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Meaning and Examples of Repentance Part 3
On the Day of Pentecost:
The meaning of repentance
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Change of mind, re-calculate, re-do, or re-think
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To Turn from Sin
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Be Sorry for Sin
On the day of Pentecost after the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Apostles and others with them
including women were all awaiting the promise of the Father that
they would be baptized with the Holy Ghost which would empower them
to spread the gospel all over the world as Jesus commanded them to
do. This Holy Spirit power will be given to all who have received
the gospel of Jesus and desire to receive the Holy Spirit outpouring.
This is for each and every individual who is seeking God and
obey Him. Here we see another
example of repentance preached as people who witnessed this miracle
began to ask questions about it.
- Acts 2:22 Ye men of Israel,
hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among
you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in
the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acst 2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain:
Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of
death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of
it.
Acts 2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord
always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should
not be moved:
Acts 2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was
glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither
wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou
shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Acts 2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Acts 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had
sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his
throne;
Acts 2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of
Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh
did see corruption.
Acts 2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
witnesses.
Acts 2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and
having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he
hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts 2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he
saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right
hand,
Acts 2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly,
that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both
Lord and Christ.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men
and brethren, what shall we do?
- Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto
them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children,
and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God
shall call.
- Acts 2:47 Praising God, and
having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved.
Here is where a whole crowd of people
believed the gospel Peter preached and repented of their sins. In
verse 38 we see that repentance was necessary for remission of sins.
This happened before one could receive the Holy Spirit that started on the day of Pentecost
and has not ceased. We can receive the very same Holy Spirit given
to those on that day. Instead of rejecting the message
of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, this crowd
received the message and asked sincerely, "What shall we do?" So
these were desperate to find out what they could do to be saved and
be cleansed of the guilt they bore in agreeing to the crucifixion of
Christ.
A few days later we see Peter using a visible
miracle from God to again preach the gospel of repentance.
Peter speaks in Solomon's Portico. Before
this; Acts chapter 3 tells of Peter and John going into the temple
and see a lame man begging. The lame man looked at the them expecting to
receive something from them in the form of money. Instead Peter
says, "Silver and gold have I none but such as I have I give to
thee, in the name of Jesus Christ rise up and walk."
The man was instantly healed. Next we see
Peter using this experience to tell another crowd of people what
just happened. First Peter dispelled the idea that it was by their
own holiness that the man was healed but by the power of God. This
is something we all need to remember. Signs should be following all
who believe but when they do, never should we take the credit for it. We have
nothing that others can not receive. God does all healing.
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Acts 3:11 And as the lame man
which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran
together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's,
greatly wondering.
Acts 3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people,
Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so
earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had
made this man to walk?
Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the
God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye
delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he
was determined to let him go.
Acts 3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired
a murderer to be granted unto you;
Acts 3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised
from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this
man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him
hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you
all.
Acts 3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye
did it, as did also your rulers.
Acts 3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the
mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so
fulfilled.
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Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore,
and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the
times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
Acts 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of
all his holy prophets since the world began.
Acts 3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like
unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say
unto you.
Acts 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which
will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the
people.
Acts 3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that
follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of
these days.
Acts 3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the
covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham,
And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Acts 3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus,
sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his
iniquities.
In verse 19 we see Peter saying, "Repent and
be converted that your sins may be blotted out when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord and He shall
send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you." He ends his
message saying that God raised Jesus His Son and bless them in
turning away every one of you from his iniquities. So we see clearly
that repentance and turning away from sin are both necessary for
salvation. Repentance and turning to Christ for salvation will blot
out our sins.
Repentance Part 4
from the book of Revelation's letters to the churches
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