Jonathan, I believe that repentance
requires (1) humbly admitting your sin, (2) turning from it to righteousness.
Izzy (PS Ryrie is a liberal translation of the Bible. No wonder you like it.) From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hughes Jonathan This could be a good time to make a
few random comments on repentance. A few days ago Terry asked John
why the outline of parts of his faith didn't include the word repentance.
Most people on this forum believe that repentance is necessary for salvation;
they see it as a necessary step or condition for God to do His act of
justification in our hearts. Some may find it interesting to note that
John's gospel does not use the word 'repent' once. The concept of
repentance is completely absent. Now John states that the purpose of his
gospel is to bring people to faith in Christ (John 20:31). Knowing this
is his purpose we must ask ourselves why John doesn't use the concept of
repentance to illustrate the nature of the gospel. Instead John uses the
concept of belief. Here is Charles Ryrie regarding the absence of
repentance in the book of John: "And yet John surely had many
opportunities to use it in the events of our Lord’s life which he recorded. It
would have been most appropriate to use repent
or repentance in the account of
the Lord’s conversation with Nicodemus. But believe
is the word used (John 3:12, 15). So, If Nicodemus needed to repent, believe must be a synonym; else how could
the Lord have failed to use the word repent
when talking to him? To the Samaritan harlot, Christ did not say repent. He
told her to ask (John 4:10), and when her testimony and the Lord’s spread to
other Samaritans, John recorded not that they repented but that they believed
(vss. 39, 41-42). There are about fifty more occurrences of “believe” or
“faith” in the Gospel of John, but not one use of “repent.” The climax is John
20:31: “These have been written that you may believe . . . and that believing
you may have life in His name.” (Charles C. Ryrie, So Great Salvation, Victor Books, p. 98)." The Greek word for repentance is
'metanoia' which means 'a change of mind'. It represents a 180 degree
turn in the opposite direction. What it does not include is what many of
us add to the concept of repentance which is - feeling sorry for something we have
done. The fact that we equate 'feeling sorry' with repentance illustrates
how we have integrated the Roman Catholic doctrine of penitence with
repentance. Repentance, New Testament style, is belief or faith. It
is God breaking into our fallen minds, transforming them so that
we are able to become free. We must always keep in mind who the
author and finisher of our faith is: Jesus Christ. He who began the good
work in us is faithful to complete it. No act (repentance, belief, faith,
baptism, circumcision, obedience) of our own can save us. It is God and
God only who saves. We are given the grace to respond. I think it would be worthwhile to
extrapolate these thoughts to a discussion of what occurs in forgiveness since
repentance and forgiveness are often closely linked in our minds. For further research on the Greek words
for repentance please see the following article: http://www.faithalone.org/journal/1989ii/Wilkin.html. Jonathan Hughes From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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