pueblo, lengua, nación y tribu. Y en el v. 31 encontramos por qué Dios ha ordenado que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan: ¡El juicio se acerca! “''Arrepentíos!''” dice Dios. “El Rey viene para juzgar! ''Arrepentíos'' si valoráis vuestra alma” ¿Por qué? “Por cuanto ha establecido un día en el cual juzgará al mundo con justicia, por aquel varón a quien designó [Jesucristo], dando fe a todos con haberle levantado de los muertos”.  Sí, Dios ordena que todos los hombres en todas partes se arrepientan y produzcan fruto digno de su arrepentimiento lo cual es una vida santa, ¡o se enfrentará con ellos en un juicio ''sin misericordia!''&lt;br /&gt;
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La cuestión es que Dios es ''soberano'' en su salvación. Sólo él establece los términos bajo los cuales recibe a pecadores rebeldes en su reino. Su Palabra declara que él es amante, gentil, misericordioso y generoso; pero es también santo, recto y justo. Por lo tanto, ordena a los hombres que se arrepientan. A menos  que el pecador rebelde se arrepienta y crea el evangelio, no hay perdón. Pero ¡alabado sea su nombre precioso; es a este tipo de pecador que él mirará! El Señor dice en Isaías 66:2 “Pero miraré a aquel que es pobre y humilde de espíritu, y que tiembla a mi palabra”. También el Salmo 51:17 nos dice: “Los sacrificios de Dios son el espíritu quebrantado; al corazón contrito y humillado no despreciarás tú, oh Dios”.&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Alabado sea el Señor! Nunca rechazará al pecador arrepentido y creyente. Cristo vino a buscar y salvar a justamente este tipo de pecador. Escucha a Isaías 55:6, 7: “Buscad a Jehová mientras puede ser hallado, llamadle en tanto que está cercano. Deje el impío su camino, y el hombre inicuo sus pensamientos, y vuélvase a Jehová, el cual tendrá de él misericordia, y al Dios nuestro, el cual será amplio en perdonar”. Nota que en estos versículos hay nuevamente un mandato de que dejemos nuestro propio camino y nos volvamos a Dios. ¡Deja tu camino y vuélvete a Dios!&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.5 ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''. &lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico. Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento. &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, arrepentirse es cambiar de parecer en cuanto al pecado y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del pecado'' y acercarse ''a'' Dios. ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta la totalidad de la vida del pecador.&lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye que el pecador ''asuma la culpa de su condición pecaminosa'' ante Dios y ponerse del lado de él en contra de sí mismo. El penitente no culpa a ningún otro de su condición, sino que se condena a sí mismo bajo la ira eterna de Dios porque se lo merece.&lt;br /&gt;
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Arrepentimiento incluye ''sentir gran tristeza por el pecado''. Segunda  Corintios 7:10 dice que “la tristeza que es según Dios produce arrepentimiento para salvación, de que no hay que arrepentirse”. Y Mateo 5:4 dice: “Bienaventurados los que lloran, porque ellos recibirán consolación”.&lt;br /&gt;
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Además, el arrepentimiento lleva a ''renunciar al pecado''. El pecador arrepentido toma la determinación de no volver a él. Por lo tanto, en el arrepentimiento bíblico, el pecador convicto y convencido asume su lugar ante de Dios como un condenado con justicia. Aborrece su pecado, anhela ser libre de él. Siente gran tristeza por su pecado y toma la determinación de no volver a él. Y demuestra que su arrepentimiento es real andando en la senda de justicia y en auténtica santidad. “Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento” es la evidencia de que ha ocurrido un cambio radical en nuestra vida (Mat. 3:8).&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Entonces, ya ves que el hombre está en una posición de rebeldía contra la soberanía y la autoridad de Dios. Por eso es que nuestro Señor Jesús vino al mundo predicando: “''Arrepentíos'', porque el reino de los cielos se ha acercado” (Mateo 4:17). Ordena a ''cada'' pecador que abandone sus armas de rebelión y enarbole la bandera blanca de rendición para entrar al Reino de Dios. En otras palabras, el pecador tiene que ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Y esto es exactamente lo que significa arrepentirse: ''cambiar de parecer en lo que respecta al pecado'' y a Dios, lo cual da como resultado el apartarse ''del'' pecado y acercarse a Dios.5 ¡Y qué apartarse es éste! El arrepentimiento afecta ''la totalidad de la vida del pecador''.&lt;br /&gt;
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El vocabulario bíblico relacionado con el arrepentimiento es realmente rico.  Encontramos el tema del arrepentimiento a través de toda la Biblia y expresa su idea aun cuando no se usa la palabra misma. En el AT, dos palabras hebreas, los verbos ''nacham'' y ''shub'' son traducidos con frecuencia como ''arrepentimiento. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' (Léxico hebreo y arameo del Antiguo Testamento) por Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson y Stamm dice que ''nacham'' significa: “lamentarse, llegar a deplorar algo, arrepentirse” como en Job 42:6: “Por tanto me aborrezco, y me arrepiento en polvo y ceniza.” En su ''Commentary  on the Old Testament''(Comentario del Antiguo Testamento) Keil y Delitzsch comentan: “''Nacham'' es la expresión exacta de ''metanoeo'', el dolor santo del arrepentimiento del que no se arrepiente. Se arrepiente (sentado) en polvo y cenizas al estilo de los que sufren el dolor profundo por la pérdida de un ser querido”. Con respecto a ''shub'', que significa “volverse”, ''The Theological Wordbook of the OT'' dice: “La Biblia abunda en expresiones idiomáticas que describen la responsabilidad del hombre en el proceso de arrepentimiento. Tales frases incluyen los siguientes: ‘inclinad vuestro corazón a Jehová Dios de Israel’ (Jos. 24:23), ‘circuncidaos a Jehová’ (Jer. 4:4), ‘lava tu corazón de maldad’ (Jer. 4:14), ‘haced para vosotros barbecho’ (Os. 10:12), etc. No obstante, todas las expresiones de la actividad penitencial del hombre se suman y resumen en este verbo único: ''shub''. Porque combina en sí, mejor que ningún otro verbo, los dos requisitos del arrepentimiento: volverse del mal y volverse hacia lo bueno.” Concluyen diciendo: “Es cierto que no hay en el Antiguo Testamento una definición sistemática de la doctrina del arrepentimiento. Mayormente, la Biblia lo describe (Salmo 51). No obstante, el hecho de que las personas son llamadas a “volverse”, ya sea “a” o “de” implica que el pecado no es una mancha indeleble, sino que por volverse, lo cual es un poder dado por Dios, el pecador puede encaminar en otra dirección su destino. Hay dos maneras de comprender la conversión, como el acto soberano gratuito de la misericordia de Dios y el acto del hombre por medio del cual va más allá de la contrición y el lamentarse a una decisión consciente de volverse a Dios. Esto último incluye el repudio de todo el pecado y una confirmación de la voluntad total de Dios sobre la vida de uno”. &lt;br /&gt;
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En el NT, tres palabras griegas expresan arrepentimiento: los verbos ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'' y el sustantivo ''metanoia''. 1) Según el ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' (Léxico analítico del Nuevo Testamento griego) por Friberg, Friberg  y Miller, ''metanoeo'' es usado “predominantemente en relación con un cambio religioso y ético en el modo de creer en cuanto a dos actos: arrepentirse, cambiar de idea, convertirse (Mat. 3:2)”. También puede expresar un elemento emocional: “como sentir remordimiento y contrición, sentirse compungido (Luc. 17:3, 4)”. 2) ''A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature'' (Un léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento y otra literatura cristiana primitiva) por Arndt, Gingrich, Danker y Bauer dice que ''metamelomai'' significa “sentir remordimiento, arrepentirse”. ''El Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Based on Semantic Domains'' (Léxico griego-inglés del Nuevo Testamento basado en el campo semántico) por J. P. Louw y E. A. Nida dice que ''metamelomai significa'' “cambiar de idea acerca de algo, con la probable inferencia de un remordimiento-- ‘cambiar de idea, pensar de un modo diferente’”. 3) “''Metanoia'' significa “un cambio de idea que lleva a un cambio en la conducta”. Louw y Nida dicen acerca de ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'': “Cambiar la manera de vivir de uno como resultado de un cambio completo de sus pensamientos y actitudes con respecto al pecado y la justicia–‘arrepentirse, cambiar su manera de ser, arrepentimiento’. ''Metanoeo'': ‘Y saliendo, predicaban que los hombres se arrepintiesen’ (Mar. 6:12). Metanoia: ‘¿ignorando que su benignidad te guía al arrepentimiento?’ (Rom. 2:4)Aunque en español uno de los componentes centrales del arrepentimiento es el dolor o contrición que la persona experimenta debido al pecado, el énfasis en ''metanoeo'' y ''metanoia'' parece ser más específicamente el cambio total, tanto en el pensamiento como en la conducta, con respecto a cómo una debe pensar al igual que actuar”. La importancia de estas definiciones es que aunque el énfasis ''principal'' en el arrepentimiento es el cambio de idea que lleva al cambio de la conducta, no se puede descartar el elemento emocional de contrición o remordimiento.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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¿Por qué es el arrepentimiento bíblico la necesidad de esta hora? Porque vivimos en una época en que la mayoría de los líderes religiosos realmente niegan la necesidad de arrepentimiento. Si es que lo predican, lo debilitan como el presidente de un seminario que dijo que el arrepentimiento no significa más que “un caballero decirle a Dios que lamenta haber hecho lo que hizo”. Otros dicen que el arrepentimiento es únicamente para los judíos y no para nosotros en la actualidad. Algunos dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para los hijos de Dios y que no tiene nada que ver con los pecadores perdidos, mientras que otros predican justo lo contrario: ¡dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para pecadores perdidos pero no para los hijos de Dios! ¡Y aún otros afirman que el arrepentimiento es meramente una forma de obras y que ningún grupo lo necesita! Por lo tanto, mi propósito es refutar estos errores fatales que están engañando a las almas preciosas para su destrucción eterna. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
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En esencia, el pecado es rebelión contra Dios&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;La palabra pecado significa “errar al blanco”. 1 Juan 5:17 declara que “toda injusticia es pecado; pero hay pecado no de muerte”; esto significa cualquier cosa que no está en armonía con el carácter justo y recto de Dios. 1 Juan 3:4 nos dice que pecado es quebrantar la ley de Dios, lo cual es la violación de la voluntad revelada de Dios. Estas definiciones bíblicas ponen en claro que pecado es todo pensamiento, palabra, actitud y acción que son contrarios a la revelación del carácter y la voluntad de Dios presentados en su Palabra.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Esto significa creer que tenemos el derecho de hacer con nuestra vida lo que nos da la gana y de actuar independientemente de Dios y de su santa ley. Como dice el apóstol Juan: “Todo aquel que comete pecado, infringe también la ley; pues el pecado es infracción de la ley” (1 Juan 3:4). De hecho, el pecado es una manera de decirle a Dios: “No te metas con mi vida; no te necesito”. &lt;br /&gt;
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La doctrina del efecto del pecado sobre ti y sobre mí y sobre toda la raza humana es ''muy seria''. Así como ningún corazón lo puede concebir apropiadamente, así la boca no puede expresar adecuadamente el estado de perdición y ruina que el pecado ha causado al hombre culpable y desdichado. Te preguntas: “¿Qué ha hecho?” ¡Oh, mi amigo, nos ha separado de Dios! ¡Ha desfigurado y arruinado nuestro cuerpo, alma y espíritu! El pecado ha llenado nuestro cuerpo de enfermedades y dolencias. El pecado ha desfigurado la imagen de Dios en nuestra alma. ¡El pecado ha cortado nuestra comunión con él quien nos hizo a su propia imagen moral! El pecado ha hecho que por naturaleza tú y yo seamos amantes del pecado y aborrecedores de Dios, quien es el ''único'' bien. ¡Sí, es cosa muy seria considerar el pecado a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, ver lo que le ha hecho al hombre, a Dios y su Cristo, y a la creación de Dios! El pecado nos ha desligado de Dios y ha abierto las puertas del infierno. Es serio porque el pecado le ha costado al hombre su bien más precioso –su ''alma imperecedera''. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, la doctrina del pecado revelada en la Palabra de Dios es ''una muy humillante''. ¿Por qué? Porque la Biblia no nos presenta meramente como ignorantes y necesitados de enseñanza. Ni nos presenta como débiles y necesitados de un tónico. En cambio, revela que tú y yo estamos espiritualmente muertos y que carecemos de ''cualquier'' justicia y rectitud que nos dé algún mérito ante Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Esto significa que espiritualmente carecemos de fuerza, somos totalmente incapaces de mejorarnos a nosotros mismos, estamos expuestos a la ira de Dios y no podemos realizar ni una obra que sea aceptable para un Dios santo (Rom. 3:10-18). &lt;br /&gt;
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La imposibilidad de que alguno pueda ganarse la aprobación de Dios por medio de sus propias obras resulta claro en el caso del joven rico que se acercó a Jesús (Mat. 19). Cuando juzgamos a este joven según las normas humanas, consideramos que era un modelo de virtudes y de logros religiosos. Pero, como tantos otros que confían en sus propios esfuerzos y su propia justicia, desconocía la espiritualidad y lo estricto de la ley de Dios. Cuando Cristo le mostró la codicia de su corazón, se fue triste, porque poseía muchos bienes. Era ''humillante'' descubrir que sus mejores estudios religiosos no eran más que trapos de inmundicia al olfato de Dios (Isa. 64:6). Este joven no quiso confesar que su moralidad y que sus mejores acciones no eran más que obras de tinieblas condenatorias por las que necesitaba sentir pesar y a las que tenía que renunciar. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué humillante es descubrir que Dios requiere ''la verdad en lo íntimo'' (Sal. 51:6)! ¡Qué humillante es que no podamos librarnos por nuestros propios medios del pecado en nuestro corazón y en nuestra mente! Qué humillante es que nosotros, al igual que todos los demás, tenemos que comparecer ante Dios como ''pecadores'' y declararnos ''culpables'' ante él. No queremos confesar que somos pecadores –perdidos, descarriados, indefensos y culpables-- ante Dios. ¡El moral y farisaico no quiere confesar que está en la misma situación ante Dios que el violador, la prostituta y el borracho! No obstante, somos pecadores por naturaleza y en la práctica. &lt;br /&gt;
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No podemos librarnos del pecado por medio de una resolución, una orden, un sacrificio ni por medio de apartarnos totalmente del mundo, porque es nuestra ''naturaleza''. Jeremías 13:23 dice: “¿Mudará el etíope su piel, y el leopardo sus manchas? Así también, ¿podréis vosotros hacer bien, estando habituados a hacer mal?” &lt;br /&gt;
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Este hecho humilló al apóstol Pablo. Lo llevó a arrepentirse y confesar que ante Dios era un pecador merecedor del infierno. En Romanos 7 nos cuenta que en una época vivía sin la ley; pero que cuando conoció el mandamiento de que no debía codiciar, se llenó de codicia. Comprendió que era carnal&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;carnal -- dado a los placeres sensuales.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;, que se había vendido al pecado. Confesó que era humillante enterarse de que lo que ''quería'' hacer –vivir justa y rectamente-- no ''podía hacer''. Y lo que no quería hacer –pecar contra un Dios santo, recto y justo—''eso'' es lo que hacía. Confesó tener la ''voluntad'' de hacer lo bueno, pero ''no el poder'' para hacerlo. Su voluntad estaba depravada, y su naturaleza pecaminosa lo tenía cautivo: “Porque no hago el bien que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero, eso hago” (Rom. 7:19). Por más que luchaba contra él, que tomaba resoluciones contra él, que lo denunciaba y que hacía todo lo que podía en su contra –no se podía librar de él. &lt;br /&gt;
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De la misma manera, nos sentimos humillados cuando, por el poder iluminador del Espíritu de Dios, vemos el terrible poder del pecado en ''nuestra'' vida. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: cómo ve Dios nuestro corazón  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡La Biblia declara que el efecto del pecado sobre el hombre es tal que ''nuestro corazón es comparable a algunas de las cosas más repugnantes'' que nos podamos imaginar! Se vale de estas descripciones para mostrarnos cómo considera Dios nuestros pecados. &lt;br /&gt;
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¿Sabes que la Palabra de Dios nos describe como ''gusanos''? Lo hace en Job 25:4-6: “¿Cómo, pues, se justificará el hombre para con Dios? ¿Y cómo será limpio el que nace de mujer? He aquí que ni aun la misma luna será resplandeciente, ni las estrellas son limpias delante de sus ojos; ¿Cuánto menos el hombre, que es un gusano, y el hijo de hombre, también gusano?”&amp;lt;ref /&amp;gt; El significado de la raíz de la palabra usada aquí como ''gusano'' en el hebreo es “gusano de podredumbre”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Harris, R.L., Archer, G.L., y Waltke, B.K. (199, c1980), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Glosario teológico del Antiguo Testamento), p. 850. Chicago: Moody Press.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. Esta es la forma como Dios nos ve: en proceso de putrefacción, fuera de Cristo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, ¿sabías que Dios nos describe en nuestra naturaleza depravada como una “podrida llaga”. Así lo hace en Isaías 1:4-6: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“¡Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de maldad, generación de malignos, hijos depravados! Dejaron a Jehová, provocaron a ira al Santo de Israel, se volvieron atrás. ¿Por qué querréis ser castigados aún? żTodavía os rebelaréis? Toda cabeza está enferma, y todo corazón doliente. Desde la planta del pie hasta la cabeza no hay en él cosa sana, sino herida, hinchazón y podrida llaga; no están curadas, ni vendadas, ni suavizadas con aceite.”'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Las Escrituras también muestran que el pecado ha hecho al hombre como ''bestias'' ignorantes y estúpidas. Leemos en el Salmo 73:22: “Tan torpe era yo, que no entendía; era como una ''bestia'' delante de ti”. También leemos en el Salmo 49:20: “El hombre que está en honra y no entiende, semejante es a las bestias que perecen”. Si todavía estás jugando con el pecado, condenas tu alma al infierno. Y eres como las bestias que perecen, porque ''no entiendes''. &lt;br /&gt;
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Alguien me podría decir: “¡Ésta no es una manera agradable de decir las cosas!” Lo sé, pero es lo que dice la Palabra de Dios. Tenemos que despojarnos de todo nuestro orgullo y fariseísmo y renunciar para siempre a querer algo ''en'' nosotros que nos recomiende a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué cuadro del hombre depravado! ¡Qué imagen de ti y de mí por naturaleza! Viéndonos en este estado de putrefacción, Dios ''tiene que'' ordenar que nos arrepintamos. &lt;br /&gt;
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Quiero razonar contigo: Si no te ocupas de la eternidad y no piensas en el mundo venidero, entonces de seguro la Palabra de Dios te retrata con exactitud en estas descripciones. Eres como un gusano, como una llaga podrida y como una bestia que perece. ¡Oh que supieras tu final (Deut. 32:29) y, arrepentido, acudieras ya mismo a Dios, y te encomendaras a su misericordia en Cristo! ¡Oh que te presentaras hoy ante el Dios Santo, humillándote ante él, y clamando a él con verdadero arrepentimiento! &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Preguntas para estudio  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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===== La necesidad de arrepentimiento  =====&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;Nota: A lo largo de este estudio, por favor no se limite a escribir las palabras del texto de lectura; más bien, diga en sus propias palabras lo que el autor quiso significar al escribir lo que escribió. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
===== Pecado: su definición  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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1. a. En esencia, ¿qué es pecado?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué significa esto en relación con nosotros mismo? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== Pecado: sus serias consecuencias  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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2. ¿Qué nos ha hecho el pecado? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== Pecado: humillante para el hombre  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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3. ¿Por qué es el pecado humillante para el hombre? &lt;br /&gt;
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4. ¿Cuál es el resultado de estar espiritualmente muerto? &lt;br /&gt;
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5. ¿Qué aprendemos acerca de esto en Mateo 19:16-30? &lt;br /&gt;
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6. ¿Cuál es el punto principal de Isaías 64:6? &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;Nota: Con punto principal queremos decir el significado básico detrás de las palabras. No se limite a volver a escribir las palabras impresas; más bien diga en sus propias palabras lo que significa el texto. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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7. ¿De qué manera el pecado en nuestra naturaleza pone en igualdad de condición a todos los hombres ante Dios? &lt;br /&gt;
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8. a. ¿Qué nos dice Romanos 7:19 sobre los efectos de nuestra naturaleza en relación con nuestra habilidad de dejar de pecar? (Por favor escriba el texto del versículo y la referencia.)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Y usted? ¿Coincide con esto al aplicarlo a usted personalmente? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== Pecado: Cómo ve Dios nuestro corazón  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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9. La Biblia compara nuestro corazón con algunas de las cosas más repulsivas que nos podemos imaginar. Al usar estas descripciones del pecado, la Palabra de Dios muestra qué aspecto tienen nuestros pecados para Dios, y por qué necesitamos confesarlos y arrepentirnos de ellos. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Cuáles son las tres cosas horribles con las cuales la Biblia compara nuestros pecados? (Escriba también la referencia de cada una.)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Y usted? Basándose en estos versículos, describa qué aspecto han de tener sus pecados para Dios. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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¿Por qué es el arrepentimiento bíblico la necesidad de esta hora? Porque vivimos en una época en que la mayoría de los líderes religiosos realmente niegan la necesidad de arrepentimiento. Si es que lo predican, lo debilitan como el presidente de un seminario que dijo que el arrepentimiento no significa más que “un caballero decirle a Dios que lamenta haber hecho lo que hizo”. Otros dicen que el arrepentimiento es únicamente para los judíos y no para nosotros en la actualidad. Algunos dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para los hijos de Dios y que no tiene nada que ver con los pecadores perdidos, mientras que otros predican justo lo contrario: ¡dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para pecadores perdidos pero no para los hijos de Dios! ¡Y aún otros afirman que el arrepentimiento es meramente una forma de obras y que ningún grupo lo necesita! Por lo tanto, mi propósito es refutar estos errores fatales que están engañando a las almas preciosas para su destrucción eterna. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, para empezar, tengo que presentar el efecto del pecado sobre la raza humana, especialmente sobre ti y sobre mí. ¿Qué es el pecado? &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: su definición  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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En esencia, el pecado es rebelión contra Dios. Esto significa creer que tenemos el derecho de hacer con nuestra vida lo que nos da la gana y de actuar independientemente de Dios y de su santa ley. Como dice el apóstol Juan: “Todo aquel que comete pecado, infringe también la ley; pues el pecado es infracción de la ley” (1 Juan 3:4). De hecho, el pecado es una manera de decirle a Dios: “No te metas con mi vida; no te necesito”. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: sus serias consecuencias  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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La doctrina del efecto del pecado sobre ti y sobre mí y sobre toda la raza humana es ''muy seria''. Así como ningún corazón lo puede concebir apropiadamente, así la boca no puede expresar adecuadamente el estado de perdición y ruina que el pecado ha causado al hombre culpable y desdichado. Te preguntas: “¿Qué ha hecho?” ¡Oh, mi amigo, nos ha separado de Dios! ¡Ha desfigurado y arruinado nuestro cuerpo, alma y espíritu! El pecado ha llenado nuestro cuerpo de enfermedades y dolencias. El pecado ha desfigurado la imagen de Dios en nuestra alma. ¡El pecado ha cortado nuestra comunión con él quien nos hizo a su propia imagen moral! El pecado ha hecho que por naturaleza tú y yo seamos amantes del pecado y aborrecedores de Dios, quien es el ''único'' bien. ¡Sí, es cosa muy seria considerar el pecado a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, ver lo que le ha hecho al hombre, a Dios y su Cristo, y a la creación de Dios! El pecado nos ha desligado de Dios y ha abierto las puertas del infierno. Es serio porque el pecado le ha costado al hombre su bien más precioso –su ''alma imperecedera''. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: humillante para el hombre  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Además, la doctrina del pecado revelada en la Palabra de Dios es ''una muy humillante''. ¿Por qué? Porque la Biblia no nos presenta meramente como ignorantes y necesitados de enseñanza. Ni nos presenta como débiles y necesitados de un tónico. En cambio, revela que tú y yo estamos espiritualmente muertos y que carecemos de ''cualquier'' justicia y rectitud que nos dé algún mérito ante Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Esto significa que espiritualmente carecemos de fuerza, somos totalmente incapaces de mejorarnos a nosotros mismos, estamos expuestos a la ira de Dios y no podemos realizar ni una obra que sea aceptable para un Dios santo (Rom. 3:10-18). &lt;br /&gt;
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La imposibilidad de que alguno pueda ganarse la aprobación de Dios por medio de sus propias obras resulta claro en el caso del joven rico que se acercó a Jesús (Mat. 19). Cuando juzgamos a este joven según las normas humanas, consideramos que era un modelo de virtudes y de logros religiosos. Pero, como tantos otros que confían en sus propios esfuerzos y su propia justicia, desconocía la espiritualidad y lo estricto de la ley de Dios. Cuando Cristo le mostró la codicia de su corazón, se fue triste, porque poseía muchos bienes. Era ''humillante'' descubrir que sus mejores estudios religiosos no eran más que trapos de inmundicia al olfato de Dios (Isa. 64:6). Este joven no quiso confesar que su moralidad y que sus mejores acciones no eran más que obras de tinieblas condenatorias por las que necesitaba sentir pesar y a las que tenía que renunciar. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué humillante es descubrir que Dios requiere ''la verdad en lo íntimo'' (Sal. 51:6)! ¡Qué humillante es que no podamos librarnos por nuestros propios medios del pecado en nuestro corazón y en nuestra mente! Qué humillante es que nosotros, al igual que todos los demás, tenemos que comparecer ante Dios como ''pecadores'' y declararnos ''culpables'' ante él. No queremos confesar que somos pecadores –perdidos, descarriados, indefensos y culpables-- ante Dios. ¡El moral y farisaico no quiere confesar que está en la misma situación ante Dios que el violador, la prostituta y el borracho! No obstante, somos pecadores por naturaleza y en la práctica. &lt;br /&gt;
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No podemos librarnos del pecado por medio de una resolución, una orden, un sacrificio ni por medio de apartarnos totalmente del mundo, porque es nuestra ''naturaleza''. Jeremías 13:23 dice: “¿Mudará el etíope su piel, y el leopardo sus manchas? Así también, ¿podréis vosotros hacer bien, estando habituados a hacer mal?” &lt;br /&gt;
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Este hecho humilló al apóstol Pablo. Lo llevó a arrepentirse y confesar que ante Dios era un pecador merecedor del infierno. En Romanos 7 nos cuenta que en una época vivía sin la ley; pero que cuando conoció el mandamiento de que no debía codiciar, se llenó de codicia. Comprendió que era carnal 2, que se había vendido al pecado. Confesó que era humillante enterarse de que lo que ''quería'' hacer –vivir justa y rectamente-- no ''podía hacer''. Y lo que no quería hacer –pecar contra un Dios santo, recto y justo—''eso'' es lo que hacía. Confesó tener la ''voluntad'' de hacer lo bueno, pero ''no el poder'' para hacerlo. Su voluntad estaba depravada, y su naturaleza pecaminosa lo tenía cautivo: “Porque no hago el bien que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero, eso hago” (Rom. 7:19). Por más que luchaba contra él, que tomaba resoluciones contra él, que lo denunciaba y que hacía todo lo que podía en su contra –no se podía librar de él. &lt;br /&gt;
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De la misma manera, nos sentimos humillados cuando, por el poder iluminador del Espíritu de Dios, vemos el terrible poder del pecado en ''nuestra'' vida. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Pecado: cómo ve Dios nuestro corazón  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
¡La Biblia declara que el efecto del pecado sobre el hombre es tal que ''nuestro corazón es comparable a algunas de las cosas más repugnantes'' que nos podamos imaginar! Se vale de estas descripciones para mostrarnos cómo considera Dios nuestros pecados. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
¿Sabes que la Palabra de Dios nos describe como ''gusanos''? Lo hace en Job 25:4-6: “¿Cómo, pues, se justificará el hombre para con Dios? ¿Y cómo será limpio el que nace de mujer? He aquí que ni aun la misma luna será resplandeciente, ni las estrellas son limpias delante de sus ojos; ¿Cuánto menos el hombre, que es un gusano, y el hijo de hombre, también gusano?” El significado de la raíz de la palabra usada aquí como ''gusano'' en el hebreo es “gusano de podredumbre”. Esta es la forma como Dios nos ve: en proceso de putrefacción, fuera de Cristo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, ¿sabías que Dios nos describe en nuestra naturaleza depravada como una “podrida llaga”. Así lo hace en Isaías 1:4-6: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“¡Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de maldad, generación de malignos, hijos depravados! Dejaron a Jehová, provocaron a ira al Santo de Israel, se volvieron atrás. ¿Por qué querréis ser castigados aún? żTodavía os rebelaréis? Toda cabeza está enferma, y todo corazón doliente. Desde la planta del pie hasta la cabeza no hay en él cosa sana, sino herida, hinchazón y podrida llaga; no están curadas, ni vendadas, ni suavizadas con aceite.”'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Las Escrituras también muestran que el pecado ha hecho al hombre como ''bestias'' ignorantes y estúpidas. Leemos en el Salmo 73:22: “Tan torpe era yo, que no entendía; era como una ''bestia'' delante de ti”. También leemos en el Salmo 49:20: “El hombre que está en honra y no entiende, semejante es a las bestias que perecen”. Si todavía estás jugando con el pecado, condenas tu alma al infierno. Y eres como las bestias que perecen, porque ''no entiendes''. &lt;br /&gt;
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Alguien me podría decir: “¡Ésta no es una manera agradable de decir las cosas!” Lo sé, pero es lo que dice la Palabra de Dios. Tenemos que despojarnos de todo nuestro orgullo y fariseísmo y renunciar para siempre a querer algo ''en'' nosotros que nos recomiende a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué cuadro del hombre depravado! ¡Qué imagen de ti y de mí por naturaleza! Viéndonos en este estado de putrefacción, Dios ''tiene que'' ordenar que nos arrepintamos. &lt;br /&gt;
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Quiero razonar contigo: Si no te ocupas de la eternidad y no piensas en el mundo venidero, entonces de seguro la Palabra de Dios te retrata con exactitud en estas descripciones. Eres como un gusano, como una llaga podrida y como una bestia que perece. ¡Oh que supieras tu final (Deut. 32:29) y, arrepentido, acudieras ya mismo a Dios, y te encomendaras a su misericordia en Cristo! ¡Oh que te presentaras hoy ante el Dios Santo, humillándote ante él, y clamando a él con verdadero arrepentimiento! &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Preguntas para estudio  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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===== La necesidad de arrepentimiento  =====&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;Nota: A lo largo de este estudio, por favor no se limite a escribir las palabras del texto de lectura; más bien, diga en sus propias palabras lo que el autor quiso significar al escribir lo que escribió. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
===== Pecado: su definición  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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1. a. En esencia, ¿qué es pecado?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Qué significa esto en relación con nosotros mismo? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== Pecado: sus serias consecuencias  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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2. ¿Qué nos ha hecho el pecado? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== Pecado: humillante para el hombre  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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3. ¿Por qué es el pecado humillante para el hombre? &lt;br /&gt;
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4. ¿Cuál es el resultado de estar espiritualmente muerto? &lt;br /&gt;
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5. ¿Qué aprendemos acerca de esto en Mateo 19:16-30? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
