Repentance is the Gift Of God !

[beloved57]

I'm going to share a few scriptures on repentance. Acts 5:31

³¹ Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Acts 11:18

¹⁸ When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

Acts 20:21

²¹ Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

The greek word for repentance in these verses is metanoia and means:

change of mind, repentance

Usage: repentance, a change of mind, change in the inner man.

Notice also in Acts 5 and Acts 11 the God is said to give or grant this repentance. This repentance towards God is something man doesn't have naturally, it must be furnished by God. Its Gods Gift to His Chosen People.

 

[beloved57]

The word Give in Acts 5 and grant in Acts 11 are the very same greek word didómi and does mean to:

1. of one's own accord to give one something, to his advantage; to bestow, give as a gift:

to supply, furnish, necessary things:

Joined with nouns denoting strength, faculty, power, virtue, δίδωμι (τίνι τί) is equivalent to: to furnish, endue,

​​​​​​​This furnishing is the new birth, new Spiritual life and faculties.

 

[beloved57]

Now to show why I believe that repentance is the product of the new birth, lets look at 1 Pet 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

The words begotten us again, speaking of new birth, is the word anagennaō:

1. to produce again, be born again, born anew
2. metaph. to have one's mind changed so that he lives a new life and one conformed to the will of God

So repentance correlates with being born anew, which is produced through the resurrection of Christ from the dead. This explains why Peter says in Acts 5:31

³¹Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

notice to be born anew is to have one mind changed, which is the essence of repentance.

 

[Bradley D]

"For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be regretted: but the sorrow of the world works death" (2 Cor. 7:10).

Having repentance for sin against God is a Step towards salavation. Worldly sorrow is feeling sorry for ones self.

sorrow
λύπη (lypē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3077: Pain, grief, sorrow, affliction. Apparently a primary word; sadness.

repentance
μετάνοιαν (metanoian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3341: From metanoeo; compunction; by implication, reversal (another's) decision).

 

[Nanja]

Now to show why I believe that repentance is the product of the new birth, lets look at 1 Pet 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

The words begotten us again, speaking of new birth, is the word anagennaō:

1. to produce again, be born again, born anew
2. metaph. to have one's mind changed so that he lives a new life and one conformed to the will of God

So repentance correlates with being born anew, which is produced through the resurrection of Christ from the dead. This explains why Peter says in Acts 5:31

³¹Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

notice to be born anew is to have one mind changed, which is the essence of repentance.

Amen Brother to all 3 parts !

Repentance is a gift Given in New Birth specifically to those Christ died for: A Chosen Remnant People named Israel, consisting of many ethnicities. And it's exclusively to them, the Israel of God: His Elect, the Church, or Christ's Sheep, to whom Repentance [a change of Mind / metanoia] is Given to them because He is their Prince and Saviour; for it's the result of His Resurrection and Ascension to the Right Hand of God on their ["Our"] behalf !

 

[beloved57]

Amen Brother to all 3 parts !

Repentance is a gift Given in New Birth specifically to those Christ died for: A Chosen Remnant People named Israel, consisting of many ethnicities. And it's exclusively to them, the Israel of God: His Elect, the Church, or Christ's Sheep, to whom Repentance [a change of Mind / metanoia] is Given to them because He is their Prince and Saviour; for it's the result of His Resurrection and Ascension to the Right Hand of God on their ["Our"] behalf !

Exactly Sister ! You nailed it

 

[beloved57]

The unregenerate, who are in the flesh still, have no right to or no command to repent. All while in the flesh as natural men are bound to the Law, to do the whole Law as it was with Adam. So any command for men to repent as say in Acts 17:30

³⁰ And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Its to the regenerate, who through the work of Christ and the Holy Spirit have been freed to be married to another. Rom 7:1-3

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

² For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

³ So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Now its only through the death of Christ for an individual are they free from the dominion of the law, however its a secret as who it is Christ died until born again by the Spirit. So even the unregenerate elect for whom Christ died, are bound to do the law. Until they are regenerate, the command to repent isnt for the unregenerate elect. All natural men are bound to and under the dominion of the Law.

 

[Nanja]

The unregenerate, who are in the flesh still, have no right to or no command to repent. All while in the flesh as natural men are bound to the Law, to do the whole Law as it was with Adam. So any command for men to repent as say in Acts 17:30

³⁰ And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Its to the regenerate, who through the work of Christ and the Holy Spirit have been freed to be married to another. Rom 7:1-3

Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?

