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Ephesians 2:8-9, Repentance, and Baptism ↗
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In Search of the Lord’s Way
"Repentance" ↗
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The Truth About Repentance | God's Plan for Saving Man ↗
A WVBS lesson examining repentance with Bible passages and practical examples.
Gospel Broadcasting Network
Preaching that ENCOURAGES Repentance ↗
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Gospel Broadcasting Network
Fabric of Family - Episode 339 - Repentance and the Family ↗
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Gospel Broadcasting Network
The Salvation of God: Repentance ↗
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Gospel Broadcasting Network
Preaching the Gospel with Cliff Goodwin - 935 - Sin, Repentance, and Forgiveness ↗
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Gospel Broadcasting Network
A Call to Repentance for America - Rick Lawson (Capital Hill Campaign) ↗
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Gospel Broadcasting Network
Is Repentance a Command? ↗
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Gospel Broadcasting Network
Definition of Repentance | The Authentic Christian Podcast ↗
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Repentance — Topic Study
Examine the call to repent, godly sorrow, and the changed direction repentance produces.
Forgiveness — Topic Study
Study forgiveness through Christ, confession of sin, repentance, and the duty to forgive others.
Articles & Website Content
John’s Baptism and Christ’s Baptism: What Changed?
Mark 1:4 and Luke 3:3 explicitly connect John’s baptism with remission of sins. Why, then, were the men in Acts 19 baptized in Jesus’ name? This KJV study examines the covenant change,…
What Does Biblical Hospitality Look Like?
What do Abraham, Lot, Lydia, Levi, Gaius, and Diotrephes teach us about hospitality? This KJV study examines receiving strangers—including those who entertained angels unawares—sharing available resources, including overlooked people, and serving willingly.…
WHY WAIT TO DO WHAT GOD HAS COMMANDED?
Knowing God’s will calls for a faithful response. This KJV study examines hearing His word, understanding His will, submitting to Christ’s authority, acting in faith, and continuing in obedience—and the danger of…
Hearing Is Only the Beginning
Hearing God’s Word is essential, but Scripture calls us to respond. Examine the connected teachings concerning faith, repentance, confession, baptism, practical obedience, and continuing faithfully in Christ.
What Does It Mean to Repent?
Repentance involves more than feeling sorry. Compare seven biblical teachings about hearing God’s Word, recognizing sin, godly sorrow, turning from wrongdoing, bringing forth fruit, obeying the gospel, and continuing faithfully.
How Should Christians Receive Correction?
A teachable heart listens carefully, examines correction by Scripture, receives the truth, turns from wrong, and puts God’s Word into practice.
HOW DO CHRISTIANS RESIST TEMPTATION?
Compare Jesus’s example with apostolic instructions to recognize temptation, resist the devil, and respond faithfully to God’s Word.
HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS PRAY?
Compare Jesus’s teaching with the apostles’ instructions to understand reverence, God’s will, thanksgiving, forgiveness, and persistence in prayer.
HOW DO WE RESTORE A BROTHER?
Compare Matthew 18 with apostolic instructions to understand correction, local congregational responsibility, discipline, and loving restoration.
HOW DOES THE CHURCH REMAIN FAITHFUL?
Faithfulness requires more than a congregation’s name or history. Follow the repeated biblical pattern of examining teaching, holding fast to truth, and practicing God’s Word.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE MEAN BY “CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD”?
Many people have heard Romans 10:13 quoted: “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13, KJV) From that verse, some conclude that a […]
DOES JESUS REQUIRE US TO FORGIVE OTHERS?
Most people want God’s forgiveness. We want God to forgive our sins. We want mercy when we fail. We want grace when we fall short. But Jesus repeatedly connected receiving […]
GOD WARNS BEFORE JUDGMENT
Before God brings judgment, He repeatedly gives warning and opportunity to repent. That pattern can be seen throughout Scripture. BEFORE THE FLOOD — GOD WARNED The world had become corrupt […]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE “BORN AGAIN”?
The expression “born again” is familiar to almost everyone who has heard the gospel. People sometimes use it to describe having a religious experience, accepting Jesus into their heart, beginning […]
MUST A PERSON CONFESS JESUS CHRIST TO BE SAVED?
