The Relationship Between Regeneration and Repentance
The Relationship Between Regeneration and Repentance
“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” - Luke 13:5
Before we begin this week’s blog entry, I want to extend a beautiful and benevolent greeting to our blog fellowship/readers. Your participation, prayers, and spiritual support are tremendously appreciated.
This week, I endeavor to delve into some doctrinal thoughts on the relationship between Regeneration and Repentance.
There is a disturbing deprivation of repentance proclamations from the pulpits of preachers today. This personal observation has led me to the opinion that devoting oneself to a doctrinal disposition is regularly deprecated and often dismissed from a plurality of pools of progressive Christian circles. Too often, repentance is recognized and believed to be sourced in strong legalism. People in liberal or progressive spiritual settings profoundly protest what they perceive to be prominent in obeying rules.
In addition, a considerable number of people in progressive circles promote a preferred vocabulary that they purport will solidify and substantiate relationships. It is my belief that they want to substitute the sword of repentance with a spoon of sentimentalism. They forward the following terms: turning, reorientation, moral repair, accountability, healing, and transformation.
I hold the position that the flesh (sinful human condition) will never forward a reverent and real display or discourse of biblical and Spirit-sourced repentance. In addition, the flesh’s perception of repentance and sin is typically tied to self-exaltation and self-gratification. In other words, repentance only enjoys gravity when he or she is good with the results that are in concert with their carnality. The misrepresentations and erroneous assertions regarding repentance are embedded in ignorance and carnal consciences.
As born-again followers of faith, our perception of repentance should be situated in our Savior and the Spirit. It should convey a Messiah-centered vs. man-centered orientation.
Our opening text references our Lord’s call to repentance and the adverse repercussions for rejecting the call of repentance. I believe that the Lord used the word “repentance,” thereby validating its significance. It’s important that, in our contemporary times, we treat and use the word repentance with courage, clarity, and conviction.
I invite you to join me next time as we pursue a path of clarity and conviction with respect to the relationship between regeneration and repentance.
Not a sermon, just some thoughts
FtGG