² For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

³ So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

Now its only through the death of Christ for an individual are they free from the dominion of the law, however its a secret as who it is Christ died until born again by the Spirit. So even the unregenerate elect for whom Christ died, are bound to do the law. Until they are regenerate, the command to repent isnt for the unregenerate elect. All natural men are bound to and under the dominion of the Law.

Amen Brother, even though God's Command to repent is given exclusively to His Elect along with remission of sins in New Birth, by which they are freed from the Law:

Nevertheless, the non elect, because they are still indebted to keep the whole Law perfectly, shall remain lawbreakers permanently as no repentance is Given them Rev. 21:8.

 

[beloved57]

Amen Brother, even though God's Command to repent is given exclusively to His Elect along with remission of sins in New Birth, by which they are freed from the Law:

Nevertheless, the non elect, because they are still indebted to keep the whole Law perfectly, shall remain lawbreakers permanently as no repentance is Given them Rev. 21:8.

Exactly !

 

[Bradley D]

Repentance is to bring change in the inner man. It is a requirement of a change of heart.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
"Repentance is God's gift; not only his free grace accepts it, but his mighty grace works it in us, grace takes away the heart of stone, and gives us a heart of flesh. The sacrifice of God is a broken spirit."

Repentance is required to be saved

Matthew Poole's Commentary
"repentance unto life, because God hath appointed that it should precede our entrance into life."

Strong's Concordance
metanoia: change of mind, repentance
Original Word: μετάνοια, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: metanoia
Phonetic Spelling: (met-an'-oy-ah)
Definition: change of mind, repentance
Usage: repentance, a change of mind, change in the inner man.

 

[beloved57]

Again Christ gives repentance as the risen Saviour Acts 5:30-31

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. ³¹ Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Two Gifts of the risen Saviour, that come from/out of Him are Repentance and Forgiveness of sins.

Now Jesus Himself commands that these things be preached in His Name, because they flow from Him Lk 24:46-47

Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: ⁴⁷ and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Neither repentance nor forgiveness of sins have their source in man, but in Christ and His finished work !

 

[Nanja]

Again Christ gives repentance as the risen Saviour Acts 5:30-31

³⁰ The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. ³¹ Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Two Gifts of the risen Saviour, that come from/out of Him are Repentance and Forgiveness of sins.

Now Jesus Himself commands that these things be preached in His Name, because they flow from Him Lk 24:46-47

Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: ⁴⁷ and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Neither repentance nor forgiveness of sins have their source in man, but in Christ and His finished work !

Absolutely Brother !

 

[beloved57]

Absolutely Brother !

Yes Mam, Repentance is to be credited to the Person and Work of Christ for His People. He turns us from our sins 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.

 

[Nanja]

Yes Mam, Repentance is to be credited to the Person and Work of Christ for His People. He turns us from our sins 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.

Yes Sir, the Blessing of Repentance that Christ gives His People is unto Salvation: It turns everyone of them from their sins and gives them Repentance.

So He was raised and exalted to give Repentance to Israel Acts 5:31, His Elect Is. 45:17.

Now if one goes through his or her lifetime never being given by Christ the godly sorrow that worketh repentance 2 Cor. 7:10 that actually Turns them from their iniquities Acts 3:26, then they were never His people to begin with, and He was never their savior.

 

[beloved57]

Yes Sir, the Blessing of Repentance that Christ gives His People is unto Salvation: It turns everyone of them from their sins and gives them Repentance.

So He was raised and exalted to give Repentance to Israel Acts 5:31, His Elect Is. 45:17.

Now if one goes through his or her lifetime never being given by Christ the godly sorrow that worketh repentance 2 Cor. 7:10 that actually Turns them from their iniquities Acts 3:26, then they were never His people to begin with, and He was never their savior.

Amen!

