Repentance and Salvation – Grace Evangelical Society

Do We Need to Preach Repentance When We Share Christ with Someone?

September 9, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Mark 1:14-15, Repentance and Salvation

Bob (not me) asks this important question: “Must the gospel message include a call for people to repent of their sins?” If by “the gospel message” we mean the message of justification by faith alone that Paul defends in Galatians, the answer is no. The words repent and repentance are not found even once in

If Repentance Is Turning from Sins, then Doesn’t 2 Peter 3:9 Teach Salvation by Turning from Sins?

March 29, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Peter 3:9, Repentance and Salvation

A friend relayed a question that someone in his church asked him. The questioner had read an article I wrote suggesting that repentance is turning from sins, even in 2 Pet 3:9, which reads, “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any

How Do We Know that the Three Parables of Luke 15 Are about the Repentance of Believers?

February 28, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Luke 15:7, Repentance and Salvation

Blake asks a great question: Bob, I have a question about your book Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance. On page 103 item 3 you say that Luke 15:7 is in reference to the repentance of believers. Could you tell me where in chapter 15 you understand Jesus to be talking about believers? I

What’s the Difference Between Repentance as a Change of Mind And Repentance as Turning from Sins?

February 18, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - metanoeō, metanoia, Repentance and Salvation

Repentance comes up a lot in my email box. J. L. asks a great question about different understandings of repentance: Can you explain to me in layman’s terms the difference between the change of mind view of repentance and the turning from sins view? I’m not a theologian so I want an easy explanation. Thank

Why Isn’t the Message of John 3:16 Found in Matthew, Mark, and Luke?

February 14, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Mark 1:15-16, Repentance and Salvation

J. B. (not J. B. Bond) asks: Thank you for your writings. I do have a question as I try to understand repentance. So, in Mark 1 when Jesus was calling the people of Israel to repent and believe the gospel (of the kingdom), why wouldn’t He also tell them they needed to believe in

Is Moral Reform Needed to Be Saved?

February 9, 2022 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Justification by faith alone, Repentance and Salvation

L. W. has been bothered about the issue of repentance and salvation: I have been seeking and studying a lot as my confusion over the gospel has been taking a huge toll on me in every way. I am deeply confused about repentance. It seems it is required for all people. John the Baptist and

What Does 2 Peter 3:9 Mean: No Perishing for the Repentant?

November 26, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - 2 Peter 3:9, Repentance and Salvation

Peter wrote, “The Lord is…not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9). But what did he mean? The first nine verses of the last chapter of 2 Peter, chapter 3, deal with Christ’s promise to come again and set up His kingdom. The coming false teachers will

What Did Ezekiel Mean by “Turn and Live”? Ezekiel 18:32; 33:11

November 24, 2021 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Ezekiel 18:32, Ezekiel 33:11, Repentance and Salvation, turn and live

Introduction The expression turn and live is found in Ezekiel 18:32 and 33:11. I chose that for the title of a book I wrote on repentance. But what did Ezekiel mean? And what does the Bible have to say about repentance? Most Evangelicals today believe that repentance is one of several conditions of everlasting life.

Confusion about Repentance, Faith, and Salvation

December 4, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Matthew 9:13; Acts 20:21, repentance and faith, Repentance and Salvation

Pamela writes: Over the years I had attended Calvinistic churches with my family. I do not think Calvinism is Biblical. I do not remember exactly what I googled, but I ended up at your website.  Does it matter what Bible version you use? I have heard some say only the KJV is reliable. Isn’t repentance

Sins Are Not the Issue in Regeneration

June 17, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Ephesians 2:8-9, Galatians 2:16, John 1:29, John 6:28-29, Repentance and Salvation

An interesting question came from someone who happened to see one of my blogs: I came across Bob’s Sept 1, 2019, article. While I appreciate much of what Bob says, his statement in the last paragraph was puzzling to me: “Because of the cross of Christ, our sins and our works are not the issue.”