6. ¿Cuál es el punto principal de Isaías 64:6? &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;Nota: Con punto principal queremos decir el significado básico detrás de las palabras. No se limite a volver a escribir las palabras impresas; más bien diga en sus propias palabras lo que significa el texto. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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7. ¿De qué manera el pecado en nuestra naturaleza pone en igualdad de condición a todos los hombres ante Dios? &lt;br /&gt;
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8. a. ¿Qué nos dice Romanos 7:19 sobre los efectos de nuestra naturaleza en relación con nuestra habilidad de dejar de pecar? (Por favor escriba el texto del versículo y la referencia.)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Y usted? ¿Coincide con esto al aplicarlo a usted personalmente? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===== Pecado: Cómo ve Dios nuestro corazón  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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9. La Biblia compara nuestro corazón con algunas de las cosas más repulsivas que nos podemos imaginar. Al usar estas descripciones del pecado, la Palabra de Dios muestra qué aspecto tienen nuestros pecados para Dios, y por qué necesitamos confesarlos y arrepentirnos de ellos. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. ¿Cuáles son las tres cosas horribles con las cuales la Biblia compara nuestros pecados? (Escriba también la referencia de cada una.)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. ¿Y usted? Basándose en estos versículos, describa qué aspecto han de tener sus pecados para Dios. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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¿Por qué es el arrepentimiento bíblico la necesidad de esta hora? Porque vivimos en una época en que la mayoría de los líderes religiosos realmente niegan la necesidad de arrepentimiento. Si es que lo predican, lo debilitan como el presidente de un seminario que dijo que el arrepentimiento no significa más que “un caballero decirle a Dios que lamenta haber hecho lo que hizo”. Otros dicen que el arrepentimiento es únicamente para los judíos y no para nosotros en la actualidad. Algunos dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para los hijos de Dios y que no tiene nada que ver con los pecadores perdidos, mientras que otros predican justo lo contrario: ¡dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para pecadores perdidos pero no para los hijos de Dios! ¡Y aún otros afirman que el arrepentimiento es meramente una forma de obras y que ningún grupo lo necesita! Por lo tanto, mi propósito es refutar estos errores fatales que están engañando a las almas preciosas para su destrucción eterna. &lt;br /&gt;
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Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, para empezar, tengo que presentar el efecto del pecado sobre la raza humana, especialmente sobre ti y sobre mí. ¿Qué es el pecado? &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: su definición  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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En esencia, el pecado es rebelión contra Dios. Esto significa creer que tenemos el derecho de hacer con nuestra vida lo que nos da la gana y de actuar independientemente de Dios y de su santa ley. Como dice el apóstol Juan: “Todo aquel que comete pecado, infringe también la ley; pues el pecado es infracción de la ley” (1 Juan 3:4). De hecho, el pecado es una manera de decirle a Dios: “No te metas con mi vida; no te necesito”. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: sus serias consecuencias  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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La doctrina del efecto del pecado sobre ti y sobre mí y sobre toda la raza humana es ''muy seria''. Así como ningún corazón lo puede concebir apropiadamente, así la boca no puede expresar adecuadamente el estado de perdición y ruina que el pecado ha causado al hombre culpable y desdichado. Te preguntas: “¿Qué ha hecho?” ¡Oh, mi amigo, nos ha separado de Dios! ¡Ha desfigurado y arruinado nuestro cuerpo, alma y espíritu! El pecado ha llenado nuestro cuerpo de enfermedades y dolencias. El pecado ha desfigurado la imagen de Dios en nuestra alma. ¡El pecado ha cortado nuestra comunión con él quien nos hizo a su propia imagen moral! El pecado ha hecho que por naturaleza tú y yo seamos amantes del pecado y aborrecedores de Dios, quien es el ''único'' bien. ¡Sí, es cosa muy seria considerar el pecado a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, ver lo que le ha hecho al hombre, a Dios y su Cristo, y a la creación de Dios! El pecado nos ha desligado de Dios y ha abierto las puertas del infierno. Es serio porque el pecado le ha costado al hombre su bien más precioso –su ''alma imperecedera''. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: humillante para el hombre  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Además, la doctrina del pecado revelada en la Palabra de Dios es ''una muy humillante''. ¿Por qué? Porque la Biblia no nos presenta meramente como ignorantes y necesitados de enseñanza. Ni nos presenta como débiles y necesitados de un tónico. En cambio, revela que tú y yo estamos espiritualmente muertos y que carecemos de ''cualquier'' justicia y rectitud que nos dé algún mérito ante Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Esto significa que espiritualmente carecemos de fuerza, somos totalmente incapaces de mejorarnos a nosotros mismos, estamos expuestos a la ira de Dios y no podemos realizar ni una obra que sea aceptable para un Dios santo (Rom. 3:10-18). &lt;br /&gt;
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La imposibilidad de que alguno pueda ganarse la aprobación de Dios por medio de sus propias obras resulta claro en el caso del joven rico que se acercó a Jesús (Mat. 19). Cuando juzgamos a este joven según las normas humanas, consideramos que era un modelo de virtudes y de logros religiosos. Pero, como tantos otros que confían en sus propios esfuerzos y su propia justicia, desconocía la espiritualidad y lo estricto de la ley de Dios. Cuando Cristo le mostró la codicia de su corazón, se fue triste, porque poseía muchos bienes. Era ''humillante'' descubrir que sus mejores estudios religiosos no eran más que trapos de inmundicia al olfato de Dios (Isa. 64:6). Este joven no quiso confesar que su moralidad y que sus mejores acciones no eran más que obras de tinieblas condenatorias por las que necesitaba sentir pesar y a las que tenía que renunciar. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué humillante es descubrir que Dios requiere ''la verdad en lo íntimo'' (Sal. 51:6)! ¡Qué humillante es que no podamos librarnos por nuestros propios medios del pecado en nuestro corazón y en nuestra mente! Qué humillante es que nosotros, al igual que todos los demás, tenemos que comparecer ante Dios como ''pecadores'' y declararnos ''culpables'' ante él. No queremos confesar que somos pecadores –perdidos, descarriados, indefensos y culpables-- ante Dios. ¡El moral y farisaico no quiere confesar que está en la misma situación ante Dios que el violador, la prostituta y el borracho! No obstante, somos pecadores por naturaleza y en la práctica. &lt;br /&gt;
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No podemos librarnos del pecado por medio de una resolución, una orden, un sacrificio ni por medio de apartarnos totalmente del mundo, porque es nuestra ''naturaleza''. Jeremías 13:23 dice: “¿Mudará el etíope su piel, y el leopardo sus manchas? Así también, ¿podréis vosotros hacer bien, estando habituados a hacer mal?” &lt;br /&gt;
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Este hecho humilló al apóstol Pablo. Lo llevó a arrepentirse y confesar que ante Dios era un pecador merecedor del infierno. En Romanos 7 nos cuenta que en una época vivía sin la ley; pero que cuando conoció el mandamiento de que no debía codiciar, se llenó de codicia. Comprendió que era carnal 2, que se había vendido al pecado. Confesó que era humillante enterarse de que lo que ''quería'' hacer –vivir justa y rectamente-- no ''podía hacer''. Y lo que no quería hacer –pecar contra un Dios santo, recto y justo—''eso'' es lo que hacía. Confesó tener la ''voluntad'' de hacer lo bueno, pero ''no el poder'' para hacerlo. Su voluntad estaba depravada, y su naturaleza pecaminosa lo tenía cautivo: “Porque no hago el bien que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero, eso hago” (Rom. 7:19). Por más que luchaba contra él, que tomaba resoluciones contra él, que lo denunciaba y que hacía todo lo que podía en su contra –no se podía librar de él. &lt;br /&gt;
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De la misma manera, nos sentimos humillados cuando, por el poder iluminador del Espíritu de Dios, vemos el terrible poder del pecado en ''nuestra'' vida. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: cómo ve Dios nuestro corazón  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡La Biblia declara que el efecto del pecado sobre el hombre es tal que ''nuestro corazón es comparable a algunas de las cosas más repugnantes'' que nos podamos imaginar! Se vale de estas descripciones para mostrarnos cómo considera Dios nuestros pecados. &lt;br /&gt;
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¿Sabes que la Palabra de Dios nos describe como ''gusanos''? Lo hace en Job 25:4-6: “¿Cómo, pues, se justificará el hombre para con Dios? ¿Y cómo será limpio el que nace de mujer? He aquí que ni aun la misma luna será resplandeciente, ni las estrellas son limpias delante de sus ojos; ¿Cuánto menos el hombre, que es un gusano, y el hijo de hombre, también gusano?” El significado de la raíz de la palabra usada aquí como ''gusano'' en el hebreo es “gusano de podredumbre”. Esta es la forma como Dios nos ve: en proceso de putrefacción, fuera de Cristo. &lt;br /&gt;
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Además, ¿sabías que Dios nos describe en nuestra naturaleza depravada como una “podrida llaga”. Así lo hace en Isaías 1:4-6: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''“¡Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de maldad, generación de malignos, hijos depravados! Dejaron a Jehová, provocaron a ira al Santo de Israel, se volvieron atrás. ¿Por qué querréis ser castigados aún? żTodavía os rebelaréis? Toda cabeza está enferma, y todo corazón doliente. Desde la planta del pie hasta la cabeza no hay en él cosa sana, sino herida, hinchazón y podrida llaga; no están curadas, ni vendadas, ni suavizadas con aceite.”'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Las Escrituras también muestran que el pecado ha hecho al hombre como ''bestias'' ignorantes y estúpidas. Leemos en el Salmo 73:22: “Tan torpe era yo, que no entendía; era como una ''bestia'' delante de ti”. También leemos en el Salmo 49:20: “El hombre que está en honra y no entiende, semejante es a las bestias que perecen”. Si todavía estás jugando con el pecado, condenas tu alma al infierno. Y eres como las bestias que perecen, porque ''no entiendes''. &lt;br /&gt;
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Alguien me podría decir: “¡Ésta no es una manera agradable de decir las cosas!” Lo sé, pero es lo que dice la Palabra de Dios. Tenemos que despojarnos de todo nuestro orgullo y fariseísmo y renunciar para siempre a querer algo ''en'' nosotros que nos recomiende a Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué cuadro del hombre depravado! ¡Qué imagen de ti y de mí por naturaleza! Viéndonos en este estado de putrefacción, Dios ''tiene que'' ordenar que nos arrepintamos. &lt;br /&gt;
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Quiero razonar contigo: Si no te ocupas de la eternidad y no piensas en el mundo venidero, entonces de seguro la Palabra de Dios te retrata con exactitud en estas descripciones. Eres como un gusano, como una llaga podrida y como una bestia que perece. ¡Oh que supieras tu final (Deut. 32:29) y, arrepentido, acudieras ya mismo a Dios, y te encomendaras a su misericordia en Cristo! ¡Oh que te presentaras hoy ante el Dios Santo, humillándote ante él, y clamando a él con verdadero arrepentimiento!&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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			<title>Biblical Repentance/The Need of Repentance/es</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Kirstenyee: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Info|La necesidad de arrepentimiento}} &lt;br /&gt;
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¿Por qué es el arrepentimiento bíblico la necesidad de esta hora? Porque vivimos en una época en que la mayoría de los líderes religiosos realmente niegan la necesidad de arrepentimiento. Si es que lo predican, lo debilitan como el presidente de un seminario que dijo que el arrepentimiento no significa más que “un caballero decirle a Dios que lamenta haber hecho lo que hizo”. Otros dicen que el arrepentimiento es únicamente para los judíos y no para nosotros en la actualidad. Algunos dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para los hijos de Dios y que no tiene nada que ver con los pecadores perdidos, mientras que otros predican justo lo contrario: ¡dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para pecadores perdidos pero no para los hijos de Dios! ¡Y aún otros afirman que el arrepentimiento es meramente una forma de obras y que ningún grupo lo necesita! Por lo tanto, mi propósito es refutar estos errores fatales que están engañando a las almas preciosas para su destrucción eterna. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
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Por lo tanto, para empezar, tengo que presentar el efecto del pecado sobre la raza humana, especialmente sobre ti y sobre mí. ¿Qué es el pecado? &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: su definición  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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En esencia, el pecado es rebelión contra Dios. Esto significa creer que tenemos el derecho de hacer con nuestra vida lo que nos da la gana y de actuar independientemente de Dios y de su santa ley. Como dice el apóstol Juan: “Todo aquel que comete pecado, infringe también la ley; pues el pecado es infracción de la ley” (1 Juan 3:4). De hecho, el pecado es una manera de decirle a Dios: “No te metas con mi vida; no te necesito”. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: sus serias consecuencias  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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La doctrina del efecto del pecado sobre ti y sobre mí y sobre toda la raza humana es ''muy seria''. Así como ningún corazón lo puede concebir apropiadamente, así la boca no puede expresar adecuadamente el estado de perdición y ruina que el pecado ha causado al hombre culpable y desdichado. Te preguntas: “¿Qué ha hecho?” ¡Oh, mi amigo, nos ha separado de Dios! ¡Ha desfigurado y arruinado nuestro cuerpo, alma y espíritu! El pecado ha llenado nuestro cuerpo de enfermedades y dolencias. El pecado ha desfigurado la imagen de Dios en nuestra alma. ¡El pecado ha cortado nuestra comunión con él quien nos hizo a su propia imagen moral! El pecado ha hecho que por naturaleza tú y yo seamos amantes del pecado y aborrecedores de Dios, quien es el ''único'' bien. ¡Sí, es cosa muy seria considerar el pecado a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, ver lo que le ha hecho al hombre, a Dios y su Cristo, y a la creación de Dios! El pecado nos ha desligado de Dios y ha abierto las puertas del infierno. Es serio porque el pecado le ha costado al hombre su bien más precioso –su ''alma imperecedera''. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: humillante para el hombre  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Además, la doctrina del pecado revelada en la Palabra de Dios es ''una muy humillante''. ¿Por qué? Porque la Biblia no nos presenta meramente como ignorantes y necesitados de enseñanza. Ni nos presenta como débiles y necesitados de un tónico. En cambio, revela que tú y yo estamos espiritualmente muertos y que carecemos de ''cualquier'' justicia y rectitud que nos dé algún mérito ante Dios. &lt;br /&gt;
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Esto significa que espiritualmente carecemos de fuerza, somos totalmente incapaces de mejorarnos a nosotros mismos, estamos expuestos a la ira de Dios y no podemos realizar ni una obra que sea aceptable para un Dios santo (Rom. 3:10-18). &lt;br /&gt;
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La imposibilidad de que alguno pueda ganarse la aprobación de Dios por medio de sus propias obras resulta claro en el caso del joven rico que se acercó a Jesús (Mat. 19). Cuando juzgamos a este joven según las normas humanas, consideramos que era un modelo de virtudes y de logros religiosos. Pero, como tantos otros que confían en sus propios esfuerzos y su propia justicia, desconocía la espiritualidad y lo estricto de la ley de Dios. Cuando Cristo le mostró la codicia de su corazón, se fue triste, porque poseía muchos bienes. Era ''humillante'' descubrir que sus mejores estudios religiosos no eran más que trapos de inmundicia al olfato de Dios (Isa. 64:6). Este joven no quiso confesar que su moralidad y que sus mejores acciones no eran más que obras de tinieblas condenatorias por las que necesitaba sentir pesar y a las que tenía que renunciar. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: nuestra naturaleza ====&lt;br /&gt;
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¡Qué humillante es descubrir que Dios requiere ''la verdad en lo íntimo'' (Sal. 51:6)! ¡Qué humillante es que no podamos librarnos  por nuestros propios medios del pecado en nuestro corazón y en nuestra mente! Qué humillante es que nosotros, al igual que todos los demás, tenemos que comparecer ante Dios como ''pecadores'' y declararnos ''culpables'' ante él. No queremos confesar que somos pecadores –perdidos, descarriados, indefensos y culpables-- ante Dios. ¡El moral y farisaico no quiere confesar que está en la misma situación ante Dios que el violador, la prostituta y el borracho! No obstante, somos pecadores por naturaleza y en la práctica.&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
No podemos librarnos del pecado por medio de una resolución, una orden, un sacrificio ni por medio de apartarnos totalmente del mundo, porque es nuestra ''naturaleza''. Jeremías 13:23 dice: “¿Mudará el etíope su piel, y el leopardo sus manchas? Así también, ¿podréis vosotros hacer bien, estando habituados a hacer mal?”&lt;br /&gt;
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Este hecho humilló al apóstol Pablo. Lo llevó a arrepentirse y confesar que ante Dios era un pecador merecedor del infierno. En Romanos 7 nos cuenta que en una época vivía sin la ley; pero que cuando conoció el mandamiento de que no debía codiciar, se llenó de codicia. Comprendió que era carnal 2, que se había vendido al pecado. Confesó que era humillante enterarse de que lo que ''quería'' hacer –vivir justa y rectamente-- no ''podía hacer''. Y lo que no quería hacer –pecar contra un Dios santo, recto y justo—''eso'' es lo que hacía. Confesó tener la ''voluntad'' de hacer lo bueno, pero ''no el poder'' para hacerlo. Su voluntad estaba depravada, y su naturaleza pecaminosa lo tenía cautivo: “Porque no hago el bien que quiero, sino el mal que no quiero, eso hago” (Rom. 7:19). Por más que luchaba contra él, que tomaba resoluciones contra él, que lo denunciaba y que hacía todo lo que podía en su contra –no se podía librar de él.&lt;br /&gt;
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De la misma manera, nos sentimos humillados cuando, por el poder iluminador del Espíritu de Dios, vemos el terrible poder del pecado en ''nuestra'' vida.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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&lt;div&gt;{{Info|La necesidad de arrepentimiento}} &lt;br /&gt;
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¿Por qué es el arrepentimiento bíblico la necesidad de esta hora? Porque vivimos en una época en que la mayoría de los líderes religiosos realmente niegan la necesidad de arrepentimiento. Si es que lo predican, lo debilitan como el presidente de un seminario que dijo que el arrepentimiento no significa más que “un caballero decirle a Dios que lamenta haber hecho lo que hizo”. Otros dicen que el arrepentimiento es únicamente para los judíos y no para nosotros en la actualidad. Algunos dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para los hijos de Dios y que no tiene nada que ver con los pecadores perdidos, mientras que otros predican justo lo contrario: ¡dicen que el arrepentimiento es sólo para pecadores perdidos pero no para los hijos de Dios! ¡Y aún otros afirman que el arrepentimiento es meramente una forma de obras y que ningún grupo lo necesita! Por lo tanto, mi propósito es refutar estos errores fatales que están engañando a las almas preciosas para su destrucción eterna. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Por lo tanto, para empezar, tengo que presentar el efecto del pecado sobre la raza humana, especialmente sobre ti y sobre mí. ¿Qué es el pecado? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Pecado: su definición  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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En esencia, el pecado es rebelión contra Dios. Esto significa creer que tenemos el derecho de hacer con nuestra vida lo que nos da la gana y de actuar independientemente de Dios y de su santa ley. Como dice el apóstol Juan: “Todo aquel que comete pecado, infringe también la ley; pues el pecado es infracción de la ley” (1 Juan 3:4). De hecho, el pecado es una manera de decirle a Dios: “No te metas con mi vida; no te necesito”. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: sus serias consecuencias  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
La doctrina del efecto del pecado sobre ti y sobre mí y sobre toda la raza humana es ''muy seria''. Así como ningún corazón lo puede concebir apropiadamente, así la boca no puede expresar adecuadamente el estado de perdición y ruina que el pecado ha causado al hombre culpable y desdichado. Te preguntas: “¿Qué ha hecho?” ¡Oh, mi amigo, nos ha separado de Dios! ¡Ha desfigurado y arruinado nuestro cuerpo, alma y espíritu! El pecado ha llenado nuestro cuerpo de enfermedades y dolencias. El pecado ha desfigurado la imagen de Dios en nuestra alma. ¡El pecado ha cortado nuestra comunión con él quien nos hizo a su propia imagen moral! El pecado ha hecho que por naturaleza tú y yo seamos amantes del pecado y aborrecedores de Dios, quien es el ''único'' bien. ¡Sí, es cosa muy seria considerar el pecado a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, ver lo que le ha hecho al hombre, a Dios y su Cristo, y a la creación de Dios! El pecado nos ha desligado de Dios y ha abierto las puertas del infierno. Es serio porque el pecado le ha costado al hombre su bien más precioso –su ''alma imperecedera''. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Pecado: humillante para el hombre ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Además, la doctrina del pecado revelada en la Palabra de Dios es ''una muy humillante''. ¿Por qué? Porque la Biblia no nos presenta meramente como ignorantes y necesitados de enseñanza. Ni nos presenta como débiles y necesitados de un tónico. En cambio, revela que tú y yo estamos espiritualmente muertos y que carecemos de ''cualquier'' justicia y rectitud que nos dé algún mérito ante Dios.&lt;br /&gt;
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Esto significa que espiritualmente carecemos de fuerza, somos totalmente incapaces de mejorarnos a nosotros mismos, estamos expuestos a la ira de Dios y no podemos realizar ni una obra que sea aceptable para un Dios santo (Rom. 3:10-18).&lt;br /&gt;
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La imposibilidad de que alguno pueda ganarse la aprobación de Dios por medio de sus propias obras resulta claro en el caso del joven rico que se acercó a Jesús (Mat. 19). Cuando juzgamos a este joven según las normas humanas, consideramos que era un modelo de virtudes y de logros religiosos. Pero, como tantos otros que confían en sus propios esfuerzos y su propia justicia, desconocía la espiritualidad y lo estricto de la ley de Dios. Cuando Cristo le mostró la codicia de su corazón, se fue triste, porque poseía muchos bienes. Era ''humillante'' descubrir que sus mejores estudios religiosos no eran más que trapos de inmundicia al olfato de Dios (Isa. 64:6). Este joven no quiso confesar que su moralidad y que sus mejores acciones no eran más que obras de tinieblas condenatorias por  las que necesitaba sentir pesar y a las que tenía que renunciar.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
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En esencia, el pecado es rebelión contra Dios. Esto significa creer que tenemos el derecho de hacer con nuestra vida lo que nos da la gana y de actuar independientemente de Dios y de su santa ley. Como dice el apóstol Juan: “Todo aquel que comete pecado, infringe también la ley; pues el pecado es infracción de la ley” (1 Juan 3:4). De hecho, el pecado es una manera de decirle a Dios: “No te metas con mi vida; no te necesito”. &lt;br /&gt;
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La doctrina del efecto del pecado sobre ti y sobre mí y sobre toda la raza humana es ''muy seria''. Así como ningún corazón lo puede concebir apropiadamente, así la boca no puede expresar adecuadamente el estado de perdición y ruina que el pecado ha causado al hombre culpable y desdichado. Te preguntas: “¿Qué ha hecho?” ¡Oh, mi amigo, nos ha separado de Dios! ¡Ha desfigurado y arruinado nuestro cuerpo, alma y espíritu! El pecado ha llenado nuestro cuerpo de enfermedades y dolencias. El pecado ha desfigurado la imagen de Dios en nuestra alma. ¡El pecado ha cortado nuestra comunión con él quien nos hizo a su propia imagen moral! El pecado ha hecho que por naturaleza tú y yo seamos amantes del pecado y aborrecedores de Dios, quien es el ''único'' bien. ¡Sí, es cosa muy seria considerar el pecado a la luz de la Palabra de Dios, ver lo que le ha hecho al hombre, a Dios y su Cristo, y a la creación de Dios! El pecado nos ha desligado de Dios y ha abierto las puertas del infierno. Es serio porque el pecado le ha costado al hombre su bien más precioso –su ''alma imperecedera''.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Ahora escuchemos el testimonio de la Palabra de Dios. Veamos las palabras de nuestro Señor en Lucas 13:3 y 5: “Antes si no os arrepentís, todos pereceréis igualmente”. Lo que está diciendo es esto: “A menos que renunciéis a vuestras armas de rebelión contra Dios, moriréis en el infierno porque permanecéis bajo la ira de Dios. ¡Confesad vuestros pecados y no los cometáis más o moriréis para siempre!” &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Fruits Will Always Follow Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In conclusion, let us consider the ''fruits which always follow genuine Biblical repentance.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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John the Baptist warned his hearers, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Mat 3:8). And the Apostle Paul told King Agrippa that his message to the Jews and to the Gentiles was “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Act 26:20). So from these two Scriptures we learn that true biblical repentance will ''show'' itself in the believer’s life ''by its fruits''. Let us look then at some of these fruits. As we do, let us pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding to His precious Word and that He will open and search our hearts. May the Lord show us if these fruits are being produced in our lives by the Spirit of the living God. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== A. Repentance Results in a Real Hatred for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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First, the fruit of true Biblical repentance in our lives is a ''real hatred for sin as sin'' and not merely hatred for its ''consequence'', which is separation from God in hell forever. This hatred is not against this or that sin, but hatred of all sin, and particularly of the root itself which is ''self-will''. In Ezekiel 14:6 we read, “Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abomina-tions.” We do this with a hatred for them and a loathing of ourselves. This is set forth in Ezekiel 20:43: “Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” You see, the change of mind which God requires, the change of mind which God is pleased with, is a real hatred for sin as sin ''against God''. Therefore, I ask, do you and I have a hatred for sin in this manner? If not, then we have not brought forth the fruits of true Biblical repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Second, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is a ''godly sorrow for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 reads, “Ye sor-rowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner...for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” This sorrow consists of grief for having despised such a God, for having rebelled against His au-thority, and for having been indifferent to His glory. It was a sorrow such as this that caused Peter to go out and weep bitterly over denying his Lord (Mat 26:75). And a sorrow such as this causes ''us'' to weep bitterly over our sins because they are against God. We are made to cry like David, “I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psa 51:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Have you thus sorrowed for sin as being ''against God?'' This fruit of true Biblical repentance causes us to “crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Gal 5:24) and to follow God in Christ with all our hearts. Only this kind of sorrow for sin is genuine. &lt;br /&gt;
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Third, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''confession of sin''. We read in Proverbs 28:13, “He that cover-eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Yes, there ''must'' be the fruit of confessing and hiding nothing. You see, you and I both know that it is our nature to ''deny'' our sins, directly or indirectly, and to minimize or make excuses for them. But when the Holy Spirit works in our souls and brings our sins to light, we must acknowledge them before God. &lt;br /&gt;
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If true Biblical repentance is working in our hearts, we will find no relief until we confess our sins and lay them bare before God. This is brought out in Psalm 32:3-4 in these words: “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into drought of summer.” You see, only heart-felt confession of our sins will bring us peace with God in Christ. And my friend, this continues in our life until we get to glory. Confession and repentance are part of the believer’s daily prayer, as he pleads 1John 1:9 at the throne of grace: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Fourth, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''an actual turning from sin''. True repentance is a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of our life. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso ''confesseth'' and ''forsaketh'' them shall have mercy” (Pro 28:13). If I really hate sin and sorrow over it, then I shall forsake it. I shall take to heart Isaiah 55:7, which reads, “Let the wicked ''forsake his way'', and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” This is the change of course which God requires. It will show itself in the repenting, believing sinner taking heed to the Word of God which says, “Flee fornication” (1Co 6:18); “Flee from idolatry” (1Co 10:14); “Flee the love of money” (2Ti 6:10-11); “Flee also youthful lusts” (2Ti 2:22). And it will also show itself in putting into practice the positive graces of following after “righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2Ti 2:22). My friend, the question be-fore us is—have you and I, from our hearts, actually turned from sin unto God? &lt;br /&gt;
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Fifth, the fruits of true Biblical repentance will be seen in ''a desire to put into practice the Scriptures that teach us to walk in righteousness and true holiness'' (Eph 4:24), and to be careful to maintain good works (Tit 3:8). This, to me, is one of the most distinguishing marks of true Biblical repentance: the desire to walk in a different way—a different course of life than we did before. We read in Hebrews 12:14, “Follow peace with all men, and ''holiness'', without which no man shall see the Lord.” So by God’s grace we desire to follow after this peace and holiness because God has given us a new heart. In Matthew 1:21 we read that Christ came to save His people from their sins, not in their sins. So the heart of the true penitent cries unto God daily to be deliv-ered from sin and self. Again, in Ephesians 1:4 we read, “He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” So by God’s grace we desire to be holy, delivered from our sin and self-will. And in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 we read, “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” So by God’s grace, we desire to walk worthy of this calling unto holi-ness. &lt;br /&gt;
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Then in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 we read that the will of God for our lives is for us to be ''sanctified''- to be set apart for God’s holy use. So we desire by God’s grace to be separated from sin unto Christ. By desiring right-eousness, walking in true holiness, and being careful to maintain good works, we manifest the fruits of Biblical repentance in our lives. For we read in Titus 2:11-12: &lt;br /&gt;
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And this is the desire of our hearts! Our cry is, “O Lord, help me to understand Thy Word, and by Thy grace help me walk in the way that is well-pleasing unto Thee.” Or like that of the Psalmist: “Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day” (Psa 25:4-5). And, “Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee” (Psa 73:25), so teach me Thy way, and lead me in plain paths that I will follow Thee all the days of my life. &lt;br /&gt;
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These then, are the fruits of true Biblical repentance:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to be finished with sin, because it is the plague and sorrow of our hearts&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a desire to fight the good fight of faith &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire never to go back to a way of self-will and self-pleasing, but to show forth the praises of Him Who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to follow the Lord in a path of holiness all the days of our lives &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to please Him in all our ways &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to judge ourselves before Him every day and to live at His feet with broken hearts and contrite spirits. &lt;br /&gt;
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True Biblical repentance cannot be separated from true saving faith; the two always go together. He who truly repents truly believes, for the same Holy Spirit Who gives us repentance to the acknowledging of our sin-ful conduct before God and gives us a desire to confess and forsake it with true godly sorrow, will also turn our eyes upon yon lovely Lord Who died in our place. The Word of God reveals that the Holy Spirit never sepa-rates repentance and faith. Where you find one, you will find the other in the life of the saved soul. Praise the name of our thrice-holy God! He, Who gives saving faith, also gives repentance! &lt;br /&gt;
