God COMMANDS people everywhere - to repent

If only they were preaching the Gospel to people outside the church.

The whole book of John never says ' repent '

Read the book of Jonah and learn what it means.

if only people OUTSIDE the church were the only ones who needed to hear it.....

1Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

Jeremiah 25:29
See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword on all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'



your quote here was in response to @Nehemiah6 and he did not say John
carefully, and slowly read the name used here:


Jonah is the 32nd book in the Old Testiment
John is the 4th book in the New Testiment

if only people OUTSIDE the church were the only ones who needed to hear it.....

1Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

Jeremiah 25:29
See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword on all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'



your quote here was in response to @Nehemiah6 and he did not say John
carefully, and slowly read the name used here:


Jonah is the 32nd book in the Old Testiment
John is the 4th book in the New Testiment

if only people OUTSIDE the church were the only ones who needed to hear it.....

1Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

Jeremiah 25:29
See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword on all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'



your quote here was in response to @Nehemiah6 and he did not say John
carefully, and slowly read the name used here:


Jonah is the 32nd book in the Old Testiment
John is the 4th book in the New Testiment

if only people OUTSIDE the church were the only ones who needed to hear it.....

1Peter 4:17
For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

Jeremiah 25:29
See, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears my Name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword on all who live on the earth, declares the LORD Almighty.'



your quote here was in response to @Nehemiah6 and he did not say John
carefully, and slowly read the name used here:


Jonah is the 32nd book in the Old Testiment
John is the 4th book in the New Testiment

And so one has to ask......repent of what? Are you doing something to repent of?
Repent is an action verb, so get to it and stop the nonsense.

Among those who are obsessed with repentance are 7th Day Adventists and other cults that deny the sufficiency of the propitiation.
Christians don't need to be reminded to repent, we have the Holy Spirit to convict us.

Peter is talking about Israel .

And so one has to ask......repent of what? Are you doing something to repent of?
Repent is an action verb, so get to it and stop the nonsense.

Among those who are obsessed with repentance are 7th Day Adventists and other cults that deny the sufficiency of the propitiation.
Christians don't need to be reminded to repent, we have the Holy Spirit to convict us.

What good does it do us have faith in that Christ is capable of forgiving our sin if we don't give up our sin and let Christ pay for it and forgive us?

If we don't use the sacrifice of the Lord of His blood for the forgiveness of the sin we repent of it can be compared with who people used the sacrificial system before Christ for killing instead of for blood given for the atonement of the soul. The first chapter of Isaiah tells us what God thinks of that.

The Lord tells us we must be perfect, and the only way to perfection is by accepting what Christ does for us. Then we are perfect. We must give up our will to sin, another way of saying we must repent.

There is an added blessing, in addition to the eternal life this gives us. Living God's way as much as we can leads to blessings in this life, also. It is the road to contentment and peace.

It saddens me that with everything going on around the world right now, that so called Evangelistic preachers are still pushing things that tickle the ears. I have not heard anyone (thinking mainstream well known) stand up recently and say to the church "REPENT!"

... Check out Paul Washer, he is of the Baptist Denomination but preaching repentance and holiness in a powerful but balanced message. Through Paul Washer you can probably find more like him who are hearing the voice of God for the hour and calling the church to repentance...

Paul Washer used to go to Leonard Ravenhall's Bible Study in his home in Lindale Texas in the 80s. I was aware of these studies and though I did not attend I lived near by and some of my close friends told me about them. No wonder Paul preaches as he does.
Leonard Ravenhill also influenced David Wilkerson to read the Puritans and David's ministry changed into a world shaking holiness prophet after his encounter with Leonard Ravenhill.

We need more preachers like David Wilkerson, Paul Washer, Leonard Ravenhill, Carter Conlon, ....I am sure that they are out there. God is raising up men and women of God who will preach the whole counsel of God.

Telling people to ' turn from their sins " do you mean they have to stop sinning first ,in order to be saved ?

It isn't what any man tells you to believe, or how you paraphrase the words of the Lord. Our sin kills us, being saved is getting rid of the sin that kills us. To get rid of it, we have to turn from it and let Jesus take care of it. To give it into the care of Jesus, we have to turn it over to Him, in other words, we have to repent. We are humans, we can't stop sinning, but we can stop willing to sin. That is required.

Before you believed,was there no change of heart in you to turn from your fleshly ways to the right path in sincerity? To believe entails a sincere decision one makes to turn from his old way of fleshly life to a new way of life in Christ Jesus.

Nehemiah 6 has provided us with God's commandment - That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. (1 John 3:23) . So it is not only believing, we must walk the walk too. Love is the fulfilment of the Law

In addition to Acts 17:30, there are also the following additional bible verses relating to repentance/repenting:

• Jeremiah 4:28 - For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
• Joel 2:14 - Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?
• Jonah 3:9 - Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
• Hebrews 7:21 - For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck
• Revelation 2:5 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
• Revelation 3:19 - As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

Uh, I think you made a little mistake. You probley copy pasted without reading so I double checked with a newer version and:
Superior Priesthood
…20And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath, 21but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’ ” 22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.…
Berean Study Bible ·

I used the King James Version

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But, thank you for providing another version. It shows that repenting means to change your mind

Google Assemblies of God near me and go visit. There is a very good chance you will hear it there. My pastor just preached on sin and repentance last week. It was all about how sin allowed to remain will eventually cost you more than you ever wanted to pay and make you stay in it longer than you intended to stay and it was a serious call to a devout and holy life.

Check out David Wilkerson Sermons on line. He passed in 2010 but his sermons are classics already. David did a lot of correcting the modern church but in the right spirit and he had the 60 years of ministry leadership in the American Charismatic churches world wide to know what he was talking about.
Check out Paul Washer, he is of the Baptist Denomination but preaching repentance and holiness in a powerful but balanced message. Through Paul Washer you can probably find more like him who are hearing the voice of God for the hour and calling the church to repentance.

I don't know who the public well known preachers are today I have not kept up with TV or celebrity preachers for decades.

I am focused on book study and those preachers where I actually attend meetings. It seemed like Paul Washer was thrust on me last year. Two brothers that I know and respect how live in different areas of the country contacted me about the same month and asked me several time to listen to Paul Washer. I normally don't listen to the preachers that people send me because I am too busy with books and don't want to listen to 45 minute sermons saying something they could have reduced to 3 minutes. But I felt like God might be behind the two brothers asking me to listen to Paul Washer. And I found his message very needful for the church today.

Paul Washer used to go to Leonard Ravenhall's Bible Study in his home in Lindale Texas in the 80s. I was aware of these studies and though I did not attend I lived near by and some of my close friends told me about them. No wonder Paul preaches as he does.
Leonard Ravenhill also influenced David Wilkerson to read the Puritans and David's ministry changed into a world shaking holiness prophet after his encounter with Leonard Ravenhill.

We need more preachers like David Wilkerson, Paul Washer, Leonard Ravenhill, Carter Conlon, ....I am sure that they are out there. God is raising up men and women of God who will preach the whole counsel of God.