Laborer Training School 2018
Video: Repentance (Lesson 6) (2 hrs)
- Heb. 6:1-2: Repentance = 1st Elementary Teaching/Foundation
- Isaiah 40:1-3; Malachi 3:1; Mark 1:1-5: repentance before Jesus
- Mark 1:15; Luke 13:1-5; 24:47: Jesus
- Acts 2:38; 3:19; 5:31; 11:18; 17:30; 20:21: early church
- Repentance =
- Hebrew: shub – to turn; return; turn back
- Greek: metanoein – to change one’s mind
- Not merely remorse (Matt. 27:3-5; 2 Cor. 7:9-11; Heb. 12:16-17)
- Matt. 12:41 (cf. Jonah 3:10); Heb. 6:1: turn away from evil
- Acts 20:21: turn to God
- Luke 15:11-31: will and action (vv. 18-20)
- John 3:16 & Luke 13:1-5 // Acts 2:37-38 & 16:30-31: repentance and faith assume each other
- All Need to Repent: Acts 17:30
- Even believers: 2 Cor. 7:9; Rev. 3:19
- God initiates repentance: John 6:44; Acts 5:31; 11:18
- Sin is revealed: Psalm 139:23; John 16:8; 2 Cor. 7:10
- God works in us to change: Phil. 2:13
- We respond: Song of Sol. 1:4; Joel 2:32; Luke 15:18-20
- God meets us in our response: Luke 15:20
- Jesus as Lord and Savior
- Blood saves you: Exodus 11-12; Rom. 3:25; 5:9 (Savior)
- Blood bought you: Exodus 13; Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 6:19-20 (Lord)
- Early church example:
Jesus/God called “Lord” (Kurios) in Acts 105 times | Jesus/God called “Savior” (Soter) in Acts 2 times |
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