Repentance requires work. Many believe work has no value because it is faith that God bases forgiveness on.
Repentance requires knowing the law, we could not repent of sins we know nothing about, yet many believe the law is cancelled.
How can these things be reconciled?
repentance is a basic fundamental doctrine it doesn’t require work it requires us to cease from the works of the flesh
“Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.”
Hebrews 6:1-2 KJV
“Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I
tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
Galatians 5:19-21 KJV
It’s about stopping the works of the flesh ceasing to work by the flesh
the law had a purpose , still has a purpose it’s to hold all people guilty
“Now we know that
what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Therefore
by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for
by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
Romans 3:19-20
it is not from the beginning but was added after men became sinners again to hold them guilty of sin and was always temporary until the arrival
Of Christ whom is the seed of Abraham
“Wherefore then serveth
the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19
Because the law holds all sinners guilty before God , all Men must come to God through Christ otherwise there can be no justification for the guilty sinner
“Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”
Acts 13:38-39
you see the law holds all Men guilty and the gospel is this message to those guilty sinners
“And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.”
Luke 24:46-47
I think what your saying is “ sin is defined by the law , if we have to repent , then the law has to still be the law “
I think you are missing that God has one plan , the Old Testament is the first stage of the plan reveal sin to man , and show them thier guolt before God so that they will understand what repentance is. And then you tell them “
repent and believe the gospel for the time has come , the kingdom of Godnis at hand “
The law isn’t gone , Christians have died to the law so it no longer can hold them guilty , they already does for sin according to the law it’s now fulfilled for the baptized believer .
the law itself can be found in any Bible son of course it’s not erases it remains the thing that holds all
Sinners guilty before God one transgression
“For
whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.”
James 2:10 KJV
and so all there’s the message of salvation from that condemnationmon the world now , the gospel .
the ot law brought the world to the need for salvation by holding their sins against them the only forgiveness for transgressing the law is through baptism into the death of Christ and belief of the gospel
“And
for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament,
that
by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
For where a testament is, there must also
of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.”
Hebrews 9:15-17 KJV
his death is for every transgression of the law of the first testament , and because of this his words are the New Testament that took force as he died and rose .
repentance is a matter of our belief if we believe God allows us to continue serving sin that faith is going to hinder repentance . If we accept the gospel and believe that Jesus taught us sin is death and we must repent , that faith is going to lead us to repentance
it’s not a hurdle we have to jump then be accepted , it’s a
Matter of forsaking our belief and accepting Jesus belief in the gospel that will take care of everything
