The Burning Bush - Far Eastern Bible College

The Burning Bush 16/1 (January 2010)Repentance is indeed an important doctrine to be proclaimed toevery soul, believers and unbelievers alike, for even after salvation, onemust continue to repent from his sinful deeds, and return to God. This, incommenting on Jeremiah 23:21-22, Roberts declares, “Any prophet,priest or preacher who claims to speak for God and says little or nothingabout repentance in these desperately wicked days is certainly nospokesman for God, nor ought he to be trusted in other matters”. 20Notes1Kenneth L Gentry Jr, Lord of the Saved: Getting to the Heart of theLordship Debate (New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1992), 34.2Zane C Hodges, Absolutely Free! A Biblical Reply to Lordship Salvation(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989).3Charles C Ryrie, So Great Salvation (Wheaton: Victor, 1989).4The Westminster Larger Catechism defines repentance unto life as “asaving grace, wrought in the heart of a sinner by the Spirit and Word of God,whereby, out of the sight and sense, not only of the danger, but also of thefilthiness and odiousness of his sins, and upon the apprehension of God’s mercyin Christ to such as are penitent, he so grieves for and hates his sins, as that heturns from them all to God, purposing and endeavoring constantly to walk withhim in all the ways of new obedience.” (Question 76).5Ruckmanism: The spurious notion that the KJV is an advanced revelation,the infallible translation that was inspired by God and should be referred to abovethe original Hebrew and Greek words of the Bible. As such, the King James Biblein the English is the preserved Word of God and the only point of reference thatone should have in any doctrinal matter, and knowledge of the original languagesis absolutely unnecessary to any interpretation of God’s Word. See David Cloud,What about Peter Ruckman? http://www.wayoflife.org/database/ruckman.html.6Steve Anderson, “Easy-Believism Defended,” http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/easybelievism.html.7Watch “Pastor RA Smith Rips on Repentance,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FiVSAXNkrA&feature=player_embedded#t=259.8Theological term used to describe the personification of God as a manwith human attributes, emotions, characteristics or physical qualities. This isoften used in the Bible to help man understand the actions of God.9John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, (E-Sword) Book 3,Chapter 3, Paragraph 5.10Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 15, paragraphs 1-3.11See http://www.bpcwa.com/doctrine.html. Emphasis added.12Thomas Watson, The Doctrine of Repentance (Edinburgh: Banner ofTruth, 1668), 7.20