Repentance - Door to Forgiveness

A Sermon on Acts 5.29-32 https://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/book-of-acts/repentance-door-to-forgiveness/ "Repentance is essential to salvation. Let there be no mistake about this. There is no salvation without repentance. It's not you saying you can come to Christ without repenting. You cannot. He himself says that repentance leads to remission of sins. It is an absolute essential." ―Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Sermon Description What does it mean to follow Jesus? There are some Christians who say that following Jesus is merely an act of profession or bare intellectual assent. The New Testament tells something different about the Christian life. In this sermon on Acts 5:29–32 titled “Repentance – Door to Forgiveness,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones preaches the biblical message that following Jesus means believing Him and repenting of sins. To believe in Jesus is to believe in His message and obey it. According to the Bible, those who live in unrepentant sin and immorality but claim to be Christian are living a lie as there is no forgiveness without repentance. Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones is clear that repentance is not a work; it is simply what it means to be a follower of Jesus and a Christian. It also does not mean that Christians never sin, but only that they continually turn away from their sins and look to Christ. This is the most important message any can hear because it alone contains salvation. There is no salvation apart from repentance of sin and trusting in Jesus. This sermon asks all the crucial question: “do you believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins?” Sermon Breakdown * The apostles proclaimed that they must obey God rather than men. * Their message was about Jesus, whom the authorities had slain but God raised from the dead. * God exalted Jesus to be a Prince and Savior to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins. * Repentance comes before forgiveness and salvation. Without repentance, there is no salvation. * The object of salvation is not just forgiveness but deliverance from sin and producing a new people zealous for good works. * A man cannot truly believe in Christ as Savior without repenting. The object of Christ's death was to reconcile us to God, which requires repentance. * Repentance means thinking again and changing one's mind. It calls us to think seriously about life, death, God, ourselves, and Christ. * Repentance involves changing one's mind about God, ourselves, our lives, death, and Christ. We must acknowledge the truth about these things. * Repentance involves feeling sorrow for our sins and acknowledging them before God. It means forsaking our old way of life and turning to God. * Repentance is commanded by God but impossible for man in his own strength. God gives repentance by the Holy Spirit. * The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin and leads us to repentance. We must follow His leading. * Have we been made to think again about these eternal truths? Are we troubled and crying out to God? If so, the Spirit is leading us to repentance. We must follow.