- From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
- Matthew 4:17 (The Message of Christ)
- Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 2:38 (The Message of Peter)
- “So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.
- Acts 26:19-20 (The Message of Paul)
- Not just regular church meetings, but entire evangelistic crusades have operated on the principle that all that’s needed to win someone to Christ is to get them to pray a “sinner’s prayer”. But it’s disturbing to find no example of this anywhere in Scripture. Jesus never leads anyone in such a prayer; none of the apostles ever leads anyone in such a prayer; there is no example of such a prayer in the Bible. Instead their message always ties belief in Christ to repentance of sin and making a differentiation between those who hear the Word from those who do the Word.
