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If God forgave our sins without repentance or before we repented, he would be communicating to us that sin does not matter. We might conclude that God approves of our sin, and it would even encourage us to continue in sin. “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from
She is to preach the command that all men everywhere should repent. God is pleased to use preaching to bring His elect believers to repentance and faith (I Corinthians 1:21). After God’s people repent then He is pleased to forgive them. But, as we learn from the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 we as
When the sinner hears the preaching of God’s holiness, righteousness, mercy, love, and grace, then the elect sinner is convicted by the Holy Spirit and brought to his knees in true repentance. The preaching of sovereign grace provides the answers which the struggling sinner needs to hear. By the gra
In close connection with this the Form of Ordination states that the minister of the Word must "preach repentance towards God, and reconciliation with Him through Faith in Christ." Under this heading the preacher is mandated to proclaim the whole counsel of God. He must preach the full-orbed gospel
In the New Testament the preachers of the gospel take on the same role as the prophets in the Old Testament. It is their duty to bring the gospel to all people, and the gospel message includes the call to repentance. Man needs to be called to repentance from the many sins that he commits. Therefore
Repentance too is mercy. It is mercy working irresistibly in the object of eternal mercy making a way for itself into the soul of the elect sinner. The preaching of this word—the word of mercy of Luke 18:13—had drawn the young man Gerrit Vos to Herman Hoeksema in the earliest days of the reformation
But there is one word of God with two aspects. The preaching is the call of God unto salvation through the command to repent and believe, which command comes to all who hear the gospel. The preaching is also the proclamation of the offense of the cross, which for those who refuse to obey the call of
Finally, Rev. Langerak explained again, from Scripture, the confessions, and the historical doctrine of the PRCA, the importance and the rightful place of repentance in the life of every child of God: "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted to
It, on the one hand, exposes the sinner and hardens the impenitent unto the realization of God’s decree of reprobation. On the other hand, the preaching convicts of sin and brings one to repentance and faith in Christ Jesus unto the realization of God’s decree of election. We must submit to whatever