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Faith finds in Christ a complete Savior. We find in Christ peace because He made peace by the blood of His cross. We find in Christ hope, and hope is not made ashamed because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. We find in Christ a perfect standing before God, Who makes Christ wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption unto us (1Co 1:30). We find in Christ a perfect hiding place from the wrath of God against our sins because the judgment of all of our sins has fallen upon Christ (Isa 53). We find in Christ all that God gives to poor, repenting, believing sinners; for we find that we are complete in Him, the Savior of our souls, the Lord Jesus Christ. &lt;br /&gt;
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14. Please review all the lessons of this study of Biblical repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. What have you learned overall from this study?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. How has your understanding of repentance changed?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. How will your life be different? &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Fruits Will Always Follow Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In conclusion, let us consider the ''fruits which always follow genuine Biblical repentance.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John the Baptist warned his hearers, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Mat 3:8). And the Apostle Paul told King Agrippa that his message to the Jews and to the Gentiles was “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Act 26:20). So from these two Scriptures we learn that true biblical repentance will ''show'' itself in the believer’s life ''by its fruits''. Let us look then at some of these fruits. As we do, let us pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding to His precious Word and that He will open and search our hearts. May the Lord show us if these fruits are being produced in our lives by the Spirit of the living God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== A. Repentance Results in a Real Hatred for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
First, the fruit of true Biblical repentance in our lives is a ''real hatred for sin as sin'' and not merely hatred for its ''consequence'', which is separation from God in hell forever. This hatred is not against this or that sin, but hatred of all sin, and particularly of the root itself which is ''self-will''. In Ezekiel 14:6 we read, “Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abomina-tions.” We do this with a hatred for them and a loathing of ourselves. This is set forth in Ezekiel 20:43: “Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” You see, the change of mind which God requires, the change of mind which God is pleased with, is a real hatred for sin as sin ''against God''. Therefore, I ask, do you and I have a hatred for sin in this manner? If not, then we have not brought forth the fruits of true Biblical repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== B. Repentance Results in a Godly Sorrow for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Second, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is a ''godly sorrow for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 reads, “Ye sor-rowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner...for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” This sorrow consists of grief for having despised such a God, for having rebelled against His au-thority, and for having been indifferent to His glory. It was a sorrow such as this that caused Peter to go out and weep bitterly over denying his Lord (Mat 26:75). And a sorrow such as this causes ''us'' to weep bitterly over our sins because they are against God. We are made to cry like David, “I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psa 51:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Have you thus sorrowed for sin as being ''against God?'' This fruit of true Biblical repentance causes us to “crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Gal 5:24) and to follow God in Christ with all our hearts. Only this kind of sorrow for sin is genuine. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== C. Repentance Results in Confession of Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Third, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''confession of sin''. We read in Proverbs 28:13, “He that cover-eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Yes, there ''must'' be the fruit of confessing and hiding nothing. You see, you and I both know that it is our nature to ''deny'' our sins, directly or indirectly, and to minimize or make excuses for them. But when the Holy Spirit works in our souls and brings our sins to light, we must acknowledge them before God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If true Biblical repentance is working in our hearts, we will find no relief until we confess our sins and lay them bare before God. This is brought out in Psalm 32:3-4 in these words: “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into drought of summer.” You see, only heart-felt confession of our sins will bring us peace with God in Christ. And my friend, this continues in our life until we get to glory. Confession and repentance are part of the believer’s daily prayer, as he pleads 1John 1:9 at the throne of grace: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” &lt;br /&gt;
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==== D. Repentance Results in an Actual Turning from Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fourth, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''an actual turning from sin''. True repentance is a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of our life. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso ''confesseth'' and ''forsaketh'' them shall have mercy” (Pro 28:13). If I really hate sin and sorrow over it, then I shall forsake it. I shall take to heart Isaiah 55:7, which reads, “Let the wicked ''forsake his way'', and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” This is the change of course which God requires. It will show itself in the repenting, believing sinner taking heed to the Word of God which says, “Flee fornication” (1Co 6:18); “Flee from idolatry” (1Co 10:14); “Flee the love of money” (2Ti 6:10-11); “Flee also youthful lusts” (2Ti 2:22). And it will also show itself in putting into practice the positive graces of following after “righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2Ti 2:22). My friend, the question be-fore us is—have you and I, from our hearts, actually turned from sin unto God? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== E. Repentance Results in a Desire for Righteousness and Holiness  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fifth, the fruits of true Biblical repentance will be seen in ''a desire to put into practice the Scriptures that teach us to walk in righteousness and true holiness'' (Eph 4:24), and to be careful to maintain good works (Tit 3:8). This, to me, is one of the most distinguishing marks of true Biblical repentance: the desire to walk in a different way—a different course of life than we did before. We read in Hebrews 12:14, “Follow peace with all men, and ''holiness'', without which no man shall see the Lord.” So by God’s grace we desire to follow after this peace and holiness because God has given us a new heart. In Matthew 1:21 we read that Christ came to save His people from their sins, not in their sins. So the heart of the true penitent cries unto God daily to be deliv-ered from sin and self. Again, in Ephesians 1:4 we read, “He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” So by God’s grace we desire to be holy, delivered from our sin and self-will. And in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 we read, “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” So by God’s grace, we desire to walk worthy of this calling unto holi-ness. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Then in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 we read that the will of God for our lives is for us to be ''sanctified''- to be set apart for God’s holy use. So we desire by God’s grace to be separated from sin unto Christ. By desiring right-eousness, walking in true holiness, and being careful to maintain good works, we manifest the fruits of Biblical repentance in our lives. For we read in Titus 2:11-12: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodli-ness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And this is the desire of our hearts! Our cry is, “O Lord, help me to understand Thy Word, and by Thy grace help me walk in the way that is well-pleasing unto Thee.” Or like that of the Psalmist: “Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day” (Psa 25:4-5). And, “Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee” (Psa 73:25), so teach me Thy way, and lead me in plain paths that I will follow Thee all the days of my life. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These then, are the fruits of true Biblical repentance:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to be finished with sin, because it is the plague and sorrow of our hearts&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a desire to fight the good fight of faith &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire never to go back to a way of self-will and self-pleasing, but to show forth the praises of Him Who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to follow the Lord in a path of holiness all the days of our lives &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to please Him in all our ways &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to judge ourselves before Him every day and to live at His feet with broken hearts and contrite spirits. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Conclusion ====&lt;br /&gt;
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True Biblical repentance cannot be separated from true saving faith; the two always go together. He who truly repents truly believes, for the same Holy Spirit Who gives us repentance to the acknowledging of our sin-ful conduct before God and gives us a desire to confess and forsake it with true godly sorrow, will also turn our eyes upon yon lovely Lord Who died in our place. The Word of God reveals that the Holy Spirit never sepa-rates repentance and faith. Where you find one, you will find the other in the life of the saved soul. Praise the name of our thrice-holy God! He, Who gives saving faith, also gives repentance!&lt;br /&gt;
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Faith finds in Christ a complete Savior. We find in Christ peace because He made peace by the blood of His cross. We find in Christ hope, and hope is not made ashamed because the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. We find in Christ a perfect standing before God, Who makes Christ wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption unto us (1Co 1:30). We find in Christ a perfect hiding place from the wrath of God against our sins because the judgment of all of our sins has fallen upon Christ (Isa 53). We find in Christ all that God gives to poor, repenting, believing sinners; for we find that we are complete in Him, the Savior of our souls, the Lord Jesus Christ.&lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance looks away from self to Christ in faith and finds in Him a sufficient Savior for every need. Let us look to Him in true Biblical repentance. It is the need of the hour.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Fruits Will Always Follow Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In conclusion, let us consider the ''fruits which always follow genuine Biblical repentance.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John the Baptist warned his hearers, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Mat 3:8). And the Apostle Paul told King Agrippa that his message to the Jews and to the Gentiles was “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Act 26:20). So from these two Scriptures we learn that true biblical repentance will ''show'' itself in the believer’s life ''by its fruits''. Let us look then at some of these fruits. As we do, let us pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding to His precious Word and that He will open and search our hearts. May the Lord show us if these fruits are being produced in our lives by the Spirit of the living God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== A. Repentance Results in a Real Hatred for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
First, the fruit of true Biblical repentance in our lives is a ''real hatred for sin as sin'' and not merely hatred for its ''consequence'', which is separation from God in hell forever. This hatred is not against this or that sin, but hatred of all sin, and particularly of the root itself which is ''self-will''. In Ezekiel 14:6 we read, “Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abomina-tions.” We do this with a hatred for them and a loathing of ourselves. This is set forth in Ezekiel 20:43: “Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” You see, the change of mind which God requires, the change of mind which God is pleased with, is a real hatred for sin as sin ''against God''. Therefore, I ask, do you and I have a hatred for sin in this manner? If not, then we have not brought forth the fruits of true Biblical repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== B. Repentance Results in a Godly Sorrow for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Second, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is a ''godly sorrow for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 reads, “Ye sor-rowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner...for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” This sorrow consists of grief for having despised such a God, for having rebelled against His au-thority, and for having been indifferent to His glory. It was a sorrow such as this that caused Peter to go out and weep bitterly over denying his Lord (Mat 26:75). And a sorrow such as this causes ''us'' to weep bitterly over our sins because they are against God. We are made to cry like David, “I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psa 51:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Have you thus sorrowed for sin as being ''against God?'' This fruit of true Biblical repentance causes us to “crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Gal 5:24) and to follow God in Christ with all our hearts. Only this kind of sorrow for sin is genuine. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== C. Repentance Results in Confession of Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Third, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''confession of sin''. We read in Proverbs 28:13, “He that cover-eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Yes, there ''must'' be the fruit of confessing and hiding nothing. You see, you and I both know that it is our nature to ''deny'' our sins, directly or indirectly, and to minimize or make excuses for them. But when the Holy Spirit works in our souls and brings our sins to light, we must acknowledge them before God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If true Biblical repentance is working in our hearts, we will find no relief until we confess our sins and lay them bare before God. This is brought out in Psalm 32:3-4 in these words: “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into drought of summer.” You see, only heart-felt confession of our sins will bring us peace with God in Christ. And my friend, this continues in our life until we get to glory. Confession and repentance are part of the believer’s daily prayer, as he pleads 1John 1:9 at the throne of grace: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== D. Repentance Results in an Actual Turning from Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fourth, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''an actual turning from sin''. True repentance is a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of our life. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso ''confesseth'' and ''forsaketh'' them shall have mercy” (Pro 28:13). If I really hate sin and sorrow over it, then I shall forsake it. I shall take to heart Isaiah 55:7, which reads, “Let the wicked ''forsake his way'', and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” This is the change of course which God requires. It will show itself in the repenting, believing sinner taking heed to the Word of God which says, “Flee fornication” (1Co 6:18); “Flee from idolatry” (1Co 10:14); “Flee the love of money” (2Ti 6:10-11); “Flee also youthful lusts” (2Ti 2:22). And it will also show itself in putting into practice the positive graces of following after “righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2Ti 2:22). My friend, the question be-fore us is—have you and I, from our hearts, actually turned from sin unto God? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== E. Repentance Results in a Desire for Righteousness and Holiness  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fifth, the fruits of true Biblical repentance will be seen in ''a desire to put into practice the Scriptures that teach us to walk in righteousness and true holiness'' (Eph 4:24), and to be careful to maintain good works (Tit 3:8). This, to me, is one of the most distinguishing marks of true Biblical repentance: the desire to walk in a different way—a different course of life than we did before. We read in Hebrews 12:14, “Follow peace with all men, and ''holiness'', without which no man shall see the Lord.” So by God’s grace we desire to follow after this peace and holiness because God has given us a new heart. In Matthew 1:21 we read that Christ came to save His people from their sins, not in their sins. So the heart of the true penitent cries unto God daily to be deliv-ered from sin and self. Again, in Ephesians 1:4 we read, “He hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” So by God’s grace we desire to be holy, delivered from our sin and self-will. And in 1 Thessalonians 4:7 we read, “For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.” So by God’s grace, we desire to walk worthy of this calling unto holi-ness. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Then in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 we read that the will of God for our lives is for us to be ''sanctified''- to be set apart for God’s holy use. So we desire by God’s grace to be separated from sin unto Christ. By desiring right-eousness, walking in true holiness, and being careful to maintain good works, we manifest the fruits of Biblical repentance in our lives. For we read in Titus 2:11-12: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodli-ness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
And this is the desire of our hearts! Our cry is, “O Lord, help me to understand Thy Word, and by Thy grace help me walk in the way that is well-pleasing unto Thee.” Or like that of the Psalmist: “Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day” (Psa 25:4-5). And, “Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee” (Psa 73:25), so teach me Thy way, and lead me in plain paths that I will follow Thee all the days of my life. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These then, are the fruits of true Biblical repentance:&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to be finished with sin, because it is the plague and sorrow of our hearts&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a desire to fight the good fight of faith &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire never to go back to a way of self-will and self-pleasing, but to show forth the praises of Him Who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to follow the Lord in a path of holiness all the days of our lives &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to please Him in all our ways &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;• a deep desire to judge ourselves before Him every day and to live at His feet with broken hearts and contrite spirits.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Fruits Will Always Follow Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In conclusion, let us consider the ''fruits which always follow genuine Biblical repentance.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
John the Baptist warned his hearers, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Mat 3:8). And the Apostle Paul told King Agrippa that his message to the Jews and to the Gentiles was “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Act 26:20). So from these two Scriptures we learn that true biblical repentance will ''show'' itself in the believer’s life ''by its fruits''. Let us look then at some of these fruits. As we do, let us pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding to His precious Word and that He will open and search our hearts. May the Lord show us if these fruits are being produced in our lives by the Spirit of the living God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== A. Repentance Results in a Real Hatred for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
First, the fruit of true Biblical repentance in our lives is a ''real hatred for sin as sin'' and not merely hatred for its ''consequence'', which is separation from God in hell forever. This hatred is not against this or that sin, but hatred of all sin, and particularly of the root itself which is ''self-will''. In Ezekiel 14:6 we read, “Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abomina-tions.” We do this with a hatred for them and a loathing of ourselves. This is set forth in Ezekiel 20:43: “Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” You see, the change of mind which God requires, the change of mind which God is pleased with, is a real hatred for sin as sin ''against God''. Therefore, I ask, do you and I have a hatred for sin in this manner? If not, then we have not brought forth the fruits of true Biblical repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== B. Repentance Results in a Godly Sorrow for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Second, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is a ''godly sorrow for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 reads, “Ye sor-rowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner...for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” This sorrow consists of grief for having despised such a God, for having rebelled against His au-thority, and for having been indifferent to His glory. It was a sorrow such as this that caused Peter to go out and weep bitterly over denying his Lord (Mat 26:75). And a sorrow such as this causes ''us'' to weep bitterly over our sins because they are against God. We are made to cry like David, “I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psa 51:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Have you thus sorrowed for sin as being ''against God?'' This fruit of true Biblical repentance causes us to “crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Gal 5:24) and to follow God in Christ with all our hearts. Only this kind of sorrow for sin is genuine. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== C. Repentance Results in Confession of Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Third, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''confession of sin''. We read in Proverbs 28:13, “He that cover-eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Yes, there ''must'' be the fruit of confessing and hiding nothing. You see, you and I both know that it is our nature to ''deny'' our sins, directly or indirectly, and to minimize or make excuses for them. But when the Holy Spirit works in our souls and brings our sins to light, we must acknowledge them before God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If true Biblical repentance is working in our hearts, we will find no relief until we confess our sins and lay them bare before God. This is brought out in Psalm 32:3-4 in these words: “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into drought of summer.” You see, only heart-felt confession of our sins will bring us peace with God in Christ. And my friend, this continues in our life until we get to glory. Confession and repentance are part of the believer’s daily prayer, as he pleads 1John 1:9 at the throne of grace: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
==== D. Repentance Results in an Actual Turning from Sin ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Fourth, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''an actual turning from sin''. True repentance is a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of our life. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso ''confesseth'' and ''forsaketh'' them shall have mercy” (Pro 28:13). If I really hate sin and sorrow over it, then I shall forsake it. I shall take to heart Isaiah 55:7, which reads, “Let the wicked ''forsake his way'', and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” This is the change of course which God requires. It will show itself in the repenting, believing sinner taking heed to the Word of God which says, “Flee fornication” (1Co 6:18); “Flee from idolatry” (1Co 10:14); “Flee the love of money” (2Ti 6:10-11); “Flee also youthful lusts” (2Ti 2:22). And it will also show itself in putting into practice the positive graces of following after “righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2Ti 2:22). My friend, the question be-fore us is—have you and I, from our hearts, actually turned from sin unto God?&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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John the Baptist warned his hearers, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Mat 3:8). And the Apostle Paul told King Agrippa that his message to the Jews and to the Gentiles was “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Act 26:20). So from these two Scriptures we learn that true biblical repentance will ''show'' itself in the believer’s life ''by its fruits''. Let us look then at some of these fruits. As we do, let us pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding to His precious Word and that He will open and search our hearts. May the Lord show us if these fruits are being produced in our lives by the Spirit of the living God. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== A. Repentance Results in a Real Hatred for Sin  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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First, the fruit of true Biblical repentance in our lives is a ''real hatred for sin as sin'' and not merely hatred for its ''consequence'', which is separation from God in hell forever. This hatred is not against this or that sin, but hatred of all sin, and particularly of the root itself which is ''self-will''. In Ezekiel 14:6 we read, “Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abomina-tions.” We do this with a hatred for them and a loathing of ourselves. This is set forth in Ezekiel 20:43: “Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” You see, the change of mind which God requires, the change of mind which God is pleased with, is a real hatred for sin as sin ''against God''. Therefore, I ask, do you and I have a hatred for sin in this manner? If not, then we have not brought forth the fruits of true Biblical repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Second, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is a ''godly sorrow for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 reads, “Ye sor-rowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner...for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” This sorrow consists of grief for having despised such a God, for having rebelled against His au-thority, and for having been indifferent to His glory. It was a sorrow such as this that caused Peter to go out and weep bitterly over denying his Lord (Mat 26:75). And a sorrow such as this causes ''us'' to weep bitterly over our sins because they are against God. We are made to cry like David, “I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psa 51:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Have you thus sorrowed for sin as being ''against God?'' This fruit of true Biblical repentance causes us to “crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Gal 5:24) and to follow God in Christ with all our hearts. Only this kind of sorrow for sin is genuine. &lt;br /&gt;
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Third, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is ''confession of sin''. We read in Proverbs 28:13, “He that cover-eth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Yes, there ''must'' be the fruit of confessing and hiding nothing. You see, you and I both know that it is our nature to ''deny'' our sins, directly or indirectly, and to minimize or make excuses for them. But when the Holy Spirit works in our souls and brings our sins to light, we must acknowledge them before God. &lt;br /&gt;
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If true Biblical repentance is working in our hearts, we will find no relief until we confess our sins and lay them bare before God. This is brought out in Psalm 32:3-4 in these words: “When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into drought of summer.” You see, only heart-felt confession of our sins will bring us peace with God in Christ. And my friend, this continues in our life until we get to glory. Confession and repentance are part of the believer’s daily prayer, as he pleads 1John 1:9 at the throne of grace: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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John the Baptist warned his hearers, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Mat 3:8). And the Apostle Paul told King Agrippa that his message to the Jews and to the Gentiles was “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Act 26:20). So from these two Scriptures we learn that true biblical repentance will ''show'' itself in the believer’s life ''by its fruits''. Let us look then at some of these fruits. As we do, let us pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding to His precious Word and that He will open and search our hearts. May the Lord show us if these fruits are being produced in our lives by the Spirit of the living God. &lt;br /&gt;
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First, the fruit of true Biblical repentance in our lives is a ''real hatred for sin as sin'' and not merely hatred for its ''consequence'', which is separation from God in hell forever. This hatred is not against this or that sin, but hatred of all sin, and particularly of the root itself which is ''self-will''. In Ezekiel 14:6 we read, “Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abomina-tions.” We do this with a hatred for them and a loathing of ourselves. This is set forth in Ezekiel 20:43: “Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” You see, the change of mind which God requires, the change of mind which God is pleased with, is a real hatred for sin as sin ''against God''. Therefore, I ask, do you and I have a hatred for sin in this manner? If not, then we have not brought forth the fruits of true Biblical repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Second, the fruit of true Biblical repentance is a ''godly sorrow for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10 reads, “Ye sor-rowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner...for godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” This sorrow consists of grief for having despised such a God, for having rebelled against His au-thority, and for having been indifferent to His glory. It was a sorrow such as this that caused Peter to go out and weep bitterly over denying his Lord (Mat 26:75). And a sorrow such as this causes ''us'' to weep bitterly over our sins because they are against God. We are made to cry like David, “I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight” (Psa 51:3-4).&lt;br /&gt;
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Have you thus sorrowed for sin as being ''against God?'' This fruit of true Biblical repentance causes us to “crucify the flesh with the affections and lusts” (Gal 5:24) and to follow God in Christ with all our hearts. Only this kind of sorrow for sin is genuine.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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John the Baptist warned his hearers, “Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance” (Mat 3:8). And the Apostle Paul told King Agrippa that his message to the Jews and to the Gentiles was “that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance” (Act 26:20). So from these two Scriptures we learn that true biblical repentance will ''show'' itself in the believer’s life ''by its fruits''. Let us look then at some of these fruits. As we do, let us pray that the Holy Spirit will open our understanding to His precious Word and that He will open and search our hearts. May the Lord show us if these fruits are being produced in our lives by the Spirit of the living God. &lt;br /&gt;
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First, the fruit of true Biblical repentance in our lives is a ''real hatred for sin as sin'' and not merely hatred for its ''consequence'',  which is separation from God in hell forever. This hatred is not against this or that sin, but hatred of all sin, and particularly of the root itself which is ''self-will''. In Ezekiel 14:6 we read, “Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abomina-tions.” We do this with a hatred for them and a loathing of ourselves. This is set forth in Ezekiel 20:43: “Ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.” You see, the change of mind which God requires, the change of mind which God is pleased with, is a real hatred for sin as sin ''against God''. Therefore, I ask, do you and I have a hatred for sin in this manner? If not, then we have not brought forth the fruits of true Biblical repentance.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== The Word of God Is the Instrument of Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In true repentance we see a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of life; this is wrought in the soul by the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. But what is the ''instrument'' He uses? My friend, He uses the Word of God, which He authored, to convict “of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). You see, apart from the Word of God there can be no salvation, for we read in Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” And 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You see, in true repentance, the Word of God is brought home to our hearts by the Holy Spirit in convicting power so that we might be saved. Paul, in writing to the church of the Thessalonians on this subject says, “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” How? “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1Th 1:4-5). And in salvation, this is exactly the way the Word of God comes home to the heart of every sinner for whom Christ died. &lt;br /&gt;
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Did you notice the description given of the Word of God in our text, Hebrews 4:12-13? It is spoken of as being “quick,” that is, a ''living Word''. Our blessed Lord represents it in the same way in John 6:63: “The words that I speak unto you, they are ''spirit'', and they are ''life''.” Yes, the Word of God awakens a sinner to his need of turning to God from his rebellious ways. He will cast down his arms of rebellion, hoist the white flag of surrender, and look by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ to save him, cleanse him from sin, and deliver him from the wrath to come. You see, God’s quickening Spirit uses the Word to give that soul knowledge of his sinfulness before God and knowledge of the Holy God against Whom he has sinned. &lt;br /&gt;