The New Testament repeatedly connects faith in Jesus Christ with openly confessing Him. Yet confession is sometimes treated as though it were merely something Christians do after they have already […]
MUST A PERSON REPENT TO BE SAVED?
Repentance is sometimes treated as though it were merely a change in attitude that naturally follows salvation. But when we examine the New Testament, repentance is repeatedly connected with forgiveness, […]
CAN A PERSON BE SAVED BY FAITH ONLY?
Many people have been taught that a person is saved at the moment he believes in Jesus Christ and that nothing further is required. The expression commonly used is: “SALVATION […]
WHY BAPTISM IS NOT A WORK OF HUMAN MERIT
One of the most common objections to baptism for the remission of sins is this: “Baptism is a work, and we are not saved by works.” The Bible certainly teaches […]
THE BIBLICAL PATTERN FOR SALVATION
God has not left mankind to guess about salvation. Throughout the New Testament, we find a clear and consistent pattern showing how a sinner comes to Christ and how a […]
Bible Studies
The Biblical Pattern is dedicated to examining God’s Word in its proper context and allowing Scripture to interpret Scripture. These studies are organized to help readers examine what the Bible […]
About the Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE AUTHOR KEVIN L. WALKER Kevin L. Walker is a Christian, husband, father, grandfather, United States Navy veteran, retired Senior Chief Petty Officer, businessman, Bible teacher, […]
Scriptural Answers — False Doctrine Refuted
Does a sinner’s prayer replace the gospel response?
Prayer matters, but the conversion accounts give specific instructions to hearers seeking forgiveness.
Is repentance unnecessary for salvation?
Jesus and His apostles call sinners to repent; repentance is part of the gospel response.
Does the New Testament place salvation before baptism?
The narrated conversions join faith, repentance, baptism, and the Lord’s promise.
Are church of Christ teachings contrary to the gospel?
Examine the particular claims about the church, faith, and baptism by reading the relevant New Testament passages in context. This is an original response; the outside article is not reproduced.
Did Christ die only for a preselected few?
First Timothy 2 joins God’s desire for all to be saved with Christ’s ransom for all. Hebrews 2:9 says that Jesus tasted death for every man. These statements must not be narrowed by a system that excludes most people from the provision itself.
Will everyone be saved regardless of repentance and obedience?
God desires people to be saved, and Christ’s sacrifice is sufficient for all. Scripture nevertheless warns of judgment and calls people to repent. A gracious invitation must not be confused with a promise that rejection has no consequence.
The rock, confession, and foundation of the church
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Preaching repentance and baptism and impartiality
Baptism and conversion
Repentance and the claim that the passage concerns only believers
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Belief, repentance, confession, baptism, and the objection to dipped or damned
Baptism and conversion
Infants, faith, repentance, confession, and sin
Baptism and conversion
The original reply about Judas, forgiveness, and judgment after death
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
The original exchange about last-moment repentance and the thief
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
The reply to the suggested possibility of Judas’ private repentance
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Repentance distinguished from faith and mere sorrow
Faith, grace, and obedience
The original reply to the deathbed-sin and forgiveness questions
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Petros, petra, and the confession that Jesus is the Son of God
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Salvation through water, baptism, and repentance
Baptism and conversion
The complete reply on repentance, confession, and baptism before forgiveness
Baptism and conversion
The reply about priests and the power to forgive sins
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Confession of sin and the gospel’s saving power
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Initial forgiveness distinguished from sin after becoming a Christian
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
The original explanation of repentance and salvation in the marriage case
Faith, grace, and obedience
Original clarification: reconciliation with the first wife was not required for forgiveness
Repentance, confession, and forgiveness
Book 1: Index of Subjects & Scripture Index
Darkness Still Does Not Produce Repentance
Index of Subjects · D · earlier manuscript pages (not verified for current revision): 301–314
Judgment Does Not Eliminate the Call to Repentance
Index of Subjects · J · earlier manuscript pages (not verified for current revision): 1–9
Warning, Hardness, and Repentance
Index of Subjects · W · earlier manuscript pages (not verified for current revision): 204–214
La Vista Church of Christ Answers — 36 matches
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How can you repent before being forgiven? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: How can you repent before being forgiven.
