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What Salvation Requires #Salvation
webpage: integritysyndicate.com/repentance
Arranged by #Josiah
Narrated by Brett Keane
Articles of Faith: Part 4
#IntegritySyndicate
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The most elementary doctrine of Christ is the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God. John, son of Zechariah and forerunner of Christ, proclaimed a baptism of repentance. Jesus came proclaiming the Gospel of God saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Gospel". He sent his disciples to proclaim the kingdom of God and to preach that all people should repent. And when he had been exalted to God's right hand, the Apostles proclaimed the same Gospel saying, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." To the Gentiles as well as the Jews, God has granted the repentance that leads to life. For in the name of Jesus, repentance and forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. God's kindness is meant to lead us to repentance. The Lord is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Yet the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. The heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God commands all people everywhere to repent because he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. Unless we repent, regardless of severity of our sins, we will likewise perish with the wicked. To escape the wrath to come we must bear fruits in keeping with repentance. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Jesus, who baptizes in the Holy Spirit and with fire, holds the winnowing fork to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. Those of a hard and unrepentant heart are storing up wrath for themselves on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will render to each one according to his works; to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but to those who are contentious and do not obey the truth, but unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies. In repentance we consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. For all of us who die with Christ and are baptized into the name of Jesus are baptized into his death. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. Therefore, we are not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies. And we are not to present ourselves to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and our members to righteousness.
God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. We are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness. But thanks be to God, for those who were once slaves of sin now have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which they were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. As servants of God, the fruit we get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
God gives the Holy Spirit to those who obey him. By believing, we are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it. Christ has fulfilled the promise, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' It is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Truly, the Spirit we receive is our declaration of adoption as children of God, to whom we cry "Abba! Father!" For if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. We are washed, we are sanctified, we are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. It is the Spirit that gives life. Unless one is born of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
What Salvation Requires #Salvation
webpage: integritysyndicate.com/repentance
Arranged by #Josiah
Narrated by Brett Keane
Articles of Faith: Part 4
#IntegritySyndicate
Discord:
discord.gg/Ut5qncU
The most elementary doctrine of Christ is the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God. John, son of Zechariah and forerunner of Christ, proclaimed a baptism of repentance. Jesus came proclaiming the Gospel of God saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the Gospel". He sent his disciples to proclaim the kingdom of God and to preach that all people should repent. And when he had been exalted to God's right hand, the Apostles proclaimed the same Gospel saying, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." To the Gentiles as well as the Jews, God has granted the repentance that leads to life. For in the name of Jesus, repentance and forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. God's kindness is meant to lead us to repentance. The Lord is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Yet the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. The heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
God commands all people everywhere to repent because he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead. Unless we repent, regardless of severity of our sins, we will likewise perish with the wicked. To escape the wrath to come we must bear fruits in keeping with repentance. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Jesus, who baptizes in the Holy Spirit and with fire, holds the winnowing fork to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. Those of a hard and unrepentant heart are storing up wrath for themselves on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will render to each one according to his works; to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but to those who are contentious and do not obey the truth, but unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.
That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies. In repentance we consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. For all of us who die with Christ and are baptized into the name of Jesus are baptized into his death. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. Therefore, we are not to let sin reign in our mortal bodies. And we are not to present ourselves to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and our members to righteousness.
God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. We are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness. But thanks be to God, for those who were once slaves of sin now have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which they were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. As servants of God, the fruit we get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
God gives the Holy Spirit to those who obey him. By believing, we are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it. Christ has fulfilled the promise, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' It is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with fire. Truly, the Spirit we receive is our declaration of adoption as children of God, to whom we cry "Abba! Father!" For if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. We are washed, we are sanctified, we are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. It is the Spirit that gives life. Unless one is born of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