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“For the Word of God is ''quick'' and ''powerful''”—it is not a mere dead letter that will soon vanish away! No, it ''lives'' in the mind of God! It ''lives'' in the decrees of heaven! And it ''lives'' and ''will live forever'' in the hearts and minds of all God’s redeemed ones because it is ''the living Word'' of God. It operates in the mind and in the affection and will not leave you alone. It is truly the law of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit which is the schoolmaster to bring you to Christ (Gal. 3:24). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Is Powerful  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Also this Word spoken of here in our text is ''powerful''. Hear the appeal which God Himself makes to you concerning His Word in Jeremiah 23:29: “''Is'' not My Word like as a fire? saith the LORD; ''and'' like a hammer ''that'' breaketh the rock in pieces?” And, I say it is! I believe, yea, I know, that every child of God will say that God’s Word burned itself into his soul, and he could not be still until he fell at God’s feet in true repentance. His heart was truly ''broken'' by the powerful Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
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The Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is so powerful that it ''slays'' the soul! Paul says in Romans 7:9, “For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came [home to his heart], sin revived, and I died.” The Word of God slew him, because as II Corinthians 3:7 tells us, the Law is the ministration of death. It puts to death your cherished sins, your cherished ambitions, your cherished plans, your self-righteousness, your self-will, and your pride and leaves you at the feet of a sovereign God crying, “God be merciful to me, the sinner!” &lt;br /&gt;
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You see, the Holy Spirit puts this powerful and living Word into your mind and writes it upon your heart (Heb 8:10; 10:16). You cannot get away from it; it follows you and cries out in your soul, “Thou art the man; thou art the sinner!” I ask: have you ever experienced the slaying work of the Word of God? If not, you are still in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity. God’s Spirit uses the Word to bring death to the soul before He raises it to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. You ''must'' be ''slain'' before you are ever raised to life. &lt;br /&gt;
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This precious Word is described in 1 Peter 1:23 as ''a living Word''. Why? Because by the power of the Holy Spirit it brings life. And, praise the Lord, it can never be destroyed or exterminated! Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word shall abide forever (Mat 24:35). &lt;br /&gt;
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Hebrews 4 also tells us that this Word of God, in the hands of the Holy Spirit, is not only quick and power-ful, but ''effectual''. It is active, operative, energizing, and effective. It brings conviction—convincing us of sin and the evil of unbelief—for it discerns between good and evil in the most holy thought of the best man and shows him what he is: a sinner before God! &lt;br /&gt;
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The Holy Spirit will use the Word to convince you that you are spiritually ''blind'' because of sin. You cannot see the danger you are in nor can you see any beauty in Christ. “If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath ''blinded the minds'' of them which believe not” (2Co 4:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Then the Word will convince you that you are ''deaf'' because of sin. You cannot hear the voice of God apart from His effectual call (Mar 8:18). It will convince you that you are defiled, corrupt, and morally unsound be-cause of sin (Gen 6:5; Rom 3:10-12). And it will convince you that you are in a state of spiritual paralysis because of sin. Sin has paralyzed your will, so you have no power to raise yourself from your helpless condi-tion. Romans 5:6 reads, “For when we were yet ''without strength''...” &lt;br /&gt;
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The Word will convince you that your sins have ''separated you from God'' (Isa 59:1-2) and have ''made Him your enemy''. And it will convince you that sin has filled your heart and mind with rebellion, so you will ac-knowledge that Romans 8:7 is true: you are carnal, ''enmity'' against God, rebellious against God, and you need true repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Oh my friend, you desperately need the powerful work of the Holy Spirit to write the eternal Word of God upon your hearts! You need to cry out in sorrow for sin and for mercy before God in Christ! &lt;br /&gt;
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Again, Hebrews 4 tells us that the Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is ''sharper than any two-edged sword''. You see, the Word of God is so comprehensive that there is not a thought or purpose in the whole creation that is not within its range: “God knows my downsitting and mine uprising, He understandeth my thought afar off. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether” (Psa 139:2, 4). Because its Author is spiritual, the Word is spiritual. And it searches men spiritually. When the Holy Spirit brings the Word home to a man’s soul, He convinces him of sins of which he had not the least conception be-fore. &lt;br /&gt;
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God’s Word ''wounds'' and ''makes alive''. It kills self-righteousness, sin, and unbelief. It will bring you to God crying, “Woe is me, for I am undone! I am lost! God be merciful to me, the sinner!” Listen to David’s cry in Psalm 51 as the Word of God forced its way into his heart under conviction: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me...Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow...Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David did not blame his sins on anyone else; he did not blame circumstances or environment. He took the full blame for his sins and repented of them before God. He cried unto Him for mercy and forgiveness. Oh, this is what ''you'' need today—true biblical repentance. ''You'' must take the blame before God for your spiritual condi-tion. ''You'' must confess, “I have sinned and stand guilty. I need the mercy of God in Christ.” &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Gives No Short Cuts  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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So many people I meet today are seeking “the deeper life,” when they so desperately need to find their way to the cross of Christ in true brokenness of heart over sin. They are trying to by-pass Holy Spirit conviction; therefore, they have missed it all! Let me tell you from the depths of my heart, which goes out to you in com-passion: ''there is no short cut to the overcoming life!'' When confronted with your sin, you must ''repent''. The Spirit must open your heart so that by the Word of God, you may see your lost, miserable, and sinful condition. I know you don’t like to hear this, because you love sin. Your pride will not let you admit that you are a sinful hypocrite, a hell-deserving sinner, and the chief of sinners! But remember, you will come this way or perish! &lt;br /&gt;
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Try whatever you will: whitewash the outside, clean up all you can, go to church, pray, preach, teach, wit-ness, have great religious feelings and experiences. But all of this will not avail you, if the foundation of your Christian life is not laid in the foundation of repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We come back to our Lord’s words in Luke 13:5: “Except ye ''repent'', ye shall all likewise perish.” There is no get-ting around it! You will have to face it: if you do not repent, then there is no salvation in Christ. There must be that radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of your life! These words in Luke 13 are not my words. These are the Word of Him Who speaks from heaven. You ''must'' hear Him or you will die in your sins (Heb 12:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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Let me ask you again: Have you ever taken your place before God as David, crying for mercy, as you con-fessed your sins? If you are a stranger to these exercises of soul, no matter what your profession or performance, no matter how highly you may think of yourself or what others may think of you, God says you are still ''dead in your sins!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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But if, by God’s grace, His Word has come home to your heart and lifted the veil so you can see what God has seen all the time, then I know that you will cry for mercy. You will cry for the Christ of Calvary to come and save you, to cleanse you by His precious and atoning blood. You will cry for Him to clothe you in His per-fect robe of righteousness, so that you may be able to stand before the holy God. ''Then'' you will prize the Christ of Calvary. ''Then'' you will forsake all and be found in Him, clothed in His righteousness alone. &lt;br /&gt;
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This is the way that God calls sinners to salvation in Christ. By His Spirit and Word, He works repentance toward God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ in their hearts. I ask again: has God ever dealt with ''your'' heart like this? Or are you a stranger to Holy Spirit conviction and God-given repentance and faith? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== The Word of God is powerful  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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4. The Word of God “slew” the apostle Paul, and this same Word will also spiritually kill the ‘old man’ of anyone in whom it works to bring about true repentance. What are some of the other things mentioned that the Word of God puts to death? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== The Word of God is effectual  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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5. Briefly describe some of the ways in which the Word of God “convinces” you of sin. &lt;br /&gt;
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===== The Word of God wounds and makes alive  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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6. What three things does God’s Word “kill”? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== The Word of God gives no short cuts  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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7. What are some of the things listed which people “try” so that they can by-pass faith as the way to come to God? &lt;br /&gt;
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8. ''Making It Personal ''“Have you ever taken your place before God as David, crying for mercy, as you con-fessed your sins, mourning over them in repentance?” Can you answer yes to this question? If not, what has God revealed that you must do?&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Let us consider now the means by which repentance is worked in the heart. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Is the Instrument of Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In true repentance we see a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of life; this is wrought in the soul by the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. But what is the ''instrument'' He uses? My friend, He uses the Word of God, which He authored, to convict “of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). You see, apart from the Word of God there can be no salvation, for we read in Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” And 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now with your Bible in hand, let us read Hebrews 4:12-13: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You see, in true repentance, the Word of God is brought home to our hearts by the Holy Spirit in convicting power so that we might be saved. Paul, in writing to the church of the Thessalonians on this subject says, “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” How? “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1Th 1:4-5). And in salvation, this is exactly the way the Word of God comes home to the heart of every sinner for whom Christ died. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Did you notice the description given of the Word of God in our text, Hebrews 4:12-13? It is spoken of as being “quick,” that is, a ''living Word''. Our blessed Lord represents it in the same way in John 6:63: “The words that I speak unto you, they are ''spirit'', and they are ''life''.” Yes, the Word of God awakens a sinner to his need of turning to God from his rebellious ways. He will cast down his arms of rebellion, hoist the white flag of surrender, and look by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ to save him, cleanse him from sin, and deliver him from the wrath to come. You see, God’s quickening Spirit uses the Word to give that soul knowledge of his sinfulness before God and knowledge of the Holy God against Whom he has sinned. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
“For the Word of God is ''quick'' and ''powerful''”—it is not a mere dead letter that will soon vanish away! No, it ''lives'' in the mind of God! It ''lives'' in the decrees of heaven! And it ''lives'' and ''will live forever'' in the hearts and minds of all God’s redeemed ones because it is ''the living Word'' of God. It operates in the mind and in the affection and will not leave you alone. It is truly the law of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit which is the schoolmaster to bring you to Christ (Gal. 3:24). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Word of God Is Powerful  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Also this Word spoken of here in our text is ''powerful''. Hear the appeal which God Himself makes to you concerning His Word in Jeremiah 23:29: “''Is'' not My Word like as a fire? saith the LORD; ''and'' like a hammer ''that'' breaketh the rock in pieces?” And, I say it is! I believe, yea, I know, that every child of God will say that God’s Word burned itself into his soul, and he could not be still until he fell at God’s feet in true repentance. His heart was truly ''broken'' by the powerful Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is so powerful that it ''slays'' the soul! Paul says in Romans 7:9, “For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came [home to his heart], sin revived, and I died.” The Word of God slew him, because as II Corinthians 3:7 tells us, the Law is the ministration of death. It puts to death your cherished sins, your cherished ambitions, your cherished plans, your self-righteousness, your self-will, and your pride and leaves you at the feet of a sovereign God crying, “God be merciful to me, the sinner!” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You see, the Holy Spirit puts this powerful and living Word into your mind and writes it upon your heart (Heb 8:10; 10:16). You cannot get away from it; it follows you and cries out in your soul, “Thou art the man; thou art the sinner!” I ask: have you ever experienced the slaying work of the Word of God? If not, you are still in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity. God’s Spirit uses the Word to bring death to the soul before He raises it to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. You ''must'' be ''slain'' before you are ever raised to life. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This precious Word is described in 1 Peter 1:23 as ''a living Word''. Why? Because by the power of the Holy Spirit it brings life. And, praise the Lord, it can never be destroyed or exterminated! Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word shall abide forever (Mat 24:35). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Is Effectual  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Hebrews 4 also tells us that this Word of God, in the hands of the Holy Spirit, is not only quick and power-ful, but ''effectual''. It is active, operative, energizing, and effective. It brings conviction—convincing us of sin and the evil of unbelief—for it discerns between good and evil in the most holy thought of the best man and shows him what he is: a sinner before God! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Spirit will use the Word to convince you that you are spiritually ''blind'' because of sin. You cannot see the danger you are in nor can you see any beauty in Christ. “If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath ''blinded the minds'' of them which believe not” (2Co 4:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Then the Word will convince you that you are ''deaf'' because of sin. You cannot hear the voice of God apart from His effectual call (Mar 8:18). It will convince you that you are defiled, corrupt, and morally unsound be-cause of sin (Gen 6:5; Rom 3:10-12). And it will convince you that you are in a state of spiritual paralysis because of sin. Sin has paralyzed your will, so you have no power to raise yourself from your helpless condi-tion. Romans 5:6 reads, “For when we were yet ''without strength''...” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Word will convince you that your sins have ''separated you from God'' (Isa 59:1-2) and have ''made Him your enemy''. And it will convince you that sin has filled your heart and mind with rebellion, so you will ac-knowledge that Romans 8:7 is true: you are carnal, ''enmity'' against God, rebellious against God, and you need true repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh my friend, you desperately need the powerful work of the Holy Spirit to write the eternal Word of God upon your hearts! You need to cry out in sorrow for sin and for mercy before God in Christ! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Again, Hebrews 4 tells us that the Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is ''sharper than any two-edged sword''. You see, the Word of God is so comprehensive that there is not a thought or purpose in the whole creation that is not within its range: “God knows my downsitting and mine uprising, He understandeth my thought afar off. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether” (Psa 139:2, 4). Because its Author is spiritual, the Word is spiritual. And it searches men spiritually. When the Holy Spirit brings the Word home to a man’s soul, He convinces him of sins of which he had not the least conception be-fore. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Word of God Wounds and Makes Alive  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
God’s Word ''wounds'' and ''makes alive''. It kills self-righteousness, sin, and unbelief. It will bring you to God crying, “Woe is me, for I am undone! I am lost! God be merciful to me, the sinner!” Listen to David’s cry in Psalm 51 as the Word of God forced its way into his heart under conviction: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me...Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow...Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David did not blame his sins on anyone else; he did not blame circumstances or environment. He took the full blame for his sins and repented of them before God. He cried unto Him for mercy and forgiveness. Oh, this is what ''you'' need today—true biblical repentance. ''You'' must take the blame before God for your spiritual condi-tion. ''You'' must confess, “I have sinned and stand guilty. I need the mercy of God in Christ.” &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Gives No Short Cuts ====&lt;br /&gt;
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So many people I meet today are seeking “the deeper life,” when they so desperately need to find their way to the cross of Christ in true brokenness of heart over sin. They are trying to by-pass Holy Spirit conviction; therefore, they have missed it all! Let me tell you from the depths of my heart, which goes out to you in com-passion: ''there is no short cut to the overcoming life!'' When confronted with your sin, you must ''repent''. The Spirit must open your heart so that by the Word of God, you may see your lost, miserable, and sinful condition. I know you don’t like to hear this, because you love sin. Your pride will not let you admit that you are a sinful hypocrite, a hell-deserving sinner, and the chief of sinners! But remember, you will come this way or perish! &lt;br /&gt;
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Try whatever you will: whitewash the outside, clean up all you can, go to church, pray, preach, teach, wit-ness, have great religious feelings and experiences. But all of this will not avail you, if the foundation of your Christian life is not laid in the foundation of repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We come back to our Lord’s words in Luke 13:5: “Except ye ''repent'', ye shall all likewise perish.” There is no get-ting around it! You will have to face it: if you do not repent, then there is no salvation in Christ. There must be that radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of your life! These words in Luke 13 are not my words. These are the Word of Him Who speaks from heaven. You ''must'' hear Him or you will die in your sins (Heb 12:25).&lt;br /&gt;
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Let me ask you again: Have you ever taken your place before God as David, crying for mercy, as you con-fessed your sins? If you are a stranger to these exercises of soul, no matter what your profession or performance, no matter how highly you may think of yourself or what others may think of you, God says you are still ''dead in your sins!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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But if, by God’s grace, His Word has come home to your heart and lifted the veil so you can see what God has seen all the time, then I know that you will cry for mercy. You will cry for the Christ of Calvary to come and save you, to cleanse you by His precious and atoning blood. You will cry for Him to clothe you in His per-fect robe of righteousness, so that you may be able to stand before the holy God. ''Then'' you will prize the Christ of Calvary. ''Then'' you will forsake all and be found in Him, clothed in His righteousness alone.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the way that God calls sinners to salvation in Christ. By His Spirit and Word, He works repentance toward God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ in their hearts. I ask again: has God ever dealt with ''your'' heart like this? Or are you a stranger to Holy Spirit conviction and God-given repentance and faith?&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:28:38 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kirstenyee</dc:creator>			<comments>http://en.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Biblical_Repentance/The_Means_of_Repentance</comments>		</item>
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			<title>Biblical Repentance/The Means of Repentance</title>
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Let us consider now the means by which repentance is worked in the heart. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Word of God Is the Instrument of Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In true repentance we see a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of life; this is wrought in the soul by the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. But what is the ''instrument'' He uses? My friend, He uses the Word of God, which He authored, to convict “of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). You see, apart from the Word of God there can be no salvation, for we read in Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” And 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now with your Bible in hand, let us read Hebrews 4:12-13: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You see, in true repentance, the Word of God is brought home to our hearts by the Holy Spirit in convicting power so that we might be saved. Paul, in writing to the church of the Thessalonians on this subject says, “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” How? “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1Th 1:4-5). And in salvation, this is exactly the way the Word of God comes home to the heart of every sinner for whom Christ died. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Did you notice the description given of the Word of God in our text, Hebrews 4:12-13? It is spoken of as being “quick,” that is, a ''living Word''. Our blessed Lord represents it in the same way in John 6:63: “The words that I speak unto you, they are ''spirit'', and they are ''life''.” Yes, the Word of God awakens a sinner to his need of turning to God from his rebellious ways. He will cast down his arms of rebellion, hoist the white flag of surrender, and look by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ to save him, cleanse him from sin, and deliver him from the wrath to come. You see, God’s quickening Spirit uses the Word to give that soul knowledge of his sinfulness before God and knowledge of the Holy God against Whom he has sinned. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
“For the Word of God is ''quick'' and ''powerful''”—it is not a mere dead letter that will soon vanish away! No, it ''lives'' in the mind of God! It ''lives'' in the decrees of heaven! And it ''lives'' and ''will live forever'' in the hearts and minds of all God’s redeemed ones because it is ''the living Word'' of God. It operates in the mind and in the affection and will not leave you alone. It is truly the law of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit which is the schoolmaster to bring you to Christ (Gal. 3:24). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Word of God Is Powerful  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also this Word spoken of here in our text is ''powerful''. Hear the appeal which God Himself makes to you concerning His Word in Jeremiah 23:29: “''Is'' not My Word like as a fire? saith the LORD; ''and'' like a hammer ''that'' breaketh the rock in pieces?” And, I say it is! I believe, yea, I know, that every child of God will say that God’s Word burned itself into his soul, and he could not be still until he fell at God’s feet in true repentance. His heart was truly ''broken'' by the powerful Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is so powerful that it ''slays'' the soul! Paul says in Romans 7:9, “For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came [home to his heart], sin revived, and I died.” The Word of God slew him, because as II Corinthians 3:7 tells us, the Law is the ministration of death. It puts to death your cherished sins, your cherished ambitions, your cherished plans, your self-righteousness, your self-will, and your pride and leaves you at the feet of a sovereign God crying, “God be merciful to me, the sinner!” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You see, the Holy Spirit puts this powerful and living Word into your mind and writes it upon your heart (Heb 8:10; 10:16). You cannot get away from it; it follows you and cries out in your soul, “Thou art the man; thou art the sinner!” I ask: have you ever experienced the slaying work of the Word of God? If not, you are still in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity. God’s Spirit uses the Word to bring death to the soul before He raises it to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. You ''must'' be ''slain'' before you are ever raised to life. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This precious Word is described in 1 Peter 1:23 as ''a living Word''. Why? Because by the power of the Holy Spirit it brings life. And, praise the Lord, it can never be destroyed or exterminated! Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word shall abide forever (Mat 24:35). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Word of God Is Effectual  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hebrews 4 also tells us that this Word of God, in the hands of the Holy Spirit, is not only quick and power-ful, but ''effectual''. It is active, operative, energizing, and effective. It brings conviction—convincing us of sin and the evil of unbelief—for it discerns between good and evil in the most holy thought of the best man and shows him what he is: a sinner before God! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Spirit will use the Word to convince you that you are spiritually ''blind'' because of sin. You cannot see the danger you are in nor can you see any beauty in Christ. “If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath ''blinded the minds'' of them which believe not” (2Co 4:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Then the Word will convince you that you are ''deaf'' because of sin. You cannot hear the voice of God apart from His effectual call (Mar 8:18). It will convince you that you are defiled, corrupt, and morally unsound be-cause of sin (Gen 6:5; Rom 3:10-12). And it will convince you that you are in a state of spiritual paralysis because of sin. Sin has paralyzed your will, so you have no power to raise yourself from your helpless condi-tion. Romans 5:6 reads, “For when we were yet ''without strength''...” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Word will convince you that your sins have ''separated you from God'' (Isa 59:1-2) and have ''made Him your enemy''. And it will convince you that sin has filled your heart and mind with rebellion, so you will ac-knowledge that Romans 8:7 is true: you are carnal, ''enmity'' against God, rebellious against God, and you need true repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh my friend, you desperately need the powerful work of the Holy Spirit to write the eternal Word of God upon your hearts! You need to cry out in sorrow for sin and for mercy before God in Christ! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Again, Hebrews 4 tells us that the Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is ''sharper than any two-edged sword''. You see, the Word of God is so comprehensive that there is not a thought or purpose in the whole creation that is not within its range: “God knows my downsitting and mine uprising, He understandeth my thought afar off. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether” (Psa 139:2, 4). Because its Author is spiritual, the Word is spiritual. And it searches men spiritually. When the Holy Spirit brings the Word home to a man’s soul, He convinces him of sins of which he had not the least conception be-fore. &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
==== The Word of God Wounds and Makes Alive  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
God’s Word ''wounds'' and ''makes alive''. It kills self-righteousness, sin, and unbelief. It will bring you to God crying, “Woe is me, for I am undone! I am lost! God be merciful to me, the sinner!” Listen to David’s cry in Psalm 51 as the Word of God forced its way into his heart under conviction: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me...Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow...Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
David did not blame his sins on anyone else; he did not blame circumstances or environment. He took the full blame for his sins and repented of them before God. He cried unto Him for mercy and forgiveness. Oh, this is what ''you'' need today—true biblical repentance. ''You'' must take the blame before God for your spiritual condi-tion. ''You'' must confess, “I have sinned and stand guilty. I need the mercy of God in Christ.”&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:28:38 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Kirstenyee</dc:creator>			<comments>http://en.gospeltranslations.org/wiki/Talk:Biblical_Repentance/The_Means_of_Repentance</comments>		</item>
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Let us consider now the means by which repentance is worked in the heart. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Word of God Is the Instrument of Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In true repentance we see a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of life; this is wrought in the soul by the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. But what is the ''instrument'' He uses? My friend, He uses the Word of God, which He authored, to convict “of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). You see, apart from the Word of God there can be no salvation, for we read in Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” And 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now with your Bible in hand, let us read Hebrews 4:12-13: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You see, in true repentance, the Word of God is brought home to our hearts by the Holy Spirit in convicting power so that we might be saved. Paul, in writing to the church of the Thessalonians on this subject says, “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” How? “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1Th 1:4-5). And in salvation, this is exactly the way the Word of God comes home to the heart of every sinner for whom Christ died. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Did you notice the description given of the Word of God in our text, Hebrews 4:12-13? It is spoken of as being “quick,” that is, a ''living Word''. Our blessed Lord represents it in the same way in John 6:63: “The words that I speak unto you, they are ''spirit'', and they are ''life''.” Yes, the Word of God awakens a sinner to his need of turning to God from his rebellious ways. He will cast down his arms of rebellion, hoist the white flag of surrender, and look by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ to save him, cleanse him from sin, and deliver him from the wrath to come. You see, God’s quickening Spirit uses the Word to give that soul knowledge of his sinfulness before God and knowledge of the Holy God against Whom he has sinned. &lt;br /&gt;
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“For the Word of God is ''quick'' and ''powerful''”—it is not a mere dead letter that will soon vanish away! No, it ''lives'' in the mind of God! It ''lives'' in the decrees of heaven! And it ''lives'' and ''will live forever'' in the hearts and minds of all God’s redeemed ones because it is ''the living Word'' of God. It operates in the mind and in the affection and will not leave you alone. It is truly the law of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit which is the schoolmaster to bring you to Christ (Gal. 3:24). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Is Powerful  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Also this Word spoken of here in our text is ''powerful''. Hear the appeal which God Himself makes to you concerning His Word in Jeremiah 23:29: “''Is'' not My Word like as a fire? saith the LORD; ''and'' like a hammer ''that'' breaketh the rock in pieces?” And, I say it is! I believe, yea, I know, that every child of God will say that God’s Word burned itself into his soul, and he could not be still until he fell at God’s feet in true repentance. His heart was truly ''broken'' by the powerful Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
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The Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is so powerful that it ''slays'' the soul! Paul says in Romans 7:9, “For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came [home to his heart], sin revived, and I died.” The Word of God slew him, because as II Corinthians 3:7 tells us, the Law is the ministration of death. It puts to death your cherished sins, your cherished ambitions, your cherished plans, your self-righteousness, your self-will, and your pride and leaves you at the feet of a sovereign God crying, “God be merciful to me, the sinner!” &lt;br /&gt;