How can I gain true repentance? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: How can I gain true repentance?
Is it repentance if I sin just this once and never do it again? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Is it repentance if I sin just this once and never do it again?
Do you need to be baptized again after falling away and returning? ↗
A reader asks whether a Christian who falls away must be baptized again after repentance and also asks about the different baptisms mentioned in the New Testament.
Should we marry or separate? ↗
Repentance after fornication, trust, forgiveness, and whether a couple should marry or separate.
Does baptism give continual cleansing? ↗
A Christian troubled about the sincerity of an earlier baptism asks whether baptism itself provides continual cleansing and whether lack of repentance at the time would invalidate it.
How do I know that a slip was not due to a lack of repentance? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: How do I know that a slip was not due to a lack of repentance?
Can there be repentance without confession? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Can there be repentance without confession?
How can a true Christian fornicate after repentance? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: How can a true Christian fornicate after repentance?
Should I marry someone who has not repented of the sins we committed? ↗
Repentance, fornication, shared faith, and questions to consider before marriage.
Is my repentance too late? Am I lost forever? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Is my repentance too late? Am I lost forever?
Is repentance required before baptism? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Is repentance required before baptism?
How can we be given grace without repentance? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: How can we be given grace without repentance?
Why can’t I feel repentance? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Why can’t I feel repentance?
Would confession and repentance remove the death penalty under the Old Testament? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Would confession and repentance remove the death penalty under the Old Testament?
I keep going back into my old sins. Do I need to be baptized again? ↗
A reader worries that returning quickly to an old sin proves repentance before baptism was not genuine and asks whether another baptism is necessary.
Does this mean I must end my marriage? ↗
Repentance, adultery, and what must change when a marriage itself is unlawful.
Why don’t I feel forgiven? ↗
Forgiveness as God’s verdict rather than a feeling, with repentance and covenant faithfulness in view.
Thank you for talking about repentance and forgiveness ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Thank you for talking about repentance and forgiveness
Do we die to sin at the point of repentance? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Do we die to sin at the point of repentance?
How do I know my repentance is genuine? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: How do I know my repentance is genuine?
Thank you for the information on forgiveness and repentance ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: Thank you for the information on forgiveness and repentance
How much repentance is needed before baptism? ↗
A La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource addressing: How much repentance is needed before baptism?
Do I need to fix all my past sins in order to repent? Must I confess sins I did years ago before the church? ↗
La Vista Church of Christ question-and-answer resource.
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AUTHORITY/ONLY TWO POSSIBLE SOURCES
AUTHORITY/ONLY TWO POSSIBLE SOURCES: Matt 21:23-27
BAPTISM
Baptism The necessary dipping or immersing of a believing penitent person in water in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins. Baptism is the means by which one unites…
BAPTISM/IMMERSION
BAPTISM/IMMERSION: Acts 8:38; 22:16; Rom 6:3-5; Col 2:11-13
BAPTISM/SAVES
BAPTISM/SAVES: Read 1 Cor 12:13; Mk 16:16; 1 Pet 3:21
BAPTISM/SUBJECTS
BAPTISM/SUBJECTS (infants are excluded): Mk 16:15-16; Acts 2:38; 8:36-37
Christian
Christian One who belongs to Christ and thus follows Him. The word was first used in Antioch a few years after Jesus' resurrection and the beginning of the church (Acts 11:26). Surprisingly,…
Confession of Sin
Confession of Sin The admission that one has sinned, whether one does it privately or publicly. The Christian confesses his sin and prays that God will forgive him (Jas 5:15,16; 1 Jn…
Conversion
