Bible Question: can there be forgiveness of sins without true repentance? Please give scripture with your answer. |
Bible Answer: Charlesey, I don't think that one proof text is ever going to finally settle this question, but let me attempt to help out. First, a proof text! Luke 13:1-5 tells us pretty clearly that repentance is required. Second, a bit of biblical context. Many places in scripture assume repentance and rather discuss what is actually the thing that connects us to Christ. The answer to that is faith. Some old theologians might call faith the appropriating organ, what they meant was that while faith is never alone, faith alone is the only event upon which we are justified. One really good excerice is to do a search on an bible software for the word repentance and repent. This will quickly give you a sense of the necessity of repentance. We are saved by embracing Christ's sacrificial death for our sins through FAITH. But Christ is offerred as such to REPENTANT sinners. Third, a seriously good resource on these are John MacArthur's books "The Gospel According to Jesus" and "The Gospel According to the Apostles". Hope this helps. In Christ, Beja |
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