Do you think repentence is important?

Answer 1

Yes we all must repent or perish Luke 13:3

Answer 2

According to the Bible, it is.

However, a better question might be, "what is repentance?"

Some people believe it means feeling sorry about what you've done wrong. That's only regret. Others believe it's recognition of God' right to judge and your guilt before Him. That's Godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10) and it LEADS to repentance. Others believe it means an entire turn-around and near-perfect behavior from then on.

I think Hebrews 6:1 gives the most complete picture of the repentance God demands, (see Matt. 3:2,8,11, 4:12, 9:13, 21:32, Acts 2, 3, 5, 11, 17,20,26, etc., etc.), by calling it "repentance from dead works." It's an abandonment of your fig leaf attempts to cover up, your attempts to build a tower to reach God, your fantasy of outweighing bad works with good works.

Answer 3

Acts 3: 19: "19 “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get YOUR sins blotted out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the person of Jehovah"

The Bible does not teach once saved always saved, but rather it says...
Matthew 24: 13: "13 But he that has endured to the end is the one that will be saved."

John 17: 3: "This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ"

Jesus gave us a very serious command and commission:

Matthew 28:19 & 20: "Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU. And, look! I am with YOU all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”

Notice, it says..."teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded YOU."

observe: to obey, comply with or conform to;
to keep or maintain in one's conduct

(also observe means to inspect closely for a sign of future events)

But the first action that we must do is to admit our short-comings and then ask God for forgiveness, and then turn around from those wrong-doings (repent), and then to do works that show our repentence.

James 2:26: "Indeed, as the body without spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead."

Answer 4

The one thing about all sects of Christianity I have always wondered about has to do with your question:

What good is repentance when, according to this religion, you can sin all you want to and then repent, and TAA DAA! all is forgiven. That doesn't seem to be reason to live a good life.

Repentance means nothing in that respect.

When taken out of the religious aspect, though, you get a real good reason for repenting.

It is the only way to EARN forgiveness from those whom you have wronged.

So, my answer is:

When religious reasons are absent, repentance is necessary and important because it opens the pathway to forgiveness from others- and one can learn from one's mistakes.

Answer 5

Yes repentance is the most important thing.

Answer 6

Repentence comes before Salvation. It is greatly important.

Answer 7

Only to the fellow living being I've harmed. If I hurt my dog accidentally, I will do my best to communicate my sorrow at having done so and try to soothe the pain, then give him a cookie or two so he smiles again. If I injure a friend, I'll do the same, though more metaphorically and without the biscuits (unless it's a few of my friends who do eat dog biscuits...)

Answer 8

i feel so happppppyyy that i have finally come across a christian view and question, and yes i do believe repentance is important because it the only way to seek the kingdom of God.

Answer 9

NO, not for salvation.

Salvation is by FAITH. Repentance is never brought up, except for repenting from UNBELIEF.

Repentance is for the ALREADY SAVED, in other words, it doesn't save you at all. It is the Lord cleaning up your life AFTER you get saved. Salvation is ONLY by believing that Jesus died to pay for your sins, and that He rose again.

Answer 10

Without the idea of sin the idea of repentance is superfluous.

The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.

If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't perfect.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.

First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.

How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work 100 percent of the time?

It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.

One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.

Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.

If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.

If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.

How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.

Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.

If this is the case and we are perfect creations of a perfect God then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.

How likely is that????

Think about it.

Love and blessings
don

Source --- Course in miracles