Conversion The turning away from the world or worldly religions and sin to Christianity. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with "repentance." Conversion to Christianity is not complete, however, until one is…
Conviction
DEATHBED REPENTANCE
DEATHBED REPENTANCE: Psa 103:8-18; Prov 1:24-31, Prov 21:13, Prov 28:9; 1 Sam 8:7-18; Jer 11:9-14; Jer 14:10-12; Ezek 8:17; Isa 55:6; Hos 5:5-6; Zec 7:9-13; Jn 12:32; Rom 2:4-5; 2 Cor 5:14-15;…
Denominational Doctrines
Denominational Doctrines
DENOMINATIONALISM CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURES
DENOMINATIONALISM CONTRARY TO THE SCRIPTURES: Jn 17:20-23; 1 Cor 1:10-13; Eph 4:4-6; Rom 16:16
Faith
Faith Personal belief and trust in a person or an idea, such that loss will be inevitable if the object of faith proves untrustworthy. Christian faith in Jesus is therefore more than…
FAITH ONLY
FAITH ONLY? Jas 1:20-25, Jas 2:14-26; Jn 12:42-43; Matt 7:21; Rom 6:17
Gospel
Gospel (lit., "good news") The good news message of what God has lovingly and graciously done for man through Jesus Christ, who has died for the forgiveness of our sins and rose…
Gospel — Salvation Response
Gospel — Salvation Response Scripture calls every sinner to repentance and transformation in Christ. First Corinthians 6 lists several forms of sinful conduct, including sexual sins, and then tells converted Christians, 'such…
Grace / Does Not Cover Unrepented Sin
Grace / Does Not Cover Unrepented Sin Scripture calls every sinner to repentance and transformation in Christ. First Corinthians 6 lists several forms of sinful conduct, including sexual sins, and then tells…
INFANT BAPTISM
INFANT BAPTISM: Ezek 28:15, Ezek 18:20; Deut 1:39.
Making Restitution
Repentance should attend to the harm done as well as the words spoken. Zacchaeus' response illustrates a willingness to address dishonest gain.
Miracle
Miracle A mighty work, beyond the normal functioning of nature and beyond the ability of man. Miracles evoke awe and amazement. Their purpose is twofold: to evoke faith in those who acknowledge…
Once Saved, Always Saved
Once Saved, Always Saved The unscriptural, Calvinist doctrine that once a predestined child of God has been saved, he cannot for any reason thereafter be lost.
Penance
Penance In Catholic and Orthodox belief, the performance of an assigned duty in restitution for sin. It is held to be a sacrament, and absolution of guilt may be made dependent on…
Penitent
Rebuilding Trust
Trustworthiness is shown through faithful conduct over time. Repentance should bear fruit; an expression of regret is not a substitute for changed behavior.
Religion
Remorse
Renewal
Renewal The return to a deeper Christian faith and life on the part of a person or a community. Renewal is found in prayer and Bible study, so that a person may…
Repentance
REPENTANCE/FRUITS
REPENTANCE/FRUITS: Matt 3:8-10; Acts 26:20
REPENTANCE/GENUINE
REPENTANCE/GENUINE: 2 Cor 7:10-11; Matt 21:29
Resource Library
Do you need to be baptized again after falling away and returning?
A reader asks whether a Christian who falls away must be baptized again after repentance and also asks about the different baptisms mentioned in the New Testament.
Should we marry or separate?
Repentance after fornication, trust, forgiveness, and whether a couple should marry or separate.
Does baptism give continual cleansing?
A Christian troubled about the sincerity of an earlier baptism asks whether baptism itself provides continual cleansing and whether lack of repentance at the time would invalidate it.
Do you all believe the only way to be saved is through baptism?
A reader asks whether baptism is being treated as the only thing involved in salvation. The answer distinguishes earning salvation from obeying God’s covenant terms and connects baptism with faith in God’s working.
Should I marry someone who has not repented of the sins we committed?
Repentance, fornication, shared faith, and questions to consider before marriage.
I keep going back into my old sins. Do I need to be baptized again?
A reader worries that returning quickly to an old sin proves repentance before baptism was not genuine and asks whether another baptism is necessary.
Does this mean I must end my marriage?
Repentance, adultery, and what must change when a marriage itself is unlawful.
Why don’t I feel forgiven?
Forgiveness as God’s verdict rather than a feeling, with repentance and covenant faithfulness in view.
Am I doing the right thing by getting baptized again after being baptized as a child?
A reader baptized as a toddler in the Catholic Church asks whether being baptized as a believing adult is the right course and who may administer baptism.
Can anyone be forgiven?
The availability of forgiveness, repentance, and warnings about sins that harden people against returning to God.