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You see, the Holy Spirit puts this powerful and living Word into your mind and writes it upon your heart (Heb 8:10; 10:16). You cannot get away from it; it follows you and cries out in your soul, “Thou art the man; thou art the sinner!” I ask: have you ever experienced the slaying work of the Word of God? If not, you are still in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity. God’s Spirit uses the Word to bring death to the soul before He raises it to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. You ''must'' be ''slain'' before you are ever raised to life. &lt;br /&gt;
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This precious Word is described in 1 Peter 1:23 as ''a living Word''. Why? Because by the power of the Holy Spirit it brings life. And, praise the Lord, it can never be destroyed or exterminated! Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word shall abide forever (Mat 24:35). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Is Effectual ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Hebrews 4 also tells us that this Word of God, in the hands of the Holy Spirit, is not only quick and power-ful, but ''effectual''. It is active, operative, energizing, and effective. It brings conviction—convincing us of sin and the evil of unbelief—for it discerns between good and evil in the most holy thought of the best man and shows him what he is: a sinner before God!&lt;br /&gt;
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The Holy Spirit will use the Word to convince you that you are spiritually ''blind'' because of sin. You cannot see the danger you are in nor can you see any beauty in Christ. “If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath ''blinded the minds'' of them which believe not” (2Co 4:3-4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Then the Word will convince you that you are ''deaf'' because of sin. You cannot hear the voice of God apart from His effectual call (Mar 8:18). It will convince you that you are defiled, corrupt, and morally unsound be-cause of sin (Gen 6:5; Rom 3:10-12). And it will convince you that you are in a state of spiritual paralysis because of sin. Sin has paralyzed your will, so you have no power to raise yourself from your helpless condi-tion. Romans 5:6 reads, “For when we were yet ''without strength''...” &lt;br /&gt;
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The Word will convince you that your sins have ''separated you from God'' (Isa 59:1-2) and have ''made Him your enemy''. And it will convince you that sin has filled your heart and mind with rebellion, so you will ac-knowledge that Romans 8:7 is true: you are carnal, ''enmity'' against God, rebellious against God, and you need true repentance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Again, Hebrews 4 tells us that the Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is ''sharper than any two-edged sword''. You see, the Word of God is so comprehensive that there is not a thought or purpose in the whole creation that is not within its range: “God knows my downsitting and mine uprising, He understandeth my thought afar off. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether” (Psa 139:2, 4). Because its Author is spiritual, the Word is spiritual. And it searches men spiritually. When the Holy Spirit brings the Word home to a man’s soul, He convinces him of sins of which he had not the least conception be-fore.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== The Word of God Is the Instrument of Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In true repentance we see a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of life; this is wrought in the soul by the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. But what is the ''instrument'' He uses? My friend, He uses the Word of God, which He authored, to convict “of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). You see, apart from the Word of God there can be no salvation, for we read in Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” And 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Now with your Bible in hand, let us read Hebrews 4:12-13: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You see, in true repentance, the Word of God is brought home to our hearts by the Holy Spirit in convicting power so that we might be saved. Paul, in writing to the church of the Thessalonians on this subject says, “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” How? “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1Th 1:4-5). And in salvation, this is exactly the way the Word of God comes home to the heart of every sinner for whom Christ died. &lt;br /&gt;
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Did you notice the description given of the Word of God in our text, Hebrews 4:12-13? It is spoken of as being “quick,” that is, a ''living Word''. Our blessed Lord represents it in the same way in John 6:63: “The words that I speak unto you, they are ''spirit'', and they are ''life''.” Yes, the Word of God awakens a sinner to his need of turning to God from his rebellious ways. He will cast down his arms of rebellion, hoist the white flag of surrender, and look by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ to save him, cleanse him from sin, and deliver him from the wrath to come. You see, God’s quickening Spirit uses the Word to give that soul knowledge of his sinfulness before God and knowledge of the Holy God against Whom he has sinned. &lt;br /&gt;
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“For the Word of God is ''quick'' and ''powerful''”—it is not a mere dead letter that will soon vanish away! No, it ''lives'' in the mind of God! It ''lives'' in the decrees of heaven! And it ''lives'' and ''will live forever'' in the hearts and minds of all God’s redeemed ones because it is ''the living Word'' of God. It operates in the mind and in the affection and will not leave you alone. It is truly the law of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit which is the schoolmaster to bring you to Christ (Gal. 3:24). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Word of God Is Powerful ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Also this Word spoken of here in our text is ''powerful''. Hear the appeal which God Himself makes to you concerning His Word in Jeremiah 23:29: “''Is'' not My Word like as a fire? saith the LORD; ''and'' like a hammer ''that'' breaketh the rock in pieces?” And, I say it is! I believe, yea, I know, that every child of God will say that God’s Word burned itself into his soul, and he could not be still until he fell at God’s feet in true repentance. His heart was truly ''broken'' by the powerful Word of God!&lt;br /&gt;
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The Word of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit is so powerful that it ''slays'' the soul! Paul says in Romans 7:9, “For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came [home to his heart], sin revived, and I died.” The Word of God slew him, because as II Corinthians 3:7 tells us, the Law is the ministration of death. It puts to death your cherished sins, your cherished ambitions, your cherished plans, your self-righteousness, your self-will, and your pride and leaves you at the feet of a sovereign God crying, “God be merciful to me, the sinner!” &lt;br /&gt;
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You see, the Holy Spirit puts this powerful and living Word into your mind and writes it upon your heart (Heb 8:10; 10:16). You cannot get away from it; it follows you and cries out in your soul, “Thou art the man; thou art the sinner!” I ask: have you ever experienced the slaying work of the Word of God? If not, you are still in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity. God’s Spirit uses the Word to bring death to the soul before He raises it to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. You ''must'' be ''slain'' before you are ever raised to life.&lt;br /&gt;
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This precious Word is described in 1 Peter 1:23 as ''a living Word''. Why? Because by the power of the Holy Spirit it brings life. And, praise the Lord, it can never be destroyed or exterminated! Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word shall abide forever (Mat 24:35).&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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In true repentance we see a radical change of mind and heart that leads to a complete turnabout of life; this is wrought in the soul by the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. But what is the ''instrument'' He uses? My friend, He uses the Word of God, which He authored, to convict “of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8). You see, apart from the Word of God there can be no salvation, for we read in Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” And 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Now with your Bible in hand, let us read Hebrews 4:12-13: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
You see, in true repentance, the Word of God is brought home to our hearts by the Holy Spirit in convicting power so that we might be saved. Paul, in writing to the church of the Thessalonians on this subject says, “Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.” How? “For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance” (1Th 1:4-5). And in salvation, this is exactly the way the Word of God comes home to the heart of every sinner for whom Christ died. &lt;br /&gt;
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Did you notice the description given of the Word of God in our text, Hebrews 4:12-13? It is spoken of as being “quick,” that is, a ''living Word''. Our blessed Lord represents it in the same way in John 6:63: “The words that I speak unto you, they are ''spirit'', and they are ''life''.” Yes, the Word of God awakens a sinner to his need of turning to God from his rebellious ways. He will cast down his arms of rebellion, hoist the white flag of surrender, and look by faith to the Lord Jesus Christ to save him, cleanse him from sin, and deliver him from the wrath to come. You see, God’s quickening Spirit uses the Word to give that soul knowledge of his sinfulness before God and knowledge of the Holy God against Whom he has sinned. &lt;br /&gt;
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“For the Word of God is ''quick'' and ''powerful''”—it is not a mere dead letter that will soon vanish away! No, it ''lives'' in the mind of God! It ''lives'' in the decrees of heaven! And it ''lives'' and ''will live forever'' in the hearts and minds of all God’s redeemed ones because it is ''the living Word'' of God. It operates in the mind and in the affection and will not leave you alone. It is truly the law of God in the hands of the Holy Spirit which is the schoolmaster to bring you to Christ (Gal. 3:24).&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Evidence of Scripture  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Listen to these verses of Scripture where these great truths are set forth together in the Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him” (Mat 21:32).&lt;br /&gt;
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Paul gives this testimony of his ministry: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:21). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The epistle to the Hebrews says, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God” (Heb 6:1). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then, one of our Lord’s last commandments to His disciples before He returned to heaven is found in Luke 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem; and ye are witnesses of these things.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Bible gives us illustrations of those who came to Christ in repentance and faith; these looked to Him to forgive them of their sins. The prodigal son repented and believed (Luke 15:11ff); the thief on the cross re-pented and believed (Luke 23:39ff); and so we call upon men today to repent and believe. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance and Forgiveness of Sin Are to Be Preached Together  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Throughout the ages there has been debate between the Lord’s children as to which comes first, repentance or faith. Both sides have their advocates among Bible-believing Christians. But regeneration is a miracle that cannot be examined under a microscope. While the miracle of the new birth will always manifest the life of God in man’s soul, we must be careful about putting too strict an order on the way God works out that miracle in a sinner’s life. Since both repentance and faith spring from regeneration, both will be clearly manifested in the Lord’s children. No sinner savingly believes on Christ unless he has changed his mind about sin, God, and Christ. Neither does any sinner truly repent unless he believes God’s Word about his lost condition and the saving power of Jesus Christ. To ''overemphasize'' faith or repentance can result in at least four errors: 1) overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners under the impression that they must experience a certain grief or number of tears before they can believe on Christ. 2) Overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners with the notion that they must stop all sinning before they can believe on Christ. 3) Overemphasizing faith without repentance can leave sinners with the impression that they can “believe on Jesus” without having to be concerned about a changed life. The Gospel calls sinners to come to Jesus as a Savior from ''sin''. Jesus did not come to assure sinners that they will go to Heaven even though they remain in a sinful, selfish life; rather Jesus came to call “sinners to repentance” (Mat 9:13; Mar 2:17; Luk 5:32). Sinners will never flee to Jesus as a ''Savior'' from sin unless they see sin as an evil which offends God and rightly damns them before Him. His name is “JESUS: for he shall save his people ''from their sins''” (Mat 1:21). 4) Overemphasis on either repentance ''or'' faith can lead to erroneous thinking about the proper ''ground'' of justification. The ground of justification is Jesus Christ and His substitutionary work upon the cross. Repentance looks away from sin and self as faith receives Jesus’ perfect righteousness. Neither repentance nor faith ''merit'' justification. &lt;br /&gt;
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Our Lord told His disciples, and us as well, to follow His example in preaching repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ because this truly shows His ministry while here upon earth. His ''first'' message as recorded in Mark 1:15 was “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: ''repent'' ye, and ''believe'' the gospel.” And His ''last'' words to His disciples and to us were that repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem (Luk 24:46-48). Yet it seems that many are afraid to preach repentance today. Our Lord was not afraid to call men to repentance, and He has commissioned us to do the same. So we desire to proclaim to all men that they should repent and believe on Christ’s name for the remission of their sins. &lt;br /&gt;
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“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). These are words full of meaning which need to be proclaimed today as well as then. There is true remission of sins through faith in Christ for those who see themselves to be sinners. Ungodly sinners—lost, without God, and without hope, full of sin, full of unrighteousness—should come to Christ, laying down their arms of rebellion and hoisting the white flag of surrender. Unto them God has provided remission of sins. He invites them to come, even as the prodigal came back home. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance and remission are so joined together, that wherever we find one, we are sure to find the other. Where there is no ''repentance'', rest assured there is no ''faith'' in Christ. But where there is true repentance, rest assured there is faith to trust Christ for full and free forgiveness of all sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ declared with authority that “all manner of sin... ''shall be forgiven'' unto men” (Mat 12:31). It is written in ''The Acts of the Apostles'': &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Act 13:38-39).&lt;br /&gt;
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“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:20-21).&lt;br /&gt;
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The Apostles declared it, and we declare this same truth today. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is a Gift of Grace  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Now I want to declare upon the authority of God’s Word that ''repentance is to be preached in the name of the Lord Jesus as a grace given from above''. It is given by God. Yes, repentance has therefore been granted unto the Gentiles, as well as unto the Jews, because it is a gift of ''grace'' (Act 11:18). It does not come to us by the works of the law, but it comes wholly and completely out of the gracious heart of God. It should not be preached in Moses’ name as a legal duty, but it is to be preached as a ''grace'' coming down from God. It is not to be preached as Jonah preached it, without any hope—for he proclaimed that Nineveh would be destroyed in only 40 days—but it is to be preached in Jesus’ name as the ''grace'' of God. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance is a gift given by the ''grace'' of God, even as ''faith'' is given by the grace of God. Our gracious God and Heavenly Father has highly exalted His Son and given Him a name which is above every name, hav-ing set Him at His own right hand to be “a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). So it is the ''grace'' of God, the ''goodness'' of God that leads to repentance (Rom 2:4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Wherever there is real sorrow for sin; wherever there is an honest determination by God’s grace to cease from sin; wherever there is a radical change of mind with regard to sin, you can know that this has been pro-duced by the Spirit of God. It is as much a gift of the ''covenant of grace'' as the pardon that comes with it. And remember, God gives this grace ''only to poor sinners''. He makes them realize their need of it. The song writer expressed it this way: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''Come ye needy, come and welcome,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Come, God’s free bounty glorify;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''True belief and true repentance,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Every grace that brings you nigh;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Without money, come to Jesus Christ and buy.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
By His ''grace'', God uses the Law to show you what you are and then brings you to Christ. His Spirit graciously uses the Law to give you the knowledge of sin (Rom 3:19-20; 7:7-25). Therefore, never throw off the Law of God! Yes, it brings you under the wrath of God and condemns you to Hell. But praise God, by the Law of God you see, acknowledge, and understand your sinfulness, your great distance from God, and your great need for a Savior Galatians 3:24 says that the Law is the schoolmaster that leads you to Christ as your only hope. So it is the ''grace'' of God that produces repentance in your heart and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Holy Spirit will teach you how terribly Christ suffered for your sin, and this truth will be a means of leading you to hate sin. You will realize how the Holy Spirit, by enlightening your understanding and influenc-ing your affections, produces repentance in you—even in that heart that seemed so unbroken and sterile that nothing could be produced in it! Your heart will be broken and made fertile by the gentle dew of the rain of ''grace'' as it falls in upon your soul. Then by God’s Spirit working in you, you will see a beauty and a glory in the Lord Jesus Christ that will cause you to desire Him, (2Co 4:4, 6; Job 23:3; Song 2:3). You will not only hate sin and sorrow over it (2Co 7:10-11), you will ''willingly'' turn from it by faith in Christ as you see what it has done to Him. &lt;br /&gt;
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So God ''gives'' repentance to sinners; it is one of the free gifts of His grace. And whoever has it may rest as-sured that the hand of the Lord has been upon him for good. &lt;br /&gt;
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But let us go further. Wherever there is real repentance, it is evidence of faith in Christ operating in your heart! This is evidence that you are alive in Christ! If your heart be turned away from sin, if you prostrate your-self in the dust before God ''because'' of your sins, if you look with true penitence to Christ upon the cross crying, “Lord, remember me! Lord, save me! God, be merciful to me, and deliver me from going down to the pit,” then repentance and faith are in your heart. You cannot separate them: where you find one, you will find the other. &lt;br /&gt;
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We have this so beautifully illustrated in the case of the publican [a despised tax collector] recorded in Luke: “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” And the Lord said, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted” (18:13,14). You see, the Psalmist’s words are still true: “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and ''saveth such'' as be of a contrite spirit” (Psa 34:18). It was for sinners such as these that our Lord Jesus suffered upon the cross. &lt;br /&gt;
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So let the message ring out from every land under heaven: wherever a soul repents and turns to Jesus Christ in faith, then God’s grace is already at work and pardon is granted to that soul. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance upon the Authority of Jesus Christ  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Let’s go further. Our Lord taught us that repentance preached in the name of Jesus is preached ''upon the authority of Jesus as Lord''. Listen! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“All power [all authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach [disciple] all nations...in my name” (Mat 28:18-19). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This is what He is saying: in the ''Name of Jesus'' sinners bow down in repentance and every walled fortress of the sinner’s heart falls before God. In the ''Name of Jesus'' the legion of demons were cast out of the man in the tombs of Gadara. ''In the Name'' and authority of ''King'' Jesus, the sinner is set free through faith in ''His'' blood. Every sin is pardoned, its power broken, its penalty met, and its dominion gone. In the authority of ''His'' Name you must come to that Throne of grace, which has been set up for poor sinners by God Himself (Heb 4:16). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== God’s Full Pardon Is Promised to Repentant Sinners  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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The Gospel promises to repenting sinners a ''full pardon'' from ''every'' sin they have ever committed, whether a sin of thought, word, or deed; whether a sin of omission or commission. This pardon is as great as it is full. It is a pardon from the most horrible and oft-repeated offenses: uncleanness, theft, blasphemy, rape, drunken-ness, yea, whoremongering, adultery, and even murder. It is a pardon for crimes of the deepest dye, a pardon bought with the precious blood of Christ. When we turn to God in true repentance and look to Jesus Christ by faith to cleanse us, we ''shall'' be saved! &lt;br /&gt;
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This is the Gospel, the ''hope'' that God tells us to hold out to sinners. This is not as Jonah, who said, “Forty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed!”—he said nothing about repentance. But I tell you with one breath that the wrath of God is coming. Yet with another, if you will repent and turn to God with a broken heart and a con-trite spirit, believing the truth of the Gospel, then there is full forgiveness and remission in the blood of the Savior. You see, “The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from ''all'' sin (1Jo 1:7). For all who repent and believe in Him, this blood cleanses from every sin that banishes men from the presence of the thrice-holy God. Yes, I proclaim pardon in the Name of Jesus for sins such as these. They are not too terrible to be for-given by God. They are not too deeply ingrained to be washed out by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus! &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Is God’s Forgiveness for You?  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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But I hear someone saying, “I do not doubt that repentance and remission of sins are to be preached in Christ’s name, and that this is the teaching of Christ. My difficulty is, are they for ''me''?” Well, that is a point that you must settle under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. But let me ask you a few questions: do you repent of your sin? Do you sorrow over sin as the plague of your heart and the curse of your life? Do you hate sin? Do you turn from sin and seek to live as the Holy God would have you to? &lt;br /&gt;
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Then I say unto you: if this repentance is yours, then this remission is yours also. Christ put them together: “Repentance and remission of sins” (Luk 24:47). And remember, Christ has commanded you to repent and be-lieve (Mar 1:15). What He has commanded, you can by His grace perform. &lt;br /&gt;
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But if indeed you have not experienced what repentance is, then will you breathe this prayer? “Oh Lord, show me the guilt of my sin, and let me see Thy dear Son bearing its penalty on my behalf. Teach me to mourn over my sins and to loathe them, and assure me by Thy Spirit’s gracious instruction from Thy Word that they are all forgiven for Jesus’ sake. May I go on my way rejoicing as a sinner saved by Thy sovereign grace.” Will you do it? &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Study Questions The Connection of Repentance and Faith  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Write the reference and key message for each of the four passages of Scripture, which demonstrate that repentance and faith are inseparably joined together. &lt;br /&gt;
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===== Repentance and forgiveness of sin are to be preached together  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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2. “To overemphasize faith or repentance can result in at least four errors.” Which of the four mentioned do you think is the greatest problem? Why? &lt;br /&gt;
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3. List several Scriptural examples where repentance was at the heart of our Lord’s preaching the good news of forgiveness for sin. &lt;br /&gt;
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4. Which comes first, repentance or faith? Choose one answer and briefly explain why you chose it. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;– repentance&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;– faith&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;– both occur together and cannot be separated without creating some misunderstanding. &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
===== Repentance is a gift of grace  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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5. Why is repentance a gift of grace from above, and not a work which men can simply choose to do? &lt;br /&gt;
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6. What does God use the law to teach us about ourselves? &lt;br /&gt;
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7. What will be some of the results when the Holy Spirit works repentance in you? &lt;br /&gt;
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8. Read Luke 18:9-14. What key words of the publican indicate his heart of true saving faith as compared to the Pharisee? &lt;br /&gt;
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9. How far-reaching is the pardon for sin that God gives to repentant sinners? &lt;br /&gt;
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===== Is God’s forgiveness for you?  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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10. Making It Personal The last section offers several important questions about your own personal experi-ence with repentance. Answer these questions with honesty. What is your personal response to the prayer offered at the end of the text?&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Evidence of Scripture  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Listen to these verses of Scripture where these great truths are set forth together in the Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him” (Mat 21:32).&lt;br /&gt;
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Paul gives this testimony of his ministry: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:21). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The epistle to the Hebrews says, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God” (Heb 6:1). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then, one of our Lord’s last commandments to His disciples before He returned to heaven is found in Luke 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem; and ye are witnesses of these things.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Bible gives us illustrations of those who came to Christ in repentance and faith; these looked to Him to forgive them of their sins. The prodigal son repented and believed (Luke 15:11ff); the thief on the cross re-pented and believed (Luke 23:39ff); and so we call upon men today to repent and believe. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance and Forgiveness of Sin Are to Be Preached Together  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Throughout the ages there has been debate between the Lord’s children as to which comes first, repentance or faith. Both sides have their advocates among Bible-believing Christians. But regeneration is a miracle that cannot be examined under a microscope. While the miracle of the new birth will always manifest the life of God in man’s soul, we must be careful about putting too strict an order on the way God works out that miracle in a sinner’s life. Since both repentance and faith spring from regeneration, both will be clearly manifested in the Lord’s children. No sinner savingly believes on Christ unless he has changed his mind about sin, God, and Christ. Neither does any sinner truly repent unless he believes God’s Word about his lost condition and the saving power of Jesus Christ. To ''overemphasize'' faith or repentance can result in at least four errors: 1) overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners under the impression that they must experience a certain grief or number of tears before they can believe on Christ. 2) Overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners with the notion that they must stop all sinning before they can believe on Christ. 3) Overemphasizing faith without repentance can leave sinners with the impression that they can “believe on Jesus” without having to be concerned about a changed life. The Gospel calls sinners to come to Jesus as a Savior from ''sin''. Jesus did not come to assure sinners that they will go to Heaven even though they remain in a sinful, selfish life; rather Jesus came to call “sinners to repentance” (Mat 9:13; Mar 2:17; Luk 5:32). Sinners will never flee to Jesus as a ''Savior'' from sin unless they see sin as an evil which offends God and rightly damns them before Him. His name is “JESUS: for he shall save his people ''from their sins''” (Mat 1:21). 4) Overemphasis on either repentance ''or'' faith can lead to erroneous thinking about the proper ''ground'' of justification. The ground of justification is Jesus Christ and His substitutionary work upon the cross. Repentance looks away from sin and self as faith receives Jesus’ perfect righteousness. Neither repentance nor faith ''merit'' justification. &lt;br /&gt;
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Our Lord told His disciples, and us as well, to follow His example in preaching repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ because this truly shows His ministry while here upon earth. His ''first'' message as recorded in Mark 1:15 was “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: ''repent'' ye, and ''believe'' the gospel.” And His ''last'' words to His disciples and to us were that repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem (Luk 24:46-48). Yet it seems that many are afraid to preach repentance today. Our Lord was not afraid to call men to repentance, and He has commissioned us to do the same. So we desire to proclaim to all men that they should repent and believe on Christ’s name for the remission of their sins. &lt;br /&gt;
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“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). These are words full of meaning which need to be proclaimed today as well as then. There is true remission of sins through faith in Christ for those who see themselves to be sinners. Ungodly sinners—lost, without God, and without hope, full of sin, full of unrighteousness—should come to Christ, laying down their arms of rebellion and hoisting the white flag of surrender. Unto them God has provided remission of sins. He invites them to come, even as the prodigal came back home. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance and remission are so joined together, that wherever we find one, we are sure to find the other. Where there is no ''repentance'', rest assured there is no ''faith'' in Christ. But where there is true repentance, rest assured there is faith to trust Christ for full and free forgiveness of all sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ declared with authority that “all manner of sin... ''shall be forgiven'' unto men” (Mat 12:31). It is written in ''The Acts of the Apostles'': &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Act 13:38-39).&lt;br /&gt;
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“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:20-21).&lt;br /&gt;
