{"id":5533,"date":"2015-07-13T16:40:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T13:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=5533"},"modified":"2016-01-02T12:16:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T10:16:59","slug":"57-five-misconceptions-about-repentance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/57-five-misconceptions-about-repentance\/","title":{"rendered":"#57 Five Misconceptions about Repentance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">Could you\u00a0be making one of these mistakes in your understanding of what\u00a0repentance is?<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/podcast-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Now Is the Time <\/a>I talk about 5 misconceptions about repentance and I explain what Biblical repentance really is.<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_57.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F57-five-misconceptions-about-repentance%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_57.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=5533-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_57.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_57.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 21:58 &#8212; 20.1MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('5533-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_5533-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_5533-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_57.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F57-five-misconceptions-about-repentance%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-4&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\/id658436314?mt=2&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10l9ET\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/now-is-the-time\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0are also great ways to catch this podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<h2 align=\"left\">\u00a0News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We are just finishing up our first online course &#8220;Principles and Methods of Bible Study&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Praise God for students from 5 different countries!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our next online course is Old-Testament Survey.We have been working hard to get it ready in the online format and in just a few weeks it should be completely ready to go.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Please pray for us as we put the finishing touches on this courses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>We will start work on translation of our third course (Spiritual Formation) very soon.\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pray for these courses and <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/online-theological-training-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">learn more about them here.<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Naomi recently returned from a ministry trip to two orphanages. She went with a group from our church.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pray for the lives of those orphans who our team ministered to.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Our church will be doing church camp this month and I&#8217;ll be speaking during a couple of the evening sessions.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pray for a successful church camp and for me as I lead the evening sessions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A big &#8220;Thank you&#8221; to those who donated towards our van repair. The van is running again!\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pray that our vehicle would be reliable and safe.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 align=\"left\">5 Misconceptions about repentance.<\/h2>\n<h3 align=\"left\">1. Repentance is a one-time thing.<\/h3>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p>Jesus began his public ministry by calling people to\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Repent and believe&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Mark 1:15. These verbs are in the present imperative and could be translated, &#8220;Be repenting and be believing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther said it well when he penned his 95 theses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"left\">&#8220;When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, &#8216;Repent&#8217; (Mt 4:17), he willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance&#8221; -Martin Luther<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 align=\"left\">2. Repentance is when I feel really bad about what I did.<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"left\">&#8220;Sense of guilt is enough to breed terror. Infusion of grace breeds repentance. If pain and trouble were sufficient to repentance, then the damned in hell should be most penitent, for they are most in anguish. Repentance depends upon a change of heart. There may be terror, yet with no change of heart.&#8221; -Thomas Watson<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 align=\"left\">3. Repentance as a means of self-atonement.<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"left\">&#8220;The tears of repentance wash away no sins. It is bad theology to say that they do. That is the office, that the work of the blood of Christ alone.&#8221; J.C. Ryles<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<h3>4. Repentance is a vow to change my life.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Yet, again, it is possible for men to progress even further than this, and positively to\u00a0humble themselves under the hand of God, and yet they may be total strangers to repentance.\u00a0Their goodness is not like the morning cloud and the early dew that passeth away, but when the sermon is heard they go home and commence what they conceive to be the work of repentance, they renounce certain vices and follies, they clothe themselves in sack-cloth, their tears flow very freely on account of what they have done; they weep before God; and yet with all that, their repentance is but a temporary repentance, and they go back to their sins again.&#8221; -C.H. Spurgeon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>5. Repentance must be done during the &#8220;altar call.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Throughout Scripture the call to repent and believe is given regardless of time or place.<\/p>\n<p>-The Ethiopian\u00a0Eunuch\u00a0repented along-side a dusty road between Jerusalem and Gaza. (Acts 8:26-38<br \/>\n-Paul himself repented on the road to Damascus. (Acts 9)<br \/>\n-Cornelius repented in his home. (Acts 10:44-48)<br \/>\n-Lydia repented by the river. (Acts 16:13-15)<br \/>\n-Paul called the Philippian jailer to repentance in the middle of the night in a crumbling\u00a0jail-house, (Acts 16:26-32)<\/p>\n<p>There is never a good reason to put off repentance. It is the deception of the Devil to think that you must repent in a certain place or wait for a certain time. The call to repentance in the Bible is always immediate.<\/p>\n<h2>II. What is repentance?<\/h2>\n<p>The main Greek word &#8220;Metanoe&#8221; is used 60x in the NT. It&#8217;s basic meaning is &#8220;To change the mind&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Spurgeon tells us;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;To repent does mean a change of mind; but then it is a thorough change of the understanding and all that is in the mind, so that it includes an illumination, an illumination of the Holy Spirit; and I think it includes a discovery of iniquity and a hatred of it, without which there can hardly be a genuine repentance.&#8221; -C.H. Spurgeon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Biblical repentance describes a change in core beliefs and understandings. This change in thought disturbs the very essence of who we are. It is a change in world-view, it is a change in our understanding of God and our\u00a0perception\u00a0of self.<\/p>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #010101;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivesolas.com\/watson\/drepenti.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Watson, the doctrine of repentance<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00AA31VB4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00AA31VB4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=sukfam-20&amp;linkId=D3AJO4FG2RT7PFT5&quot;&gt;Repentance&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sukfam-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00AA31VB4\" target=\"_blank\">J.C. Ryles &#8220;Repentance&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To put it simply repentance describes the inward change in a man as he goes from unbelief to belief.<\/p>\n<h3>Question: What other misconceptions about repentance have you noticed? 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