Turning Back and Living Forward
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In this episode, Brian and Pastor Jay discuss repentance and good works from Westminster Confession of Faith chapters 15 and 16. They explain repentance as turning away from sin and toward Christ, then show how genuine faith bears fruit in good works without those works becoming the ground of salvation.
Scripture mentioned:
Acts 2:37-38 (ESV) - Peter’s sermon cuts the hearers to the heart, and he calls them to repent and be baptized
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/act/2/37-38/s_1020037
James 2:14-26 (ESV) - Genuine faith is distinguished from dead faith by the presence of good works
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jas/2/14-26/s_1148014
James 2:26 (ESV) - Faith apart from works is dead, compared to a body without the spirit
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jas/2/26/s_1148026
Psalm 51 (ESV) - David’s repentance after his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/psa/51/1/s_529001
Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV) - Saved by grace through faith, then created in Christ for good works
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/2/8-10/s_1099008
Luke 21:1-4 (ESV) - The widow’s offering, mentioned as an example of God’s surprising judgment of true greatness
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/luk/21/1-4/s_994001
2 Corinthians 9:7 (ESV) - God loves a cheerful giver, not giving reluctantly or under compulsion
https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/2co/9/7/s_1087007
Other sources:
Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 15: Of Repentance Unto Life
https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XV
Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 16: Of Good Works
https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XVI
Augustine, City of God, Book 19, Chapter 25, on true virtue and true religion
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