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The Apostles declared it, and we declare this same truth today. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is a Gift of Grace  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Now I want to declare upon the authority of God’s Word that ''repentance is to be preached in the name of the Lord Jesus as a grace given from above''. It is given by God. Yes, repentance has therefore been granted unto the Gentiles, as well as unto the Jews, because it is a gift of ''grace'' (Act 11:18). It does not come to us by the works of the law, but it comes wholly and completely out of the gracious heart of God. It should not be preached in Moses’ name as a legal duty, but it is to be preached as a ''grace'' coming down from God. It is not to be preached as Jonah preached it, without any hope—for he proclaimed that Nineveh would be destroyed in only 40 days—but it is to be preached in Jesus’ name as the ''grace'' of God. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance is a gift given by the ''grace'' of God, even as ''faith'' is given by the grace of God. Our gracious God and Heavenly Father has highly exalted His Son and given Him a name which is above every name, hav-ing set Him at His own right hand to be “a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). So it is the ''grace'' of God, the ''goodness'' of God that leads to repentance (Rom 2:4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Wherever there is real sorrow for sin; wherever there is an honest determination by God’s grace to cease from sin; wherever there is a radical change of mind with regard to sin, you can know that this has been pro-duced by the Spirit of God. It is as much a gift of the ''covenant of grace'' as the pardon that comes with it. And remember, God gives this grace ''only to poor sinners''. He makes them realize their need of it. The song writer expressed it this way: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''Come ye needy, come and welcome,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Come, God’s free bounty glorify;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''True belief and true repentance,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Every grace that brings you nigh;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Without money, come to Jesus Christ and buy.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
By His ''grace'', God uses the Law to show you what you are and then brings you to Christ. His Spirit graciously uses the Law to give you the knowledge of sin (Rom 3:19-20; 7:7-25). Therefore, never throw off the Law of God! Yes, it brings you under the wrath of God and condemns you to Hell. But praise God, by the Law of God you see, acknowledge, and understand your sinfulness, your great distance from God, and your great need for a Savior Galatians 3:24 says that the Law is the schoolmaster that leads you to Christ as your only hope. So it is the ''grace'' of God that produces repentance in your heart and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Holy Spirit will teach you how terribly Christ suffered for your sin, and this truth will be a means of leading you to hate sin. You will realize how the Holy Spirit, by enlightening your understanding and influenc-ing your affections, produces repentance in you—even in that heart that seemed so unbroken and sterile that nothing could be produced in it! Your heart will be broken and made fertile by the gentle dew of the rain of ''grace'' as it falls in upon your soul. Then by God’s Spirit working in you, you will see a beauty and a glory in the Lord Jesus Christ that will cause you to desire Him, (2Co 4:4, 6; Job 23:3; Song 2:3). You will not only hate sin and sorrow over it (2Co 7:10-11), you will ''willingly'' turn from it by faith in Christ as you see what it has done to Him. &lt;br /&gt;
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So God ''gives'' repentance to sinners; it is one of the free gifts of His grace. And whoever has it may rest as-sured that the hand of the Lord has been upon him for good. &lt;br /&gt;
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But let us go further. Wherever there is real repentance, it is evidence of faith in Christ operating in your heart! This is evidence that you are alive in Christ! If your heart be turned away from sin, if you prostrate your-self in the dust before God ''because'' of your sins, if you look with true penitence to Christ upon the cross crying, “Lord, remember me! Lord, save me! God, be merciful to me, and deliver me from going down to the pit,” then repentance and faith are in your heart. You cannot separate them: where you find one, you will find the other. &lt;br /&gt;
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We have this so beautifully illustrated in the case of the publican [a despised tax collector] recorded in Luke: “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” And the Lord said, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted” (18:13,14). You see, the Psalmist’s words are still true: “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and ''saveth such'' as be of a contrite spirit” (Psa 34:18). It was for sinners such as these that our Lord Jesus suffered upon the cross. &lt;br /&gt;
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So let the message ring out from every land under heaven: wherever a soul repents and turns to Jesus Christ in faith, then God’s grace is already at work and pardon is granted to that soul. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance upon the Authority of Jesus Christ  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Let’s go further. Our Lord taught us that repentance preached in the name of Jesus is preached ''upon the authority of Jesus as Lord''. Listen! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“All power [all authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach [disciple] all nations...in my name” (Mat 28:18-19). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This is what He is saying: in the ''Name of Jesus'' sinners bow down in repentance and every walled fortress of the sinner’s heart falls before God. In the ''Name of Jesus'' the legion of demons were cast out of the man in the tombs of Gadara. ''In the Name'' and authority of ''King'' Jesus, the sinner is set free through faith in ''His'' blood. Every sin is pardoned, its power broken, its penalty met, and its dominion gone. In the authority of ''His'' Name you must come to that Throne of grace, which has been set up for poor sinners by God Himself (Heb 4:16). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== God’s Full Pardon Is Promised to Repentant Sinners  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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The Gospel promises to repenting sinners a ''full pardon'' from ''every'' sin they have ever committed, whether a sin of thought, word, or deed; whether a sin of omission or commission. This pardon is as great as it is full. It is a pardon from the most horrible and oft-repeated offenses: uncleanness, theft, blasphemy, rape, drunken-ness, yea, whoremongering, adultery, and even murder. It is a pardon for crimes of the deepest dye, a pardon bought with the precious blood of Christ. When we turn to God in true repentance and look to Jesus Christ by faith to cleanse us, we ''shall'' be saved! &lt;br /&gt;
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This is the Gospel, the ''hope'' that God tells us to hold out to sinners. This is not as Jonah, who said, “Forty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed!”—he said nothing about repentance. But I tell you with one breath that the wrath of God is coming. Yet with another, if you will repent and turn to God with a broken heart and a con-trite spirit, believing the truth of the Gospel, then there is full forgiveness and remission in the blood of the Savior. You see, “The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from ''all'' sin (1Jo 1:7). For all who repent and believe in Him, this blood cleanses from every sin that banishes men from the presence of the thrice-holy God. Yes, I proclaim pardon in the Name of Jesus for sins such as these. They are not too terrible to be for-given by God. They are not too deeply ingrained to be washed out by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus! &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Is God’s Forgiveness for You? ====&lt;br /&gt;
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But I hear someone saying, “I do not doubt that repentance and remission of sins are to be preached in Christ’s name, and that this is the teaching of Christ. My difficulty is, are they for ''me''?” Well, that is a point that you must settle under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. But let me ask you a few questions: do you repent of your sin? Do you sorrow over sin as the plague of your heart and the curse of your life? Do you hate sin? Do you turn from sin and seek to live as the Holy God would have you to? &lt;br /&gt;
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Then I say unto you: if this repentance is yours, then this remission is yours also. Christ put them together: “Repentance and remission of sins” (Luk 24:47). And remember, Christ has commanded you to repent and be-lieve (Mar 1:15). What He has commanded, you can by His grace perform. &lt;br /&gt;
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But if indeed you have not experienced what repentance is, then will you breathe this prayer? “Oh Lord, show me the guilt of my sin, and let me see Thy dear Son bearing its penalty on my behalf. Teach me to mourn over my sins and to loathe them, and assure me by Thy Spirit’s gracious instruction from Thy Word that they are all forgiven for Jesus’ sake. May I go on my way rejoicing as a sinner saved by Thy sovereign grace.” Will you do it?&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Evidence of Scripture  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Listen to these verses of Scripture where these great truths are set forth together in the Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him” (Mat 21:32).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Paul gives this testimony of his ministry: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:21). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The epistle to the Hebrews says, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God” (Heb 6:1). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then, one of our Lord’s last commandments to His disciples before He returned to heaven is found in Luke 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem; and ye are witnesses of these things.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Bible gives us illustrations of those who came to Christ in repentance and faith; these looked to Him to forgive them of their sins. The prodigal son repented and believed (Luke 15:11ff); the thief on the cross re-pented and believed (Luke 23:39ff); and so we call upon men today to repent and believe. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance and Forgiveness of Sin Are to Be Preached Together  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Throughout the ages there has been debate between the Lord’s children as to which comes first, repentance or faith. Both sides have their advocates among Bible-believing Christians. But regeneration is a miracle that cannot be examined under a microscope. While the miracle of the new birth will always manifest the life of God in man’s soul, we must be careful about putting too strict an order on the way God works out that miracle in a sinner’s life. Since both repentance and faith spring from regeneration, both will be clearly manifested in the Lord’s children. No sinner savingly believes on Christ unless he has changed his mind about sin, God, and Christ. Neither does any sinner truly repent unless he believes God’s Word about his lost condition and the saving power of Jesus Christ. To ''overemphasize'' faith or repentance can result in at least four errors: 1) overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners under the impression that they must experience a certain grief or number of tears before they can believe on Christ. 2) Overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners with the notion that they must stop all sinning before they can believe on Christ. 3) Overemphasizing faith without repentance can leave sinners with the impression that they can “believe on Jesus” without having to be concerned about a changed life. The Gospel calls sinners to come to Jesus as a Savior from ''sin''. Jesus did not come to assure sinners that they will go to Heaven even though they remain in a sinful, selfish life; rather Jesus came to call “sinners to repentance” (Mat 9:13; Mar 2:17; Luk 5:32). Sinners will never flee to Jesus as a ''Savior'' from sin unless they see sin as an evil which offends God and rightly damns them before Him. His name is “JESUS: for he shall save his people ''from their sins''” (Mat 1:21). 4) Overemphasis on either repentance ''or'' faith can lead to erroneous thinking about the proper ''ground'' of justification. The ground of justification is Jesus Christ and His substitutionary work upon the cross. Repentance looks away from sin and self as faith receives Jesus’ perfect righteousness. Neither repentance nor faith ''merit'' justification. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Our Lord told His disciples, and us as well, to follow His example in preaching repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ because this truly shows His ministry while here upon earth. His ''first'' message as recorded in Mark 1:15 was “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: ''repent'' ye, and ''believe'' the gospel.” And His ''last'' words to His disciples and to us were that repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem (Luk 24:46-48). Yet it seems that many are afraid to preach repentance today. Our Lord was not afraid to call men to repentance, and He has commissioned us to do the same. So we desire to proclaim to all men that they should repent and believe on Christ’s name for the remission of their sins. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). These are words full of meaning which need to be proclaimed today as well as then. There is true remission of sins through faith in Christ for those who see themselves to be sinners. Ungodly sinners—lost, without God, and without hope, full of sin, full of unrighteousness—should come to Christ, laying down their arms of rebellion and hoisting the white flag of surrender. Unto them God has provided remission of sins. He invites them to come, even as the prodigal came back home. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance and remission are so joined together, that wherever we find one, we are sure to find the other. Where there is no ''repentance'', rest assured there is no ''faith'' in Christ. But where there is true repentance, rest assured there is faith to trust Christ for full and free forgiveness of all sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ declared with authority that “all manner of sin... ''shall be forgiven'' unto men” (Mat 12:31). It is written in ''The Acts of the Apostles'': &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Act 13:38-39).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:20-21).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Apostles declared it, and we declare this same truth today. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is a Gift of Grace  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Now I want to declare upon the authority of God’s Word that ''repentance is to be preached in the name of the Lord Jesus as a grace given from above''. It is given by God. Yes, repentance has therefore been granted unto the Gentiles, as well as unto the Jews, because it is a gift of ''grace'' (Act 11:18). It does not come to us by the works of the law, but it comes wholly and completely out of the gracious heart of God. It should not be preached in Moses’ name as a legal duty, but it is to be preached as a ''grace'' coming down from God. It is not to be preached as Jonah preached it, without any hope—for he proclaimed that Nineveh would be destroyed in only 40 days—but it is to be preached in Jesus’ name as the ''grace'' of God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance is a gift given by the ''grace'' of God, even as ''faith'' is given by the grace of God. Our gracious God and Heavenly Father has highly exalted His Son and given Him a name which is above every name, hav-ing set Him at His own right hand to be “a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). So it is the ''grace'' of God, the ''goodness'' of God that leads to repentance (Rom 2:4). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wherever there is real sorrow for sin; wherever there is an honest determination by God’s grace to cease from sin; wherever there is a radical change of mind with regard to sin, you can know that this has been pro-duced by the Spirit of God. It is as much a gift of the ''covenant of grace'' as the pardon that comes with it. And remember, God gives this grace ''only to poor sinners''. He makes them realize their need of it. The song writer expressed it this way: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''Come ye needy, come and welcome,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Come, God’s free bounty glorify;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''True belief and true repentance,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Every grace that brings you nigh;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Without money, come to Jesus Christ and buy.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
By His ''grace'', God uses the Law to show you what you are and then brings you to Christ. His Spirit graciously uses the Law to give you the knowledge of sin (Rom 3:19-20; 7:7-25). Therefore, never throw off the Law of God! Yes, it brings you under the wrath of God and condemns you to Hell. But praise God, by the Law of God you see, acknowledge, and understand your sinfulness, your great distance from God, and your great need for a Savior Galatians 3:24 says that the Law is the schoolmaster that leads you to Christ as your only hope. So it is the ''grace'' of God that produces repentance in your heart and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Holy Spirit will teach you how terribly Christ suffered for your sin, and this truth will be a means of leading you to hate sin. You will realize how the Holy Spirit, by enlightening your understanding and influenc-ing your affections, produces repentance in you—even in that heart that seemed so unbroken and sterile that nothing could be produced in it! Your heart will be broken and made fertile by the gentle dew of the rain of ''grace'' as it falls in upon your soul. Then by God’s Spirit working in you, you will see a beauty and a glory in the Lord Jesus Christ that will cause you to desire Him, (2Co 4:4, 6; Job 23:3; Song 2:3). You will not only hate sin and sorrow over it (2Co 7:10-11), you will ''willingly'' turn from it by faith in Christ as you see what it has done to Him. &lt;br /&gt;
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So God ''gives'' repentance to sinners; it is one of the free gifts of His grace. And whoever has it may rest as-sured that the hand of the Lord has been upon him for good. &lt;br /&gt;
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But let us go further. Wherever there is real repentance, it is evidence of faith in Christ operating in your heart! This is evidence that you are alive in Christ! If your heart be turned away from sin, if you prostrate your-self in the dust before God ''because'' of your sins, if you look with true penitence to Christ upon the cross crying, “Lord, remember me! Lord, save me! God, be merciful to me, and deliver me from going down to the pit,” then repentance and faith are in your heart. You cannot separate them: where you find one, you will find the other. &lt;br /&gt;
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We have this so beautifully illustrated in the case of the publican [a despised tax collector] recorded in Luke: “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” And the Lord said, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted” (18:13,14). You see, the Psalmist’s words are still true: “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and ''saveth such'' as be of a contrite spirit” (Psa 34:18). It was for sinners such as these that our Lord Jesus suffered upon the cross. &lt;br /&gt;
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So let the message ring out from every land under heaven: wherever a soul repents and turns to Jesus Christ in faith, then God’s grace is already at work and pardon is granted to that soul. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance upon the Authority of Jesus Christ  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Let’s go further. Our Lord taught us that repentance preached in the name of Jesus is preached ''upon the authority of Jesus as Lord''. Listen! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“All power [all authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach [disciple] all nations...in my name” (Mat 28:18-19). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This is what He is saying: in the ''Name of Jesus'' sinners bow down in repentance and every walled fortress of the sinner’s heart falls before God. In the ''Name of Jesus'' the legion of demons were cast out of the man in the tombs of Gadara. ''In the Name'' and authority of ''King'' Jesus, the sinner is set free through faith in ''His'' blood. Every sin is pardoned, its power broken, its penalty met, and its dominion gone. In the authority of ''His'' Name you must come to that Throne of grace, which has been set up for poor sinners by God Himself (Heb 4:16). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== God’s Full Pardon Is Promised to Repentant Sinners ====&lt;br /&gt;
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The Gospel promises to repenting sinners a ''full pardon'' from ''every'' sin they have ever committed, whether a sin of thought, word, or deed; whether a sin of omission or commission.  This pardon is as great as it is full. It is a pardon from the most horrible and oft-repeated offenses: uncleanness, theft, blasphemy, rape, drunken-ness, yea, whoremongering, adultery, and even murder. It is a pardon for crimes of the deepest dye, a pardon bought with the precious blood of Christ. When we turn to God in true repentance and look to Jesus Christ by faith to cleanse us, we ''shall'' be saved!&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the Gospel, the ''hope'' that God tells us to hold out to sinners. This is not as Jonah, who said, “Forty days and Nineveh shall be destroyed!”—he said nothing about repentance. But I tell you with one breath that the wrath of God is coming. Yet with another, if you will repent and turn to God with a broken heart and a con-trite spirit, believing the truth of the Gospel, then there is full forgiveness and remission in the blood of the Savior. You see, “The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from ''all'' sin (1Jo 1:7). For all who repent and believe in Him, this blood cleanses from every sin that banishes men from the presence of the thrice-holy God. Yes, I proclaim pardon in the Name of Jesus for sins such as these. They are not too terrible to be for-given by God. They are not too deeply ingrained to be washed out by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus!&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== The Evidence of Scripture  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Listen to these verses of Scripture where these great truths are set forth together in the Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him” (Mat 21:32).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Paul gives this testimony of his ministry: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:21). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The epistle to the Hebrews says, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God” (Heb 6:1). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then, one of our Lord’s last commandments to His disciples before He returned to heaven is found in Luke 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem; and ye are witnesses of these things.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Bible gives us illustrations of those who came to Christ in repentance and faith; these looked to Him to forgive them of their sins. The prodigal son repented and believed (Luke 15:11ff); the thief on the cross re-pented and believed (Luke 23:39ff); and so we call upon men today to repent and believe. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Repentance and Forgiveness of Sin Are to Be Preached Together  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Throughout the ages there has been debate between the Lord’s children as to which comes first, repentance or faith. Both sides have their advocates among Bible-believing Christians. But regeneration is a miracle that cannot be examined under a microscope. While the miracle of the new birth will always manifest the life of God in man’s soul, we must be careful about putting too strict an order on the way God works out that miracle in a sinner’s life. Since both repentance and faith spring from regeneration, both will be clearly manifested in the Lord’s children. No sinner savingly believes on Christ unless he has changed his mind about sin, God, and Christ. Neither does any sinner truly repent unless he believes God’s Word about his lost condition and the saving power of Jesus Christ. To ''overemphasize'' faith or repentance can result in at least four errors: 1) overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners under the impression that they must experience a certain grief or number of tears before they can believe on Christ. 2) Overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners with the notion that they must stop all sinning before they can believe on Christ. 3) Overemphasizing faith without repentance can leave sinners with the impression that they can “believe on Jesus” without having to be concerned about a changed life. The Gospel calls sinners to come to Jesus as a Savior from ''sin''. Jesus did not come to assure sinners that they will go to Heaven even though they remain in a sinful, selfish life; rather Jesus came to call “sinners to repentance” (Mat 9:13; Mar 2:17; Luk 5:32). Sinners will never flee to Jesus as a ''Savior'' from sin unless they see sin as an evil which offends God and rightly damns them before Him. His name is “JESUS: for he shall save his people ''from their sins''” (Mat 1:21). 4) Overemphasis on either repentance ''or'' faith can lead to erroneous thinking about the proper ''ground'' of justification. The ground of justification is Jesus Christ and His substitutionary work upon the cross. Repentance looks away from sin and self as faith receives Jesus’ perfect righteousness. Neither repentance nor faith ''merit'' justification. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Our Lord told His disciples, and us as well, to follow His example in preaching repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ because this truly shows His ministry while here upon earth. His ''first'' message as recorded in Mark 1:15 was “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: ''repent'' ye, and ''believe'' the gospel.” And His ''last'' words to His disciples and to us were that repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem (Luk 24:46-48). Yet it seems that many are afraid to preach repentance today. Our Lord was not afraid to call men to repentance, and He has commissioned us to do the same. So we desire to proclaim to all men that they should repent and believe on Christ’s name for the remission of their sins. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). These are words full of meaning which need to be proclaimed today as well as then. There is true remission of sins through faith in Christ for those who see themselves to be sinners. Ungodly sinners—lost, without God, and without hope, full of sin, full of unrighteousness—should come to Christ, laying down their arms of rebellion and hoisting the white flag of surrender. Unto them God has provided remission of sins. He invites them to come, even as the prodigal came back home. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance and remission are so joined together, that wherever we find one, we are sure to find the other. Where there is no ''repentance'', rest assured there is no ''faith'' in Christ. But where there is true repentance, rest assured there is faith to trust Christ for full and free forgiveness of all sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ declared with authority that “all manner of sin... ''shall be forgiven'' unto men” (Mat 12:31). It is written in ''The Acts of the Apostles'': &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Act 13:38-39).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:20-21).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Apostles declared it, and we declare this same truth today. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is a Gift of Grace  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now I want to declare upon the authority of God’s Word that ''repentance is to be preached in the name of the Lord Jesus as a grace given from above''. It is given by God. Yes, repentance has therefore been granted unto the Gentiles, as well as unto the Jews, because it is a gift of ''grace'' (Act 11:18). It does not come to us by the works of the law, but it comes wholly and completely out of the gracious heart of God. It should not be preached in Moses’ name as a legal duty, but it is to be preached as a ''grace'' coming down from God. It is not to be preached as Jonah preached it, without any hope—for he proclaimed that Nineveh would be destroyed in only 40 days—but it is to be preached in Jesus’ name as the ''grace'' of God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance is a gift given by the ''grace'' of God, even as ''faith'' is given by the grace of God. Our gracious God and Heavenly Father has highly exalted His Son and given Him a name which is above every name, hav-ing set Him at His own right hand to be “a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). So it is the ''grace'' of God, the ''goodness'' of God that leads to repentance (Rom 2:4). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wherever there is real sorrow for sin; wherever there is an honest determination by God’s grace to cease from sin; wherever there is a radical change of mind with regard to sin, you can know that this has been pro-duced by the Spirit of God. It is as much a gift of the ''covenant of grace'' as the pardon that comes with it. And remember, God gives this grace ''only to poor sinners''. He makes them realize their need of it. The song writer expressed it this way: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''Come ye needy, come and welcome,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Come, God’s free bounty glorify;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''True belief and true repentance,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Every grace that brings you nigh;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Without money, come to Jesus Christ and buy.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
By His ''grace'', God uses the Law to show you what you are and then brings you to Christ. His Spirit graciously uses the Law to give you the knowledge of sin (Rom 3:19-20; 7:7-25). Therefore, never throw off the Law of God! Yes, it brings you under the wrath of God and condemns you to Hell. But praise God, by the Law of God you see, acknowledge, and understand your sinfulness, your great distance from God, and your great need for a Savior Galatians 3:24 says that the Law is the schoolmaster that leads you to Christ as your only hope. So it is the ''grace'' of God that produces repentance in your heart and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Spirit will teach you how terribly Christ suffered for your sin, and this truth will be a means of leading you to hate sin. You will realize how the Holy Spirit, by enlightening your understanding and influenc-ing your affections, produces repentance in you—even in that heart that seemed so unbroken and sterile that nothing could be produced in it! Your heart will be broken and made fertile by the gentle dew of the rain of ''grace'' as it falls in upon your soul. Then by God’s Spirit working in you, you will see a beauty and a glory in the Lord Jesus Christ that will cause you to desire Him, (2Co 4:4, 6; Job 23:3; Song 2:3). You will not only hate sin and sorrow over it (2Co 7:10-11), you will ''willingly'' turn from it by faith in Christ as you see what it has done to Him. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So God ''gives'' repentance to sinners; it is one of the free gifts of His grace. And whoever has it may rest as-sured that the hand of the Lord has been upon him for good. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But let us go further. Wherever there is real repentance, it is evidence of faith in Christ operating in your heart! This is evidence that you are alive in Christ! If your heart be turned away from sin, if you prostrate your-self in the dust before God ''because'' of your sins, if you look with true penitence to Christ upon the cross crying, “Lord, remember me! Lord, save me! God, be merciful to me, and deliver me from going down to the pit,” then repentance and faith are in your heart. You cannot separate them: where you find one, you will find the other. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We have this so beautifully illustrated in the case of the publican [a despised tax collector] recorded in Luke: “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” And the Lord said, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted” (18:13,14). You see, the Psalmist’s words are still true: “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and ''saveth such'' as be of a contrite spirit” (Psa 34:18). It was for sinners such as these that our Lord Jesus suffered upon the cross. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So let the message ring out from every land under heaven: wherever a soul repents and turns to Jesus Christ in faith, then God’s grace is already at work and pardon is granted to that soul. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Repentance upon the Authority of Jesus Christ  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Let’s go further. Our Lord taught us that repentance preached in the name of Jesus is preached ''upon the authority of Jesus as Lord''. Listen! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“All power [all authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach [disciple] all nations...in my name” (Mat 28:18-19). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This is what He is saying: in the ''Name of Jesus'' sinners bow down in repentance and every walled fortress of the sinner’s heart falls before God. In the ''Name of Jesus'' the legion of demons were cast out of the man in the tombs of Gadara. ''In the Name'' and authority of ''King'' Jesus, the sinner is set free through faith in ''His'' blood. Every sin is pardoned, its power broken, its penalty met, and its dominion gone. In the authority of ''His'' Name you must come to that Throne of grace, which has been set up for poor sinners by God Himself (Heb 4:16).&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Evidence of Scripture  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Listen to these verses of Scripture where these great truths are set forth together in the Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him” (Mat 21:32).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Paul gives this testimony of his ministry: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:21). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The epistle to the Hebrews says, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God” (Heb 6:1). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then, one of our Lord’s last commandments to His disciples before He returned to heaven is found in Luke 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem; and ye are witnesses of these things.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Bible gives us illustrations of those who came to Christ in repentance and faith; these looked to Him to forgive them of their sins. The prodigal son repented and believed (Luke 15:11ff); the thief on the cross re-pented and believed (Luke 23:39ff); and so we call upon men today to repent and believe. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Repentance and Forgiveness of Sin Are to Be Preached Together  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Throughout the ages there has been debate between the Lord’s children as to which comes first, repentance or faith. Both sides have their advocates among Bible-believing Christians. But regeneration is a miracle that cannot be examined under a microscope. While the miracle of the new birth will always manifest the life of God in man’s soul, we must be careful about putting too strict an order on the way God works out that miracle in a sinner’s life. Since both repentance and faith spring from regeneration, both will be clearly manifested in the Lord’s children. No sinner savingly believes on Christ unless he has changed his mind about sin, God, and Christ. Neither does any sinner truly repent unless he believes God’s Word about his lost condition and the saving power of Jesus Christ. To ''overemphasize'' faith or repentance can result in at least four errors: 1) overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners under the impression that they must experience a certain grief or number of tears before they can believe on Christ. 2) Overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners with the notion that they must stop all sinning before they can believe on Christ. 3) Overemphasizing faith without repentance can leave sinners with the impression that they can “believe on Jesus” without having to be concerned about a changed life. The Gospel calls sinners to come to Jesus as a Savior from ''sin''. Jesus did not come to assure sinners that they will go to Heaven even though they remain in a sinful, selfish life; rather Jesus came to call “sinners to repentance” (Mat 9:13; Mar 2:17; Luk 5:32). Sinners will never flee to Jesus as a ''Savior'' from sin unless they see sin as an evil which offends God and rightly damns them before Him. His name is “JESUS: for he shall save his people ''from their sins''” (Mat 1:21). 4) Overemphasis on either repentance ''or'' faith can lead to erroneous thinking about the proper ''ground'' of justification. The ground of justification is Jesus Christ and His substitutionary work upon the cross. Repentance looks away from sin and self as faith receives Jesus’ perfect righteousness. Neither repentance nor faith ''merit'' justification. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Our Lord told His disciples, and us as well, to follow His example in preaching repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ because this truly shows His ministry while here upon earth. His ''first'' message as recorded in Mark 1:15 was “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: ''repent'' ye, and ''believe'' the gospel.” And His ''last'' words to His disciples and to us were that repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem (Luk 24:46-48). Yet it seems that many are afraid to preach repentance today. Our Lord was not afraid to call men to repentance, and He has commissioned us to do the same. So we desire to proclaim to all men that they should repent and believe on Christ’s name for the remission of their sins. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). These are words full of meaning which need to be proclaimed today as well as then. There is true remission of sins through faith in Christ for those who see themselves to be sinners. Ungodly sinners—lost, without God, and without hope, full of sin, full of unrighteousness—should come to Christ, laying down their arms of rebellion and hoisting the white flag of surrender. Unto them God has provided remission of sins. He invites them to come, even as the prodigal came back home. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance and remission are so joined together, that wherever we find one, we are sure to find the other. Where there is no ''repentance'', rest assured there is no ''faith'' in Christ. But where there is true repentance, rest assured there is faith to trust Christ for full and free forgiveness of all sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ declared with authority that “all manner of sin... ''shall be forgiven'' unto men” (Mat 12:31). It is written in ''The Acts of the Apostles'': &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Act 13:38-39).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:20-21).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Apostles declared it, and we declare this same truth today. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Repentance Is a Gift of Grace  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now I want to declare upon the authority of God’s Word that ''repentance is to be preached in the name of the Lord Jesus as a grace given from above''. It is given by God. Yes, repentance has therefore been granted unto the Gentiles, as well as unto the Jews, because it is a gift of ''grace'' (Act 11:18). It does not come to us by the works of the law, but it comes wholly and completely out of the gracious heart of God. It should not be preached in Moses’ name as a legal duty, but it is to be preached as a ''grace'' coming down from God. It is not to be preached as Jonah preached it, without any hope—for he proclaimed that Nineveh would be destroyed in only 40 days—but it is to be preached in Jesus’ name as the ''grace'' of God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance is a gift given by the ''grace'' of God, even as ''faith'' is given by the grace of God. Our gracious God and Heavenly Father has highly exalted His Son and given Him a name which is above every name, hav-ing set Him at His own right hand to be “a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). So it is the ''grace'' of God, the ''goodness'' of God that leads to repentance (Rom 2:4). &lt;br /&gt;
