{"id":5961,"date":"2025-01-18T09:09:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T09:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=5961"},"modified":"2025-01-30T09:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T09:37:49","slug":"does-salvation-include-repentance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/does-salvation-include-repentance\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Salvation Include Repentance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5961-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Is-Repentance-Necessary-In-Salvation.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Is-Repentance-Necessary-In-Salvation.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Is-Repentance-Necessary-In-Salvation.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Repentance An Important Element Of The Gospel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After John was imprisoned, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and saying, \u201cThe time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand. <strong>Repent, and believe in the gospel.\u201d Mark 1:14-15.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have <strong>repented<\/strong> long ago in sackcloth and ashes. <strong>Matthew 11:21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Repentance Turns Away The Righteous Judgement Of The Father.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it: because <strong>they repented<\/strong> at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. <strong>Matthew 12:41<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and you, when you had seen it, <strong>repented<\/strong> not afterwards, that you might believe him. <strong>Matthew 21:32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All Have Sinned, All Need Repentance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Jesus heard it, he said unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, <strong>but sinners to repentance<\/strong>. <strong>Mark 2:17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city!\u201d So they went out and <strong>preached that people should repent.<\/strong> And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them. <strong>Mark 6: 11-13.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Father’s Not Willing For Anyone To Perish.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At that season, some were present that told Jesus of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus said unto them, do you suppose that those Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans because they suffered such things? I tell you, No: but, <strong>except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.<\/strong> Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.<strong> Luke 13: 1-5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Repentance In The Life Of The Prodigal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then He said: \u201cA certain man had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, \u2018Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.\u2019 So he divided to them his livelihood. And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living.<\/p>\n<p>But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut when he came to himself, he said, \u2018How many of my father\u2019s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! <strong>I will arise and go to my father,<\/strong> and will say to him, \u201c<strong>Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,<\/strong> and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.\u201d \u2019<strong>Luke 15:11-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Repentance Exhibited In Zacchaeus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, \u201cZacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, \u201cHe has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.\u201dThen Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, \u201cLook, Lord, <strong>I give half of my goods to the poor;<\/strong> and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, <strong>I restore fourfold.<\/strong>\u201dAnd Jesus said to him, \u201cToday salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.\u201d<strong>Luke 19:1-10.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>“Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespasses against you, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.” Luke 17:3-4<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Repentance An Important Element Of The Gospel. After John was imprisoned, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and saying, \u201cThe time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.\u201d Mark 1:14-15. Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Does Salvation Include Repentance? - Disciples of Christ","description":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Is-Repentance-Necessary-In-Salvation.mp3 Repentance An Important Element Of The Gospel. 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