 

[beloved57]

Repentance accompanies redemption by the blood of Christ. Isa 51:11

¹¹ Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Now even though this may have a historical fulfillment with children of israel, it also has an analogous fulfillment for Spiritual Israel, the Church/Body of Christ whom He redeemed by His Precius Blood 1 Pet 1:18-19

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Now notice the promise of the redeemed in Vs 11 they shall return. The word return here is shuwb and means:

to return, turn back

to turn back (to God), repent

And the same is said of the redeemed in 1 Pet 2:25

²⁵ For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

The word returned epistrephō:

1. to turn to
   1. to the worship of the true God
2. to cause to return, to bring back

Also the verb returned is in the passive voice which means:

Represents the subject as being the recipient of the action. e.g., in the sentence, "we were comforted" the subject "we" receives the action

So they were being returned by the redemption in Christ Jesus, which is their repentance towards God.

So all whom Christ died for and redeemed by His Blood, shall be given repentance and returned back to God.

 

[Nanja]

Repentance accompanies redemption by the blood of Christ. Isa 51:11

¹¹ Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Now even though this may have a historical fulfillment with children of israel, it also has an analogous fulfillment for Spiritual Israel, the Church/Body of Christ whom He redeemed by His Precius Blood 1 Pet 1:18-19

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

Now notice the promise of the redeemed in Vs 11 they shall return. The word return here is shuwb and means:

to return, turn back

to turn back (to God), repent

And the same is said of the redeemed in 1 Pet 2:25

²⁵ For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

The word returned epistrephō:

1. to turn to
   1. to the worship of the true God
2. to cause to return, to bring back

Also the verb returned is in the passive voice which means:

Represents the subject as being the recipient of the action. e.g., in the sentence, "we were comforted" the subject "we" receives the action

So they were being returned by the redemption in Christ Jesus, which is their repentance towards God.

So all whom Christ died for and redeemed by His Blood, shall be given repentance and returned back to God.

Exactly Brother, just as Is. 51:11 states, the Repentance that is the Gift of God shall absolutely return / turn back to God passively [nothing they do or perform [1 Pet. 1:18-19]; every single soul of Spiritual Israel: His Body the Church: 100% of His Sheep, whom His Redemptive Death/Blood was in their behalf; and who were raised together with Him as the Great Shepherd of the Sheep Heb. 13:20: Not even one being excluded !

Lam. 5:21 Turn [shuwb] thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

 

[beloved57]

Exactly Brother, just as Is. 51:11 states, the Repentance that is the Gift of God shall absolutely return / turn back to God passively [nothing they do or perform [1 Pet. 1:18-19]; every single soul of Spiritual Israel: His Body the Church: 100% of His Sheep, whom His Redemptive Death/Blood was in their behalf; and who were raised together with Him as the Great Shepherd of the Sheep Heb. 13:20: Not even one being excluded !

Lam. 5:21 Turn [shuwb] thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

Exactly Sister!

 

[beloved57]

All the glory for salvation belongs to God, He has done all that was necessary for the salvation of a man, including the granting of the gift of repentance . Repentance is given furnished in and through Christ because it was necessary for mans Salvation experience. There's a verse that says with Christ, God freely gives us all things Rom 8:32

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

So with Christ He gives repentance Acts 5:31;11:18

The word grant or give in these verses is the word didōmi and means:
to supply, furnish, necessary things

So is repentance necessary for the Salvatiion experience ? Absolutely, its necessary for repentance to be towards God Acts 20:21

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

But no worries since through Christ God furnishes, supplies this needed repentance repentance, and it will be applied by Christ.

Christ is a full Saviour !

 

[Nanja]

All the glory for salvation belongs to God, He has done all that was necessary for the salvation of a man, including the granting of the gift of repentance . Repentance is given furnished in and through Christ because it was necessary for mans Salvation experience. There's a verse that says with Christ, God freely gives us all things Rom 8:32

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

So with Christ He gives repentance Acts 5:31;11:18

The word grant or give in these verses is the word didōmi and means:
to supply, furnish, necessary things

So is repentance necessary for the Salvatiion experience ? Absolutely, its necessary for repentance to be towards God Acts 20:21

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

But no worries since through Christ God furnishes, supplies this needed repentance repentance, and it will be applied by Christ.

Christ is a full Saviour !

Absolutely Brother, Christ is indeed a full Saviour!

For God shall Give Repentance, a new Changed Mind in New Birth, as a Spiritual Benefit applied to all His Chosen People exclusively Eph. 1:4 Christ died for, given Him of the Father John 10:29; and which does complete their Salvation experience while they remain here on earth!