There are 35 NT scriptures that require repentance before salvation!
Authors: Johnson and Pearl, Bible teachers and founders of:
The Pure Gospel and Revival website
www.repent-pray-revival.org
Easy Believism is totally unbiblical!
Luke 24:47 Jesus said, “and that repentance [necessary] for forgiveness of sins would be preached in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.” (Luke 24:47 Amplified Bible)
“The Lord Jesus clearly said that “repentance is necessary for the forgiveness of sins” and that it must be preached to all nations. So for those cowardly pastors that dilute the gospel and “take away repentance” from the word of God, God will surely “take away” his part out of the book of life.” See Deut 12:32, Rev 22:19. – Johnson and Pearl
The Bible says one must repent before he can be truly saved. In other words, you must repent before you can be justified by faith! One must first fully repent before he can be baptized in water and become a true Christian. One must first fully repent and take up his cross daily to follow Jesus BEFORE he can be truly saved and become a born-again Christian!
In other words, repentance precedes justification by faith! You must truly repent before you can be truly saved!
There are 35 NT scriptures that require repentance before salvation
(Matt 3:2; Matt 3:8; Matt 3:11, Matt 4:17; Matt 9:13; Matt 11:20; Matt 11:21; Matt 12:41; Mark 1:4; Mark 1:15; Mark 2:17; Mark 6:12; Luke 3:3; Luke 3:8; Luke 5:32, Luke 9:23; Luke 9:23;; Luke 10:13; Luke 11:32; Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5; Luke 15:7; Luke 16:30; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 5:31; Acts 11:18; Acts 13:24; Acts 17:30; Acts 19:4; Acts 20:21; Acts 26:20; Rom 2:4; Rom 2:5; 2 Peter 3:9)
These 35 New Testament scriptures prove that: everyone has to repent before he/she can be truly saved. You have to repent before you can be justified by faith. The Bible never said that “you don’t need to repent, just believe in God and Jesus, and you can be saved.”
Btw, Easy Believism is totally unbiblical!
James 2:19 NIV
“You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
James 2:19 New King James Version
You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble!
Take a closer look at this verse.
Demons believe in one God and Jesus too and they even tremble but that doesn’t make them Christians!
Just believing in God alone does NOT turn you into a true Christian!
The Bible clearly says, one must REPENT and believe in the (pure) gospel of Jesus Christ BEFORE he can be truly saved.
Today, many churches pull scriptures out of context, and independently emphasize a few scriptures that “look as if repentance is not necessary before salvation", such as John 3:16, Romans 10:9, Mark 16:16, John 1:12, Acts 2:21. So, if you twist the Bible, you can at most find 5 scriptures that “look as if repentance is not necessary before salvation". Even so, there are 35 New Testament scriptures that prove: one must first repent, then can he be justified by faith.
Anyways, 35 is still more than 5! That is just simple math.
In other words, repentance precedes justification by faith! You must truly repent before you can be truly saved!
Sadly, many churches today dilute the gospel. They would only tell you 5 scriptures that “look as if repentance is not necessary before salvation". However, they will NOT tell you of the 35 New Testament scriptures that prove: one must first repent, then can he be justified by faith. You must truly repent before you can be truly saved!
Today, even if 350 gospel-diluting pastors pronounced you as “saved", but the fact is, you were probably never saved in the first place. You are still a false Christian (or, fake Christian) bound by sin. And God knows the truth.
Jesus said: “except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.” (Luke 13:3,5) Jesus also said: “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” (Luke 15:10)
If you have not repented, heaven have not rejoiced for you, because you are NOT saved yet!
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