Not saying this quote isn't Spurgeon, but the only place I could find it on the Internet was "Escape to Reality" website! I did, however find done good Reformed quotes by Spurgeon!
"Repentance grows as faith grows. Do not make any mistake about it; repentance is not a thing of days and weeks, a temporary penance to be got over as fast as possible! No; it is the grace of a lifetime, like faith itself. God's little children repent, and so do the young men and the fathers. Repentance is the inseparable companion of faith."
Sounds like we repent our whole lives! If you want to quote Spurgeon!
"Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation."
So legalism or wisdom? Pretty wise, IMHO!
"It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts...It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity of faith, which is the point to be considered."
I agree totally with this statement by Spurgeon. Salvation is not about emotions or the measure, it is totally about Christ.
But getting back to my question, I don't want links, quotes or posturing. So far the only thing you have said about repentance is that it means "changing your mind!" Great, now IN YOUR OWN WORDS, please tell me - what are you changing your mind from, and what are you changing your own mind to??
In case you do not understand the question, I'll give you my answer: from sin and evil and death, repenting of that, to: a relationship with Jesus Christ and obeying him and the Kingdom
of God.
No links, or quotes, please. Changing your mind. Changing it FROM what, TO what? Thanks in advance!
"Repentance grows as faith grows. Do not make any mistake about it; repentance is not a thing of days and weeks, a temporary penance to be got over as fast as possible! No; it is the grace of a lifetime, like faith itself. God's little children repent, and so do the young men and the fathers. Repentance is the inseparable companion of faith."
Sounds like we repent our whole lives! If you want to quote Spurgeon!
"Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation."
So legalism or wisdom? Pretty wise, IMHO!
"It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ in whom faith trusts...It is not the measure of faith, but the sincerity of faith, which is the point to be considered."
I agree totally with this statement by Spurgeon. Salvation is not about emotions or the measure, it is totally about Christ.
But getting back to my question, I don't want links, quotes or posturing. So far the only thing you have said about repentance is that it means "changing your mind!" Great, now IN YOUR OWN WORDS, please tell me - what are you changing your mind from, and what are you changing your own mind to??
In case you do not understand the question, I'll give you my answer: from sin and evil and death, repenting of that, to: a relationship with Jesus Christ and obeying him and the Kingdom
of God.
No links, or quotes, please. Changing your mind. Changing it FROM what, TO what? Thanks in advance!
The links are my words but I will give it to you again now for the 4th time.
I believe as Spurgeon said:
"To repent is to "change your mind" about sin, Christ and all the great things of God".
As I said before a few times - I believe in "hyper-repenting" as I find out new beautiful truths about the love and grace of our Father and Lord towards us and yes that includes all types of sin.
If the fact that I don't "fast, mourn and weep and spend a lot of time in misery" like your version of repentance is - then we are allowed to agree to disagree. If you want to do that and feel that's the way you "do" repentance - then go for it. I won't slander you for having that belief.
Now, here is my testimony which I have posted numerous times in these forums and you want to continue to slander me and others that had the same thing happened to them concerning the awesome grace of Christ that is revealed to us after that - then that is your choice.
I will give you my testimony of what the Lord has done when He revealed to me my complete dependence on the gospel of the grace of Christ.
He has changed my mind ( As, only God can give true repentance ) on how I view a lot of things concerning Him and my life in Christ and of course that means all kinds of different sin - for "whatsoever is not of faith is in fact sin ".
If people feel the need to castigate what the Lord has done in my life - then so be it. I am not denying Christ in me and what He has done. I am not ashamed of the gospel - for in it is the power of God for real salvation.
I have a great passion for Christ!..here is what knowing Him because of the revelation of the gospel of the grace of Christ has done for me.
I was praying one morning and thinking about how the grace of Christ has affected me. I had the scripture come up in my spirit where the Pharisees were arguing about whether a man was born blind or not after Jesus healed him. Of course the Pharisees were trying to discredit the message of Jesus. The man said.." All I know is that I was born blind but now I see."
This is what the gospel of the grace of Christ has done in my life:
I realize that these beliefs in the grace of God....especially the acceptance grace, repentance from dead works and the total forgiveness that Jesus bought and paid for with His blood....that these can be offensive to our religious beliefs and what we have been taught in church. (they were initially to me as well )
This gospel of the wondrous grace of Christ has had a beautiful affect on me. I am more in love with Jesus and the Father more then ever....in love with studying His word....praying in the spirit constantly with a heart full of joy!
This gospel has given me a compassion for other people and to reach out in love to them. To give more than I ever have with a heart full of love.
To live a holier life in Him...which is not only living separate from the "biggie sins" but everything that He reveals about anything that is contrary to life and His nature that is in me....this has led me to be a witness of the life and love of our Lord in me.
If these are the horrible fruit of the grace of Christ in me....I want more!.....give me more grace please my Lord and God!
I am living a much fuller life now, more deeply in love with Jesus and the Father then ever before or ever dreamed was possible and I am just starting.
I am free from the horrible religion of self-effort, having the love of God pour out in me to help others now that I understand the grace that is in Christ then I did when I was doing the self-performance based gospel ( which is not the gospel )
I was blind but now I see. I see Jesus and His finished work for me!
It will always be in eternity "Worthy is the Lamb"..
It will never be.."Worthy is the Lamb......and me..because I did my own D.I.Y self-righteousness/holiness to help Jesus out"
It has always been about Jesus and Him alone and it will always remain that way for all eternity.