Preaching Repentance and Forgiveness (4): Forgiveness of Sins

By Martyn McGeown. Previous article in the series: Preaching Repentance and Forgiveness of Sins (3): Classifying Repentance (b). _________ The risen Lord Jesus commanded his disciples that “repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations” (Luke 24:47). We have seen what repentance is: a change of mind, which leads to sorrow over, and turning from sin. It is the gift of God, the activity of the sinner by God's grace; it is not a work, it is not conversion, and...