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Wherever there is real sorrow for sin; wherever there is an honest determination by God’s grace to cease from sin; wherever there is a radical change of mind with regard to sin, you can know that this has been pro-duced by the Spirit of God. It is as much a gift of the ''covenant of grace'' as the pardon that comes with it. And remember, God gives this grace ''only to poor sinners''. He makes them realize their need of it. The song writer expressed it this way: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;''Come ye needy, come and welcome,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Come, God’s free bounty glorify;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''True belief and true repentance,''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Every grace that brings you nigh;''&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Without money, come to Jesus Christ and buy.'' &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
By His ''grace'', God uses the Law to show you what you are and then brings you to Christ. His Spirit graciously uses the Law to give you the knowledge of sin (Rom 3:19-20; 7:7-25). Therefore, never throw off the Law of God! Yes, it brings you under the wrath of God and condemns you to Hell. But praise God, by the Law of God you see, acknowledge, and understand your sinfulness, your great distance from God, and your great need for a Savior Galatians 3:24 says that the Law is the schoolmaster that leads you to Christ as your only hope. So it is the ''grace'' of God that produces repentance in your heart and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Holy Spirit will teach you how terribly Christ suffered for your sin, and this truth will be a means of leading you to hate sin. You will realize how the Holy Spirit, by enlightening your understanding and influenc-ing your affections, produces repentance in you—even in that heart that seemed so unbroken and sterile that nothing could be produced in it! Your heart will be broken and made fertile by the gentle dew of the rain of ''grace'' as it falls in upon your soul. Then by God’s Spirit working in you, you will see a beauty and a glory in the Lord Jesus Christ that will cause you to desire Him, (2Co 4:4, 6; Job 23:3; Song 2:3). You will not only hate sin and sorrow over it (2Co 7:10-11), you will ''willingly'' turn from it by faith in Christ as you see what it has done to Him. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So God ''gives'' repentance to sinners; it is one of the free gifts of His grace. And whoever has it may rest as-sured that the hand of the Lord has been upon him for good. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But let us go further. Wherever there is real repentance, it is evidence of faith in Christ operating in your heart! This is evidence that you are alive in Christ! If your heart be turned away from sin, if you prostrate your-self in the dust before God ''because'' of your sins, if you look with true penitence to Christ upon the cross crying, “Lord, remember me! Lord, save me! God, be merciful to me, and deliver me from going down to the pit,” then repentance and faith are in your heart. You cannot separate them: where you find one, you will find the other. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We have this so beautifully illustrated in the case of the publican [a despised tax collector] recorded in Luke: “And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.” And the Lord said, “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted” (18:13,14). You see, the Psalmist’s words are still true: “The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and ''saveth such'' as be of a contrite spirit” (Psa 34:18). It was for sinners such as these that our Lord Jesus suffered upon the cross. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So let the message ring out from every land under heaven: wherever a soul repents and turns to Jesus Christ in faith, then God’s grace is already at work and pardon is granted to that soul.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Evidence of Scripture  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Listen to these verses of Scripture where these great truths are set forth together in the Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him” (Mat 21:32).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Paul gives this testimony of his ministry: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:21). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The epistle to the Hebrews says, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God” (Heb 6:1). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then, one of our Lord’s last commandments to His disciples before He returned to heaven is found in Luke 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem; and ye are witnesses of these things.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Bible gives us illustrations of those who came to Christ in repentance and faith; these looked to Him to forgive them of their sins. The prodigal son repented and believed (Luke 15:11ff); the thief on the cross re-pented and believed (Luke 23:39ff); and so we call upon men today to repent and believe. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== Repentance and Forgiveness of Sin Are to Be Preached Together  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Throughout the ages there has been debate between the Lord’s children as to which comes first, repentance or faith. Both sides have their advocates among Bible-believing Christians. But regeneration is a miracle that cannot be examined under a microscope. While the miracle of the new birth will always manifest the life of God in man’s soul, we must be careful about putting too strict an order on the way God works out that miracle in a sinner’s life. Since both repentance and faith spring from regeneration, both will be clearly manifested in the Lord’s children. No sinner savingly believes on Christ unless he has changed his mind about sin, God, and Christ. Neither does any sinner truly repent unless he believes God’s Word about his lost condition and the saving power of Jesus Christ. To ''overemphasize'' faith or repentance can result in at least four errors: 1) overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners under the impression that they must experience a certain grief or number of tears before they can believe on Christ. 2) Overemphasizing repentance as something separate from faith can leave sinners with the notion that they must stop all sinning before they can believe on Christ. 3) Overemphasizing faith without repentance can leave sinners with the impression that they can “believe on Jesus” without having to be concerned about a changed life. The Gospel calls sinners to come to Jesus as a Savior from ''sin''. Jesus did not come to assure sinners that they will go to Heaven even though they remain in a sinful, selfish life; rather Jesus came to call “sinners to repentance” (Mat 9:13; Mar 2:17; Luk 5:32). Sinners will never flee to Jesus as a ''Savior'' from sin unless they see sin as an evil which offends God and rightly damns them before Him. His name is “JESUS: for he shall save his people ''from their sins''” (Mat 1:21). 4) Overemphasis on either repentance ''or'' faith can lead to erroneous thinking about the proper ''ground'' of justification. The ground of justification is Jesus Christ and His substitutionary work upon the cross. Repentance looks away from sin and self as faith receives Jesus’ perfect righteousness. Neither repentance nor faith ''merit'' justification. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Our Lord told His disciples, and us as well, to follow His example in preaching repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ because this truly shows His ministry while here upon earth. His ''first'' message as recorded in Mark 1:15 was “the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: ''repent'' ye, and ''believe'' the gospel.” And His ''last'' words to His disciples and to us were that repentance and remission of sins through faith in Christ should be preached in His name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem (Luk 24:46-48). Yet it seems that many are afraid to preach repentance today. Our Lord was not afraid to call men to repentance, and He has commissioned us to do the same. So we desire to proclaim to all men that they should repent and believe on Christ’s name for the remission of their sins. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47). These are words full of meaning which need to be proclaimed today as well as then. There is true remission of sins through faith in Christ for those who see themselves to be sinners. Ungodly sinners—lost, without God, and without hope, full of sin, full of unrighteousness—should come to Christ, laying down their arms of rebellion and hoisting the white flag of surrender. Unto them God has provided remission of sins. He invites them to come, even as the prodigal came back home. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance and remission are so joined together, that wherever we find one, we are sure to find the other. Where there is no ''repentance'', rest assured there is no ''faith'' in Christ. But where there is true repentance, rest assured there is faith to trust Christ for full and free forgiveness of all sins. Our Lord Jesus Christ declared with authority that “all manner of sin... ''shall be forgiven'' unto men” (Mat 12:31). It is written in ''The Acts of the Apostles'': &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins” (Act 5:31). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Act 13:38-39).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:20-21).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Apostles declared it, and we declare this same truth today.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==== The Evidence of Scripture  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Listen to these verses of Scripture where these great truths are set forth together in the Word of God! &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
“For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him” (Mat 21:32).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Paul gives this testimony of his ministry: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Act 20:21). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The epistle to the Hebrews says, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God” (Heb 6:1). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then, one of our Lord’s last commandments to His disciples before He returned to heaven is found in Luke 24:46-48: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem; and ye are witnesses of these things.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The Bible gives us illustrations of those who came to Christ in repentance and faith; these looked to Him to forgive them of their sins. The prodigal son repented and believed (Luke 15:11ff); the thief on the cross re-pented and believed (Luke 23:39ff); and so we call upon men today to repent and believe.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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Repentance and faith are inseparably connected in the Word of God, and they must be preached together. The Word of God plainly teaches that God commands ''“all men every where to repent”'' (Act 17:30). Further-more, the Bible plainly teaches that ''repentance'' is as necessary as ''faith'' in the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul told his hearers in Acts 20:20-21, &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Therefore, repentance ''and'' faith are commanded by God in the call of the gospel. Let us not put asunder what God has joined together (Mat 21:32; Mar 1:15; Act 2:38; 5:31; 20:21; 2Ti 2:25).&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Repentance Defined  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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You see then, sinful man stands as a rebel against God’s government and authority. This is why our Lord Jesus came on the scene preaching, “''Repent'', for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mat 4:17). He commands ''every'' sinner to lay down his arms of rebellion and hoist the white flag of surrender to enter the Kingdom of God. In other words, a sinner has to ''change his mind about sin.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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This is exactly what it means to repent: ''a change of mind about sin and about God'', which results in ''turning from'' sin ''to God''. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Biblical vocabulary for repentance is truly rich. The theme of repentance is found throughout the en-tire Bible and its idea is expressed even when the word itself is not used. In the Old Testament, two Hebrew words, the verbs ''nacham'' and ''shub'', are often translated as ''repent. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' by Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson, and Stamm says ''nacham'' means “to be sorry, come to regret something, to repent” as in Job 42:6, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” In their ''Commentary on the Old Testament'', Keil and Delitzsch remark, “''Nacham'' is the exact expression for ''metanoeo'', the godly sorrow of repentance not to be repented of. He repents (sitting) on dust and ashes after the manner of those in deep grief.” Regarding ''shub'', which means “to turn,” the ''Theological Wordbook of the OT'' says, “The Bible is rich in idioms describing man’s responsibility in the process of repentance. Such phrases would in-clude the following: ‘incline your heart unto the Lord your God’ (Josh 24:23): ‘circumcise yourselves to the Lord’ (Jer 4:4); ‘wash your heart from wickedness’ (Jer 4:14); ‘break up your fallow ground’ (Hos 10:12) and so forth. All these expressions of man’s penitential activity, however, are subsumed and summarized by this one verb ''shub''. For better than any other verb it combines in itself the two requisites of repentance: to turn from evil and to turn to the good.” They conclude by saying, “To be sure, there is no systematic spelling out of the doctrine of repentance in the OT. It is illustrated (Ps 51) more than anything else. Yet the fact that people are called “to turn” either “to” or “away from” implies that sin is not an ineradicable stain, but by turning, a God-given power, a sinner can redirect his destiny. There are two sides in understanding conversion, the free sover-eign act of God’s mercy and man’s going beyond contrition and sorrow to a conscious decision of turning to God. The latter includes repudiation of all sin and affirmation of God’s total will for one’s life.” &lt;br /&gt;
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In the New Testament, three Greek words express repentance: the verbs ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'', and the noun ''metanoia''. 1) According to the ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' by Friberg, Friberg, and Miller, metanoeo is used “predominately of a religious and ethical change in the way one thinks about acts: repent, change one’s mind, be converted (Mat 3:2).” It can also express an emotional element: “as feeling re-morse regret, feel sorry (Luk 17:3, 4).” 2) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testamen and Other Early Christian Literature by Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, and Bauer says that ''metamelomai'' means to “feel regret, re-pent.” ''The Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament:'' Based on Semantic Domains by J.P. Louw and E.A. Nida says of ''metamelomai'' “to change one’s mind about something, with the probable implication of regret—‘to change one’s mind, to think differently.’” 3) “''Metanoia'' means “a change of mind that leads to a change of behavior.” Louw and Nida say of metanoeo and ''metanoia'', “To change one’s way of life as the result of a com-plete change of thought and attitude with regard to sin and righteousness—‘to repent, to change one’s way, repentance.’ ''metanoeo'': ‘And they went out, and preached that men should repent’ (Mar 6:12). ''metanoia'': ‘not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?’ (Rom 2:4). Though in English a focal compo-nent of repent is the sorrow or contrition that a person experiences because of sin, the emphasis in ''metanoeo'' and ''metanoia'' seems to be more specifically the total change, both in thought and behavior, with respect to how one should both think and act.” The importance of these definitions is that while the ''primary'' emphasis in re-pentance is on the change of mind that leads to a change of behavior, one cannot rule out the emotional element of regret or remorse. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== What Repentance Includes  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Therefore, to repent is a change of mind about sin and about God, which results in turning ''from'' sin ''to'' God. And what a turning it is! Repentance affects the whole life of a sinner. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes a sinner ''taking the blame for his sinful condition before God'' and siding with Him against himself. A penitant blames no one else for his condition, but rather condemns himself under God’s eternal wrath because he deserves it. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes ''sorrowing for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:10 says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of.” And Matthew 5:4 says, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com-forted.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance leads to ''confessing sin''. Hiding nothing, a sinner owns his sins and pours out his sinful heart to God. &lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, repentance leads to ''forsaking sin''. A repenting sinner determines not to return to it. So in Bib-lical repentance, a convicted and convinced sinner takes his place before God as justly condemned. He hates his sin, longing to be free from it. He sorrows over sin, determining not to return to it. And he shows that his repentance is real by walking in the pathway of righteousness and true holiness. “Bringing forth fruits for re-pentance” is evidence that a radical change has taken place in our lives (Mat 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance and Judgment  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In Acts 17:30 we read these words, “The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to ''repent''.” God says ''all'' men—not just the Gentiles, but ''all'' men, which includes every tongue, nation, tribe and people. And in v.31 we find out why God has commanded all men everywhere to re-pent: judgment is coming! ''“Repent!”'' God says, “The King is coming in judgment! Repent, if you value your never-dying soul!” Why? “Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained [Jesus Christ]; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” Yes, God commands that all men everywhere repent and bring forth fruit suit-able for repentance which is a holy life, or He will meet you in judgment ''without mercy!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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You see, God is ''sovereign'' in his salvation. He alone sets the terms by which He receives rebellious sinners into His kingdom. His Word does declare that He is loving, kind, merciful and gracious; but He is also holy and righteous. Therefore, He commands men to repent. Unless a rebellious sinner repents and believes the Gospel, there is no forgiveness. But praise His precious name; it is to this kind of sinner that He will look! The Lord says in Isaiah 66:2, “To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trem-bleth at my word.” Also, Psalm 51:17 tells us, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Praise the Lord! He will never turn away a repentant, believing sinner. Christ came to seek and to save just this type of sinner. Listen to Isaiah 55:6-7: “Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” You will note in these verses there is again a command for forsaking our way and turning unto God. Forsake your way and turn to God! &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is Perpetual  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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I must stress yet another truth: ''Biblical repentance is perpetual''—God’s child will repent till God takes him home. Repentance is a lasting mindset, a continuing abhorrence of evil. &lt;br /&gt;
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Oh how many precious souls have been damned right here! They seem to embrace repentance for a while. They give up their old companions and leave their places of sin—the bar, the dance floor, the harlot’s house. They seem to embrace Christ. They even preach, teach, and witness for Him. But because they are “stony-ground hearers” (Mar 4:5, 6; 16, 17), they only endure for a while. They begin to grow cold, gradually return-ing to their former ways. They go back to sin, back to what they had renounced. One by one they pick up the old sins and companions and return to the world. You see, their repentance was not perpetual: it did not spring from the new birth, but from the flesh. The Word of God describes them: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Sav-ior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” (2Pe 2:20-22). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In so many cases, going back is slow. Few go back all at once! First, they long for “liberty”: they search the Word of God to find out what liberty they have, so they can live as close to the world as possible. Then slowly they go back to this sin and that sin. Finally, they no longer have a witness for Christ, but ''only an outward pro-fession of faith''. Sin doesn’t bother them anymore. They neither hate it nor cry against it. They tell themselves that God no longer wants them to repent and hate sin. They think they’re in the way of life, yet sin doesn’t bother them anymore! So they turn back to those sins from which they had once turned saying, “We now have liberty to walk in these ways!” But oh, my friends, this is not liberty, but ''license'' to do what you’ve always wanted to do, ''license'' to walk in sin without restraint! You’ve played with fire and your heart is now hardened by the deceitfulness of sin! (Heb 3:12) &lt;br /&gt;
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Again I warn you, ''beware'' of repentance that does not ''continue!'' If it is not true Biblical repentance, your heart will again be satisfied with the garbage of the world: “He feedeth on ashes; a ''deceived heart'' hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?” (Isa 44:20). So never forget: true repentance is ''perpetual''. If you are truly converted, you will hate and forsake your sins for the rest of your life. And you will long to be holy, to be like Christ, and to please God. I ask, “Have you ever possessed the true Biblical repentance that God commands of all men?” &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is a Gift  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Now I must quickly add that ''repentance is a gift of grace'' worked in the heart by the power of God the Holy Spirit. Acts 11:18 tells us: “Then hath God also to the Gentiles ''granted repentance'' unto life.” The Holy Spirit shows us our sinful condition before God and makes us willing to renounce our hatred of God and His authority. And by His grace He gives us a desire to walk with Him in newness of life and holiness. &lt;br /&gt;
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As we have already seen, God commands us to repent because you and I are ''rebels against God'' by nature. ''Every'' man outside of Christ is a rebel against the Throne of God (Rom. 8:7). Because of our sinful nature we have determined to live our lives apart from God. So we must radically change our minds about living inde-pendently of Him. This displays itself in our crying after God to be ''Lord'' and ''Ruler'' of our lives! &lt;br /&gt;
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Because we have spit in His face, blasphemed His name, bowed down to the gods of gold and pleasure, spent His Day as we pleased, and walked in pride and arrogance against Him, God commands us to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. We must change our minds about pride and arrogance, about covetousness and worldly pleasure, and about walking in ''our'' way. We must cry out to Him to work His love and holiness in us. &lt;br /&gt;
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Yes, my friends, because we have not loved Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and have lav-ished our love on self and the world, God commands us to repent, trusting the Lord Jesus for the remission of our sins. For you see, true repentance takes ''self'' off the throne and enthrones ''Christ'' as Lord over every area of life. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Study Questions The Meaning of Repentance  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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1. What does God command every sinner to do? &lt;br /&gt;
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2. a. How would you have defined “repentance” before taking this course?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. How does the author define “repentance”? &lt;br /&gt;
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3. Please carefully read the paragraph about the Old Testament words for “repentance.” &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;a. What does nacham mean?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;b. What does shub mean?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;c. Read Psalm 51. Briefly, how would you describe repentance based on this Psalm?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;d. Finish this quotation: “There are two sides in understanding conversion, 1) the free sovereign act of God’s mercy and 2) man’s going beyond contrition and sorrow to a __________________ ____________________ ______ ______________ to God.” &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
4. Please carefully read the paragraph about the New Testament words for “repentance.” &lt;br /&gt;
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===== What repentance includes  =====&lt;br /&gt;
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5. In your own words, what are the four additional descriptions of true repentance (i.e., what does repentance include or lead to)? &lt;br /&gt;
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6. Why does God command “all men everywhere to repent”? &lt;br /&gt;
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8. Read Isaiah 55:6-7. Fill in the phrase in these verses which answers each of the following questions. &lt;br /&gt;
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12. What is the meaning of the statement “Biblical repentance is perpetual” (in your own words)? &lt;br /&gt;
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You see then, sinful man stands as a rebel against God’s government and authority. This is why our Lord Jesus came on the scene preaching, “''Repent'', for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mat 4:17). He commands ''every'' sinner to lay down his arms of rebellion and hoist the white flag of surrender to enter the Kingdom of God. In other words, a sinner has to ''change his mind about sin.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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This is exactly what it means to repent: ''a change of mind about sin and about God'', which results in ''turning from'' sin ''to God''. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Biblical vocabulary for repentance is truly rich. The theme of repentance is found throughout the en-tire Bible and its idea is expressed even when the word itself is not used. In the Old Testament, two Hebrew words, the verbs ''nacham'' and ''shub'', are often translated as ''repent. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' by Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson, and Stamm says ''nacham'' means “to be sorry, come to regret something, to repent” as in Job 42:6, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” In their ''Commentary on the Old Testament'', Keil and Delitzsch remark, “''Nacham'' is the exact expression for ''metanoeo'', the godly sorrow of repentance not to be repented of. He repents (sitting) on dust and ashes after the manner of those in deep grief.” Regarding ''shub'', which means “to turn,” the ''Theological Wordbook of the OT'' says, “The Bible is rich in idioms describing man’s responsibility in the process of repentance. Such phrases would in-clude the following: ‘incline your heart unto the Lord your God’ (Josh 24:23): ‘circumcise yourselves to the Lord’ (Jer 4:4); ‘wash your heart from wickedness’ (Jer 4:14); ‘break up your fallow ground’ (Hos 10:12) and so forth. All these expressions of man’s penitential activity, however, are subsumed and summarized by this one verb ''shub''. For better than any other verb it combines in itself the two requisites of repentance: to turn from evil and to turn to the good.” They conclude by saying, “To be sure, there is no systematic spelling out of the doctrine of repentance in the OT. It is illustrated (Ps 51) more than anything else. Yet the fact that people are called “to turn” either “to” or “away from” implies that sin is not an ineradicable stain, but by turning, a God-given power, a sinner can redirect his destiny. There are two sides in understanding conversion, the free sover-eign act of God’s mercy and man’s going beyond contrition and sorrow to a conscious decision of turning to God. The latter includes repudiation of all sin and affirmation of God’s total will for one’s life.” &lt;br /&gt;
