Repentance and Faith

Talk 4

Review of 1-3

Repentance and Faith

Repentance and Faith ALWAYS go hand in hand and they should never be separated

What is repentance?

What is “Repentance”

• “Metanoia” (Change of Mind)– Letting go of old ways and taking a new life.– Constantly turning and running away from a life of sin and

embracing a life God has designed for you.

Notions of Repentance

What Repentance is not

• Feelings• Facing the

consequences after life

What Repentance is

• Firm decision and conviction.• Truth that God

does not deserve this from us.

How to repent

How do I repent?

• Be honest that we have sinned.

• Be humble to accept your fault

• Actively renounce and reject sin.

• Ask for God’s forgiveness.

What to repent?

Involvement in non-Christian Religions

Spiritualism and Occult

Sexual Wrongdoings

Serious Crimes

Vices

Faith

Belief in the gospel, which is the Good News of Salvation in Jesus

Christ.

Aspects of Faith• A definite act• An individual act• A deliberate act• An urgent act• An indispensible

act

Wrong notions of Faith

• Not based on feelings• Not wishful

thinking• Not a blind

leap

Consequences of Repentance and Faith

• A promise of salvation from sin, Satan and death

• A promise of forgiveness and eternal life with God

• A promise of a new life in the Spirit

Riveder le Stelle

Ma la notte risurge(But soon it will be night and we must rise to the stars)

Oramai e da partir(Now is the time to depart this place)

Che tutto venduto.(For we have seen and experienced it all)

Ma la notte risurge(But soon it will be night and we must rise to the stars)

Oramai e da partir(Now is the time to depart this place)

Che tutto venduto.(For we have seen and experienced it all)

Riturnar!(Keep moving – return to paradise)

Ma la notte risurge(But soon it will be night and we must rise to the stars)

Riturnar!(Keep moving – return to paradise)

Vexilla Regis prodeunt inferni(The wings of hell’s monarch are heard

nearby. We must leave quickly)

Vexilla Regis prodeunt inferni(The wings of hell’s monarch are heard nearby. We must leave quickly)

Vexilla Regis prodeunt inferni(The wings of hell’s monarch are heard nearby. We must leave quickly)

Vexilla Regis prodeunt inferni(The wings of hell’s monarch are heard

nearby. We must leave quickly)

Ma la notte risurge(But soon it will be night and we must rise to the stars)

Oramai e da partir(Now is the time to depart this place)

Che tutto venduto.(For we have seen and experienced it all)

Ma la notte risurge(But soon it will be night and we must rise to the stars)

Salimmo su, tanto ch’i’ vidi(I climbed toward paradise with no thought of looking back)

De le cose belle che porta’l(I passed through a small opening)

Ciel, per un pertugio tondo(And finally saw heaven and the supreme light)

Ma la notte risurge(But soon it will be night and we must rise to the stars)

Salimmo su, tanto ch’i’ vidi(I climbed toward paradise with no thought of looking back)

Quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle(And we beheld once again the stars)