REPENTANCE & SALVATION
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INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS
INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS
1689 LBCF vs. WESTMINSTER
1689 LBCF vs. WESTMINSTER
WHY DISCUSS REPENTANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF SALVATION?
WHY DISCUSS REPENTANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF SALVATION?
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DEPRAVITY?
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DEPRAVITY?
Common Misconceptions
1. The unsaved have no disposition to do that which is right ()
The unsaved have no disposition to do that which is right
The unsaved have no disposition to do that which is right
14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them
Generally the unsaved never do any “good.”
Generally the unsaved never do any “good.”
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23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
2. Generally the unsaved never do any “good.” (; )
2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God.
The unsaved commit every possible sin (though capable)
The unsaved commit every possible sin (though capable)
The unsaved commit every possible sin (though capable)
1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, 3 concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, 6 including you who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you 10 always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— 12 that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. 1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? 5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; 8 but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. 11 For God shows no partiality. 12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them 16 on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus. 17 But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God 18 and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; 19 and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— 21 you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? 22 You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. 24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.” 25 For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision. 26 So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law. 28 For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
The unsaved are as bad as they could be
The unsaved are as bad as they could be
13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
2 Tim 3
A PROPER DEFINITION OF DEPRAVITY
A PROPER DEFINITION OF DEPRAVITY
B. The Proper Definition
Sin has penetrated every part of man
Sin has penetrated every part of man
17 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
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The Mind
The Mind
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.
15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
The Heart
The Heart
• The Heart ()
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
• The Will (; )
The Will
The Will
Jer 13:
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also you can do good who are accustomed to do evil.
24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”
Man can commit the worst sins
Man can commit the worst sins
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
2. Man can commit the worst sins (; )
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10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” 13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” 14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16 in their paths are ruin and misery, 17 and the way of peace they have not known.” 18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Man’s apparent good is not for the glory of God
Man’s apparent good is not for the glory of God
3. Man’s apparent good is not for the glory of God (; )
5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
Man is destitute of love for God as required by God
Man is destitute of love for God as required by God
4. Man is destitute of love for God as required by God ()
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Man has no possibility of recovery in himself
Man has no possibility of recovery in himself
5. Man has no possibility of recovery in himself ()
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
False Views of Depravity
False Views of Depravity
C. False Views of Depravity
Pelagian Theology
Pelagian Theology
Adams sin affected only himself and a bad example
• All men are born in the same state as Adam..free and innocent
All men are born in the same state as Adam..free and innocent
2. Semi-Pelagianism
Semi-Pelagian Theology
Semi-Pelagian Theology
Mixture of grace and free will
• Adam’s sin gave physical and moral disadvantages
Adam’s sin gave physical and moral disadvantages
• Ability to do good has been weakened
Ability to do good has been weakened
• Sinners can initiate salvation but cannot complete it
Sinners can initiate salvation but cannot complete it
• Early Roman Catholic soteriology
This is Early Roman Catholic soteriology
3. Arminian/Wesleyan Theology
Arminian/Wesleyan Theology
Arminian/Wesleyan Theology
Adam gives man a corrupt nature causing an inclination to sin
• Men are born without sin and guilt
Men are born without sin and guilt
• Humanity implies freedom to do good
Humanity implies freedom to do good
• Grace is necessary for any man to pursue salvation (Prevenient Grace)
Grace is necessary for any man to pursue salvation (Prevenient Grace)
• Death of Christ (universal atonement) provides grace to all men that counteracts their depravity and enables the pursuit of salvation
Death of Christ (universal atonement) provides grace to all men that counteracts their depravity and enables the pursuit of salvation
• Anyone who cooperates with prevenient grace will then be saved
Anyone who cooperates with prevenient grace will then be saved
4. Summary:
In Summary:
In Summary:
• Pelagian says man is strong
Pelagian says man is strong
• Semi-Pelagian says man is weak
Semi-Pelagian says man is weak
• Wesley/Arminian man is simply sick
Wesley/Arminian man is simply sick
• Augustinian/Biblical says that man is dead
Augustinian/Biblical says that man is dead
THE TIMING OF REPENTANCE
THE TIMING OF REPENTANCE
15:1 Such of the elect as are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers lusts and pleasures, God in their effectual calling giveth them repentance unto life.
1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith, n.d.
THE ROLE OF REPENTANCE
THE ROLE OF REPENTANCE
15:1 Such of the elect as are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers lusts and pleasures, God in their effectual calling giveth them repentance unto life.
2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. 3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
LESSON #2
THE NEED FOR REPENTANCE
THE NEED FOR REPENTANCE
THE RESULT OF REPENTANCE
THE RESULT OF REPENTANCE
THE GRACE OF REPENTANCE
THE GRACE OF REPENTANCE
THE CHARACTER OF REPENTANCE
THE CHARACTER OF REPENTANCE
THE ON-GOING REPENTANCE FOR BELIEVERS
THE ON-GOING REPENTANCE FOR BELIEVERS
