Subject: Are these essentials for Salvation? |
Bible Note: It seems what you suggest falls short of true repentance, at least, as I read it from the Bible (see verses #167082). Genuine repentance requires obedience for it to be real. Godly repentance assumes the obedience has been rendered. True repentance does involve emotional and volitional changes as you suggested. That voltional change is deciding to cease being disobedient to God and being obedient; without "fruits of repentance" there is no genuine repentance. No one suggested it is a one time event and because one may continually fall into a specific sin, that in itself does nto mean there is no repentance. I don't understand your comment, "If obedience is repentance then there is no need for repentance once we do repent because we are obedient and you and I both know that is not the case". Repentance assumes disobedience. And, as I stated, maybe repentance is not obedience but it's genuiness of repentance is demonstarted through obedience. As I stated earlier, To "believe with your heart" is to repent; obedience to God is the "bringing of fruit worthy of repentance". |