It is not only repentance toward God but faith in our Lord Jesus Christ that is required for the pardoning and purging of sin, for destroying sin and saving you. Repentance is not enough, for righteousness is not by repentance, but by faith (Phil 3.9). Prayers and tears, sighs and sorrows are not our saviour; it is Jesus only who saves us from sin (Mt. 1.21). None can out our sins to death but he who died for our sins. Bring all your repentance and righteousness, and it cannot compensate or make amends for one sin. If all the angels in heaven lent you their whole stock of righteousness – and it is a great one – yet it would not do. No satisfaction could be made nor anything merited for you but by the Son of God; he and he alone is the Saviour from sin…
Ralph Venning, The Sinfulness of Sin
Repentance is not enough
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I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship; husband to Jen; Dad to Katherine, Elias, Madeline, and Kilian. If you're in town you can probably find me in the local coffee house or running through the neighborhoods.
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Awesome quote! All too often we hear so much about what we can do for our salvation, when it’s all null apart from God doing it for us. Thanks Joe. Great to see you back.
i enjoy reading the blog dude. looking forward to reading more… peace.
Glad to see that you’re blogging again Joe.
Great quote. I am cutting and pasting it to my folder.
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