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In the New Testament, three Greek words express repentance: the verbs ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'', and the noun ''metanoia''. 1) According to the ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' by Friberg, Friberg, and Miller, metanoeo is used “predominately of a religious and ethical change in the way one thinks about acts: repent, change one’s mind, be converted (Mat 3:2).” It can also express an emotional element: “as feeling re-morse regret, feel sorry (Luk 17:3, 4).” 2) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testamen and Other Early Christian Literature by Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, and Bauer says that ''metamelomai'' means to “feel regret, re-pent.” ''The Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament:'' Based on Semantic Domains by J.P. Louw and E.A. Nida says of ''metamelomai'' “to change one’s mind about something, with the probable implication of regret—‘to change one’s mind, to think differently.’” 3) “''Metanoia'' means “a change of mind that leads to a change of behavior.” Louw and Nida say of metanoeo and ''metanoia'', “To change one’s way of life as the result of a com-plete change of thought and attitude with regard to sin and righteousness—‘to repent, to change one’s way, repentance.’ ''metanoeo'': ‘And they went out, and preached that men should repent’ (Mar 6:12). ''metanoia'': ‘not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?’ (Rom 2:4). Though in English a focal compo-nent of repent is the sorrow or contrition that a person experiences because of sin, the emphasis in ''metanoeo'' and ''metanoia'' seems to be more specifically the total change, both in thought and behavior, with respect to how one should both think and act.” The importance of these definitions is that while the ''primary'' emphasis in re-pentance is on the change of mind that leads to a change of behavior, one cannot rule out the emotional element of regret or remorse. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== What Repentance Includes  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Therefore, to repent is a change of mind about sin and about God, which results in turning ''from'' sin ''to'' God. And what a turning it is! Repentance affects the whole life of a sinner. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes a sinner ''taking the blame for his sinful condition before God'' and siding with Him against himself. A penitant blames no one else for his condition, but rather condemns himself under God’s eternal wrath because he deserves it. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes ''sorrowing for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:10 says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of.” And Matthew 5:4 says, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com-forted.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance leads to ''confessing sin''. Hiding nothing, a sinner owns his sins and pours out his sinful heart to God. &lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, repentance leads to ''forsaking sin''. A repenting sinner determines not to return to it. So in Bib-lical repentance, a convicted and convinced sinner takes his place before God as justly condemned. He hates his sin, longing to be free from it. He sorrows over sin, determining not to return to it. And he shows that his repentance is real by walking in the pathway of righteousness and true holiness. “Bringing forth fruits for re-pentance” is evidence that a radical change has taken place in our lives (Mat 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance and Judgment  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In Acts 17:30 we read these words, “The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to ''repent''.” God says ''all'' men—not just the Gentiles, but ''all'' men, which includes every tongue, nation, tribe and people. And in v.31 we find out why God has commanded all men everywhere to re-pent: judgment is coming! ''“Repent!”'' God says, “The King is coming in judgment! Repent, if you value your never-dying soul!” Why? “Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained [Jesus Christ]; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” Yes, God commands that all men everywhere repent and bring forth fruit suit-able for repentance which is a holy life, or He will meet you in judgment ''without mercy!'' &lt;br /&gt;
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You see, God is ''sovereign'' in his salvation. He alone sets the terms by which He receives rebellious sinners into His kingdom. His Word does declare that He is loving, kind, merciful and gracious; but He is also holy and righteous. Therefore, He commands men to repent. Unless a rebellious sinner repents and believes the Gospel, there is no forgiveness. But praise His precious name; it is to this kind of sinner that He will look! The Lord says in Isaiah 66:2, “To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trem-bleth at my word.” Also, Psalm 51:17 tells us, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Praise the Lord! He will never turn away a repentant, believing sinner. Christ came to seek and to save just this type of sinner. Listen to Isaiah 55:6-7: “Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” You will note in these verses there is again a command for forsaking our way and turning unto God. Forsake your way and turn to God! &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is Perpetual  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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I must stress yet another truth: ''Biblical repentance is perpetual''—God’s child will repent till God takes him home. Repentance is a lasting mindset, a continuing abhorrence of evil. &lt;br /&gt;
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Oh how many precious souls have been damned right here! They seem to embrace repentance for a while. They give up their old companions and leave their places of sin—the bar, the dance floor, the harlot’s house. They seem to embrace Christ. They even preach, teach, and witness for Him. But because they are “stony-ground hearers” (Mar 4:5, 6; 16, 17), they only endure for a while. They begin to grow cold, gradually return-ing to their former ways. They go back to sin, back to what they had renounced. One by one they pick up the old sins and companions and return to the world. You see, their repentance was not perpetual: it did not spring from the new birth, but from the flesh. The Word of God describes them: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Sav-ior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” (2Pe 2:20-22). &amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In so many cases, going back is slow. Few go back all at once! First, they long for “liberty”: they search the Word of God to find out what liberty they have, so they can live as close to the world as possible. Then slowly they go back to this sin and that sin. Finally, they no longer have a witness for Christ, but ''only an outward pro-fession of faith''. Sin doesn’t bother them anymore. They neither hate it nor cry against it. They tell themselves that God no longer wants them to repent and hate sin. They think they’re in the way of life, yet sin doesn’t bother them anymore! So they turn back to those sins from which they had once turned saying, “We now have liberty to walk in these ways!” But oh, my friends, this is not liberty, but ''license'' to do what you’ve always wanted to do, ''license'' to walk in sin without restraint! You’ve played with fire and your heart is now hardened by the deceitfulness of sin! (Heb 3:12) &lt;br /&gt;
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Again I warn you, ''beware'' of repentance that does not ''continue!'' If it is not true Biblical repentance, your heart will again be satisfied with the garbage of the world: “He feedeth on ashes; a ''deceived heart'' hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?” (Isa 44:20). So never forget: true repentance is ''perpetual''. If you are truly converted, you will hate and forsake your sins for the rest of your life. And you will long to be holy, to be like Christ, and to please God. I ask, “Have you ever possessed the true Biblical repentance that God commands of all men?” &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance Is a Gift ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Now I must quickly add that ''repentance is a gift of grace'' worked in the heart by the power of God the Holy Spirit.  Acts 11:18 tells us: “Then hath God also to the Gentiles ''granted repentance'' unto life.” The Holy Spirit shows us our sinful condition before God and makes us willing to renounce our hatred of God and His authority. And by His grace He gives us a desire to walk with Him in newness of life and holiness.&lt;br /&gt;
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As we have already seen, God commands us to repent because you and I are ''rebels against God'' by nature. ''Every'' man outside of Christ is a rebel against the Throne of God (Rom. 8:7). Because of our sinful nature we have determined to live our lives apart from God. So we must radically change our minds about living inde-pendently of Him. This displays itself in our crying after God to be ''Lord'' and ''Ruler'' of our lives!&lt;br /&gt;
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Because we have spit in His face, blasphemed His name, bowed down to the gods of gold and pleasure, spent His Day as we pleased, and walked in pride and arrogance against Him, God commands us to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. We must change our minds about pride and arrogance, about covetousness and worldly pleasure, and about walking in ''our'' way. We must cry out to Him to work His love and holiness in us.&lt;br /&gt;
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Yes, my friends, because we have not loved Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and have lav-ished our love on self and the world, God commands us to repent, trusting the Lord Jesus for the remission of our sins. For you see, true repentance takes ''self'' off the throne and enthrones ''Christ'' as Lord over every area of life.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Repentance Defined  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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You see then, sinful man stands as a rebel against God’s government and authority. This is why our Lord Jesus came on the scene preaching, “''Repent'', for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mat 4:17). He commands ''every'' sinner to lay down his arms of rebellion and hoist the white flag of surrender to enter the Kingdom of God. In other words, a sinner has to ''change his mind about sin.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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This is exactly what it means to repent: ''a change of mind about sin and about God'', which results in ''turning from'' sin ''to God''. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Biblical vocabulary for repentance is truly rich. The theme of repentance is found throughout the en-tire Bible and its idea is expressed even when the word itself is not used. In the Old Testament, two Hebrew words, the verbs ''nacham'' and ''shub'', are often translated as ''repent. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' by Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson, and Stamm says ''nacham'' means “to be sorry, come to regret something, to repent” as in Job 42:6, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” In their ''Commentary on the Old Testament'', Keil and Delitzsch remark, “''Nacham'' is the exact expression for ''metanoeo'', the godly sorrow of repentance not to be repented of. He repents (sitting) on dust and ashes after the manner of those in deep grief.” Regarding ''shub'', which means “to turn,” the ''Theological Wordbook of the OT'' says, “The Bible is rich in idioms describing man’s responsibility in the process of repentance. Such phrases would in-clude the following: ‘incline your heart unto the Lord your God’ (Josh 24:23): ‘circumcise yourselves to the Lord’ (Jer 4:4); ‘wash your heart from wickedness’ (Jer 4:14); ‘break up your fallow ground’ (Hos 10:12) and so forth. All these expressions of man’s penitential activity, however, are subsumed and summarized by this one verb ''shub''. For better than any other verb it combines in itself the two requisites of repentance: to turn from evil and to turn to the good.” They conclude by saying, “To be sure, there is no systematic spelling out of the doctrine of repentance in the OT. It is illustrated (Ps 51) more than anything else. Yet the fact that people are called “to turn” either “to” or “away from” implies that sin is not an ineradicable stain, but by turning, a God-given power, a sinner can redirect his destiny. There are two sides in understanding conversion, the free sover-eign act of God’s mercy and man’s going beyond contrition and sorrow to a conscious decision of turning to God. The latter includes repudiation of all sin and affirmation of God’s total will for one’s life.” &lt;br /&gt;
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In the New Testament, three Greek words express repentance: the verbs ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'', and the noun ''metanoia''. 1) According to the ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' by Friberg, Friberg, and Miller, metanoeo is used “predominately of a religious and ethical change in the way one thinks about acts: repent, change one’s mind, be converted (Mat 3:2).” It can also express an emotional element: “as feeling re-morse regret, feel sorry (Luk 17:3, 4).” 2) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testamen and Other Early Christian Literature by Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, and Bauer says that ''metamelomai'' means to “feel regret, re-pent.” ''The Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament:'' Based on Semantic Domains by J.P. Louw and E.A. Nida says of ''metamelomai'' “to change one’s mind about something, with the probable implication of regret—‘to change one’s mind, to think differently.’” 3) “''Metanoia'' means “a change of mind that leads to a change of behavior.” Louw and Nida say of metanoeo and ''metanoia'', “To change one’s way of life as the result of a com-plete change of thought and attitude with regard to sin and righteousness—‘to repent, to change one’s way, repentance.’ ''metanoeo'': ‘And they went out, and preached that men should repent’ (Mar 6:12). ''metanoia'': ‘not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?’ (Rom 2:4). Though in English a focal compo-nent of repent is the sorrow or contrition that a person experiences because of sin, the emphasis in ''metanoeo'' and ''metanoia'' seems to be more specifically the total change, both in thought and behavior, with respect to how one should both think and act.” The importance of these definitions is that while the ''primary'' emphasis in re-pentance is on the change of mind that leads to a change of behavior, one cannot rule out the emotional element of regret or remorse. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== What Repentance Includes  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Therefore, to repent is a change of mind about sin and about God, which results in turning ''from'' sin ''to'' God. And what a turning it is! Repentance affects the whole life of a sinner. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes a sinner ''taking the blame for his sinful condition before God'' and siding with Him against himself. A penitant blames no one else for his condition, but rather condemns himself under God’s eternal wrath because he deserves it. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes ''sorrowing for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:10 says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of.” And Matthew 5:4 says, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com-forted.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance leads to ''confessing sin''. Hiding nothing, a sinner owns his sins and pours out his sinful heart to God. &lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, repentance leads to ''forsaking sin''. A repenting sinner determines not to return to it. So in Bib-lical repentance, a convicted and convinced sinner takes his place before God as justly condemned. He hates his sin, longing to be free from it. He sorrows over sin, determining not to return to it. And he shows that his repentance is real by walking in the pathway of righteousness and true holiness. “Bringing forth fruits for re-pentance” is evidence that a radical change has taken place in our lives (Mat 3:8). &lt;br /&gt;
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==== Repentance and Judgment  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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In Acts 17:30 we read these words, “The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to ''repent''.” God says ''all'' men—not just the Gentiles, but ''all'' men, which includes every tongue, nation, tribe and people. And in v.31 we find out why God has commanded all men everywhere to re-pent: judgment is coming! ''“Repent!”'' God says, “The King is coming in judgment! Repent, if you value your never-dying soul!” Why? “Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained [Jesus Christ]; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” Yes, God commands that all men everywhere repent and bring forth fruit suit-able for repentance which is a holy life, or He will meet you in judgment ''without mercy!'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You see, God is ''sovereign'' in his salvation. He alone sets the terms by which He receives rebellious sinners into His kingdom. His Word does declare that He is loving, kind, merciful and gracious; but He is also holy and righteous. Therefore, He commands men to repent. Unless a rebellious sinner repents and believes the Gospel, there is no forgiveness. But praise His precious name; it is to this kind of sinner that He will look! The Lord says in Isaiah 66:2, “To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trem-bleth at my word.” Also, Psalm 51:17 tells us, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Praise the Lord! He will never turn away a repentant, believing sinner. Christ came to seek and to save just this type of sinner. Listen to Isaiah 55:6-7: “Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” You will note in these verses there is again a command for forsaking our way and turning unto God. Forsake your way and turn to God! &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
==== Repentance Is Perpetual ====&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
I must stress yet another truth: ''Biblical repentance is perpetual''—God’s child will repent till God takes him home. Repentance is a lasting mindset, a continuing abhorrence of evil. &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Oh how many precious souls have been damned right here! They seem to embrace repentance for a while. They give up their old companions and leave their places of sin—the bar, the dance floor, the harlot’s house.  They seem to embrace Christ. They even preach, teach, and witness for Him. But because they are “stony-ground hearers” (Mar 4:5, 6; 16, 17), they only endure for a while. They begin to grow cold, gradually return-ing to their former ways. They go back to sin, back to what they had renounced. One by one they pick up the old sins and companions and return to the world. You see, their repentance was not perpetual: it did not spring from the new birth, but from the flesh. The Word of God describes them: &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Sav-ior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire” (2Pe 2:20-22).&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
In so many cases, going back is slow. Few go back all at once! First, they long for “liberty”: they search the Word of God to find out what liberty they have, so they can live as close to the world as possible. Then slowly they go back to this sin and that sin. Finally, they no longer have a witness for Christ, but ''only an outward pro-fession of faith''. Sin doesn’t bother them anymore. They neither hate it nor cry against it. They tell themselves that God no longer wants them to repent and hate sin. They think they’re in the way of life, yet sin doesn’t bother them anymore! So they turn back to those sins from which they had once turned saying, “We now have liberty to walk in these ways!” But oh, my friends, this is not liberty, but ''license'' to do what you’ve always wanted to do, ''license'' to walk in sin without restraint! You’ve played with fire and your heart is now hardened by the deceitfulness of sin! (Heb 3:12)&lt;br /&gt;
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Again I warn you, ''beware'' of repentance that does not ''continue!'' If it is not true Biblical repentance, your heart will again be satisfied with the garbage of the world: “He feedeth on ashes; a ''deceived heart'' hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?” (Isa 44:20). So never forget: true repentance is ''perpetual''. If you are truly converted, you will hate and forsake your sins for the rest of your life.  And you will long to be holy, to be like Christ, and to please God.&lt;br /&gt;
I ask, “Have you ever possessed the true Biblical repentance that God commands of all men?”&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Repentance Defined  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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You see then, sinful man stands as a rebel against God’s government and authority. This is why our Lord Jesus came on the scene preaching, “''Repent'', for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mat 4:17). He commands ''every'' sinner to lay down his arms of rebellion and hoist the white flag of surrender to enter the Kingdom of God. In other words, a sinner has to ''change his mind about sin.'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is exactly what it means to repent: ''a change of mind about sin and about God'', which results in ''turning from'' sin ''to God''. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Biblical vocabulary for repentance is truly rich. The theme of repentance is found throughout the en-tire Bible and its idea is expressed even when the word itself is not used. In the Old Testament, two Hebrew words, the verbs ''nacham'' and ''shub'', are often translated as ''repent. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' by Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson, and Stamm says ''nacham'' means “to be sorry, come to regret something, to repent” as in Job 42:6, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” In their ''Commentary on the Old Testament'', Keil and Delitzsch remark, “''Nacham'' is the exact expression for ''metanoeo'', the godly sorrow of repentance not to be repented of. He repents (sitting) on dust and ashes after the manner of those in deep grief.” Regarding ''shub'', which means “to turn,” the ''Theological Wordbook of the OT'' says, “The Bible is rich in idioms describing man’s responsibility in the process of repentance. Such phrases would in-clude the following: ‘incline your heart unto the Lord your God’ (Josh 24:23): ‘circumcise yourselves to the Lord’ (Jer 4:4); ‘wash your heart from wickedness’ (Jer 4:14); ‘break up your fallow ground’ (Hos 10:12) and so forth. All these expressions of man’s penitential activity, however, are subsumed and summarized by this one verb ''shub''. For better than any other verb it combines in itself the two requisites of repentance: to turn from evil and to turn to the good.” They conclude by saying, “To be sure, there is no systematic spelling out of the doctrine of repentance in the OT. It is illustrated (Ps 51) more than anything else. Yet the fact that people are called “to turn” either “to” or “away from” implies that sin is not an ineradicable stain, but by turning, a God-given power, a sinner can redirect his destiny. There are two sides in understanding conversion, the free sover-eign act of God’s mercy and man’s going beyond contrition and sorrow to a conscious decision of turning to God. The latter includes repudiation of all sin and affirmation of God’s total will for one’s life.” &lt;br /&gt;
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In the New Testament, three Greek words express repentance: the verbs ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'', and the noun ''metanoia''. 1) According to the ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' by Friberg, Friberg, and Miller, metanoeo is used “predominately of a religious and ethical change in the way one thinks about acts: repent, change one’s mind, be converted (Mat 3:2).” It can also express an emotional element: “as feeling re-morse regret, feel sorry (Luk 17:3, 4).” 2) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testamen and Other Early Christian Literature by Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, and Bauer says that ''metamelomai'' means to “feel regret, re-pent.” ''The Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament:'' Based on Semantic Domains by J.P. Louw and E.A. Nida says of ''metamelomai'' “to change one’s mind about something, with the probable implication of regret—‘to change one’s mind, to think differently.’” 3) “''Metanoia'' means “a change of mind that leads to a change of behavior.” Louw and Nida say of metanoeo and ''metanoia'', “To change one’s way of life as the result of a com-plete change of thought and attitude with regard to sin and righteousness—‘to repent, to change one’s way, repentance.’ ''metanoeo'': ‘And they went out, and preached that men should repent’ (Mar 6:12). ''metanoia'': ‘not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?’ (Rom 2:4). Though in English a focal compo-nent of repent is the sorrow or contrition that a person experiences because of sin, the emphasis in ''metanoeo'' and ''metanoia'' seems to be more specifically the total change, both in thought and behavior, with respect to how one should both think and act.” The importance of these definitions is that while the ''primary'' emphasis in re-pentance is on the change of mind that leads to a change of behavior, one cannot rule out the emotional element of regret or remorse. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== What Repentance Includes  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Therefore, to repent is a change of mind about sin and about God, which results in turning ''from'' sin ''to'' God. And what a turning it is! Repentance affects the whole life of a sinner. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance includes a sinner ''taking the blame for his sinful condition before God'' and siding with Him against himself. A penitant blames no one else for his condition, but rather condemns himself under God’s eternal wrath because he deserves it. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance includes ''sorrowing for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:10 says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of.” And Matthew 5:4 says, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com-forted.” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Repentance leads to ''confessing sin''. Hiding nothing, a sinner owns his sins and pours out his sinful heart to God. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, repentance leads to ''forsaking sin''. A repenting sinner determines not to return to it. So in Bib-lical repentance, a convicted and convinced sinner takes his place before God as justly condemned. He hates his sin, longing to be free from it. He sorrows over sin, determining not to return to it. And he shows that his repentance is real by walking in the pathway of righteousness and true holiness. “Bringing forth fruits for re-pentance” is evidence that a radical change has taken place in our lives (Mat 3:8).  &lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
==== Repentance and Judgment  ====&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Acts 17:30 we read these words, “The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to ''repent''.” God says ''all'' men—not just the Gentiles, but ''all'' men, which includes every tongue, nation, tribe and people. And in v.31 we find out why God has commanded all men everywhere to re-pent: judgment is coming! ''“Repent!”'' God says, “The King is coming in judgment! Repent, if you value your never-dying soul!” Why? “Because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained [Jesus Christ]; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” Yes, God commands that all men everywhere repent and bring forth fruit suit-able for repentance which is a holy life, or He will meet you in judgment ''without mercy!'' &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You see, God is ''sovereign'' in his salvation. He alone sets the terms by which He receives rebellious sinners into His kingdom. His Word does declare that He is loving, kind, merciful and gracious; but He is also holy and righteous. Therefore, He commands men to repent. Unless a rebellious sinner repents and believes the Gospel, there is no forgiveness. But praise His precious name; it is to this kind of sinner that He will look! The Lord says in Isaiah 66:2, “To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trem-bleth at my word.” Also, Psalm 51:17 tells us, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Praise the Lord! He will never turn away a repentant, believing sinner. Christ came to seek and to save just this type of sinner. Listen to Isaiah 55:6-7: “Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD; and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” You will note in these verses there is again a command for forsaking our way and turning unto God. Forsake your way and turn to God!&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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==== Repentance Defined  ====&lt;br /&gt;
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You see then, sinful man stands as a rebel against God’s government and authority. This is why our Lord Jesus came on the scene preaching, “''Repent'', for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mat 4:17). He commands ''every'' sinner to lay down his arms of rebellion and hoist the white flag of surrender to enter the Kingdom of God. In other words, a sinner has to ''change his mind about sin.'' &lt;br /&gt;
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This is exactly what it means to repent: ''a change of mind about sin and about God'', which results in ''turning from'' sin ''to God''. &lt;br /&gt;
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The Biblical vocabulary for repentance is truly rich. The theme of repentance is found throughout the en-tire Bible and its idea is expressed even when the word itself is not used. In the Old Testament, two Hebrew words, the verbs ''nacham'' and ''shub'', are often translated as ''repent. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament'' by Koehler, Baumgartner, Richardson, and Stamm says ''nacham'' means “to be sorry, come to regret something, to repent” as in Job 42:6, “Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” In their ''Commentary on the Old Testament'', Keil and Delitzsch remark, “''Nacham'' is the exact expression for ''metanoeo'', the godly sorrow of repentance not to be repented of. He repents (sitting) on dust and ashes after the manner of those in deep grief.” Regarding ''shub'', which means “to turn,” the ''Theological Wordbook of the OT'' says, “The Bible is rich in idioms describing man’s responsibility in the process of repentance. Such phrases would in-clude the following: ‘incline your heart unto the Lord your God’ (Josh 24:23): ‘circumcise yourselves to the Lord’ (Jer 4:4); ‘wash your heart from wickedness’ (Jer 4:14); ‘break up your fallow ground’ (Hos 10:12) and so forth. All these expressions of man’s penitential activity, however, are subsumed and summarized by this one verb ''shub''. For better than any other verb it combines in itself the two requisites of repentance: to turn from evil and to turn to the good.” They conclude by saying, “To be sure, there is no systematic spelling out of the doctrine of repentance in the OT. It is illustrated (Ps 51) more than anything else. Yet the fact that people are called “to turn” either “to” or “away from” implies that sin is not an ineradicable stain, but by turning, a God-given power, a sinner can redirect his destiny. There are two sides in understanding conversion, the free sover-eign act of God’s mercy and man’s going beyond contrition and sorrow to a conscious decision of turning to God. The latter includes repudiation of all sin and affirmation of God’s total will for one’s life.” &lt;br /&gt;
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In the New Testament, three Greek words express repentance: the verbs ''metanoeo'', ''metamelomai'', and the noun ''metanoia''. 1) According to the ''Analytical Lexicon of the Greek New Testament'' by Friberg, Friberg, and Miller, metanoeo is used “predominately of a religious and ethical change in the way one thinks about acts: repent, change one’s mind, be converted (Mat 3:2).” It can also express an emotional element: “as feeling re-morse regret, feel sorry (Luk 17:3, 4).” 2) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testamen and Other Early Christian Literature by Arndt, Gingrich, Danker, and Bauer says that ''metamelomai'' means to “feel regret, re-pent.” ''The Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament:'' Based on Semantic Domains by J.P. Louw and E.A. Nida says of ''metamelomai'' “to change one’s mind about something, with the probable implication of regret—‘to change one’s mind, to think differently.’” 3) “''Metanoia'' means “a change of mind that leads to a change of behavior.” Louw and Nida say of metanoeo and ''metanoia'', “To change one’s way of life as the result of a com-plete change of thought and attitude with regard to sin and righteousness—‘to repent, to change one’s way, repentance.’ ''metanoeo'': ‘And they went out, and preached that men should repent’ (Mar 6:12). ''metanoia'': ‘not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?’ (Rom 2:4). Though in English a focal compo-nent of repent is the sorrow or contrition that a person experiences because of sin, the emphasis in ''metanoeo'' and ''metanoia'' seems to be more specifically the total change, both in thought and behavior, with respect to how one should both think and act.” The importance of these definitions is that while the ''primary'' emphasis in re-pentance is on the change of mind that leads to a change of behavior, one cannot rule out the emotional element of regret or remorse. &lt;br /&gt;
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==== What Repentance Includes ====&lt;br /&gt;
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Therefore, to repent is a change of mind about sin and about God, which results in turning ''from'' sin ''to'' God. And what a turning it is! Repentance affects the whole life of a sinner. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes a sinner ''taking the blame for his sinful condition before God'' and siding with Him against himself. A penitant blames no one else for his condition, but rather condemns himself under God’s eternal wrath because he deserves it. &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance includes ''sorrowing for sin''. 2 Corinthians 7:10 says that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of.” And Matthew 5:4 says, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be com-forted.” &lt;br /&gt;
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Repentance leads to ''confessing sin''. Hiding nothing, a sinner owns his sins and pours out his sinful heart to God. &lt;br /&gt;
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Furthermore, repentance leads to ''forsaking sin''. A repenting sinner determines not to return to it. So in Bib-lical repentance, a convicted and convinced sinner takes his place before God as justly condemned.  He hates his sin, longing to be free from it.  He sorrows over sin, determining not to return to it. And he shows that his repentance is real by walking in the pathway of righteousness and true holiness. “Bringing forth fruits for re-pentance” is evidence that a radical change has taken place in our lives (Mat 3:8).&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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