REPENTANCE
© Rosemary Bardsley 2016
THE MEANING OF REPENTANCE
Greek: metanoeo - I change my mind.
A reversal of Genesis 3 [compare also Isaiah 31:6]
Examples of repentance:
Job: 42:1-6
Isaiah: 6:1-5
Peter: Luke 5:8
Tax collector: Luke 18:13,14
Paul: Acts 9:1-6,20,21
THE BASIS OF REPENTANCE
The fact of the kingdom of God:
Matthew 3:2
Mark 1:4
Luke 3:3
Matthew 4:17
Mark 1:14-15
The person and work of Christ:
Acts 2:14-38 [especially verse 38]
Acts 3:12-19
The available mercy of God:
Isaiah 55:6,7
Deuteronomy 4:29-31
Psalm 27:8-10
Jeremiah 3:1,7,12-15,22
Jeremiah 29:10-14
Psalm 130:3,4
Amos 5:4-8,12-15
THE SOURCE OF REPENTANCE
The activity of God:
Psalm 85:1-7
Jeremiah 31:18,19
Lamentations 5:21
Acts 5:29-31
Acts 3:26
Acts 11:18
Romans 2:4
2Timothy 2:25
The will of God:
Ezekiel 18:30-32
Ezekiel 33:11
Isaiah 30:18
2Peter 3:9
THE ALTERNATIVE TO REPENTANCE
Jeremiah 44:4-6
Ezekiel 33:11
2Peter 3:9
Proverbs 1:24-33
A PARABLE OF REPENTANCE
Luke 15:11-32