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:::Repentance is a turning away, to cease. Example: Revalation 2:16 "Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth." The Holy Spirit is warning the curch of Pergamos to stop their fornication.
 
:::Repentance is a turning away, to cease. Example: Revalation 2:16 "Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth." The Holy Spirit is warning the curch of Pergamos to stop their fornication.
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:::Repentance is a change of the [[mind]], or rather a change in the mind; a [[metamorphasis]]. Example: Luke 13:1-5 "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
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:::Repentance is a change of the [[mind]], or rather a change in the mind; a [[metamorphesis]]. This is what repentance means in the context of salvation: Luke 13:1-5 "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." Jesus is telling the people they need to change the way they think.
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There is command to belive: "Repent ye, and believe the gospel" (Mark 1:15). How can anyone believe in Christ if they don't change their thinking? No one naturally sees themselves as a sinner; when you repent, you know and realize you're a sinner. You change from  thinking "I'm a basically good person." to "I'm a sinner; I need Jesus." That is the third definition of repentance. In Luke, the people saw the Gall
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