Repent of your Sins Heresy

Let me be clear, God never commanded unbelievers to repent of their sins to be saved. NOT ONCE. I am going to spend some time exposing this heresy that has entered into the Baptist Church.

 Now God commands us to repent, but you have to understand what repent means. If you let the Bible interpret itself you'll find that the word repent just means "to change your mind", "to turn", or "to regret". But if you let  apostate Christians interpret the Bible for you, they will add three words each time they see the word "repent". Those magical three words are "of your sins". The entire phrase "repent of your sins" is found nowhere in the Bible. If repent in the Bible means to turn from sin than I guess God had sin because he repented more than man did.

Genesis 6:6 "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."

1 Samuel 15:35 "And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel."

Jeremiah 18:8 "If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them."

There are more mentions of God repenting. And you will find that he repented more than anyone else. So if repent means to "turn from your sins" then how could God repent. The truth is it doesn't mean to turn from your sins. Lets allow the Bible to define the word repent.

The first time the word repent is used is in Genesis 6:6. You can read the scripture above. This is after God had cast Adam and Eve out of his garden; Cain had killed Abel, and there was much violence on the earth. After all of this, God did not like the fact that he had created man. He regretted it. We see that repentance has to do with your mind. God regretted his creation.

Repentance also means "to turn" or "change your mind".


Ezekiel 14:6 "Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
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Ezekiel 18:30 "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God.Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin."

Jeremiah 4:28 "For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it."

The scripture can't be clearer.

Jeremiah 26:13 "Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.

God told Jeremiah to prophesy to Judah telling them that if they would amend their ways, God would in return repent or turn (as in context) from the evil he pronounced against them.

You only need a couple of scriptures to disprove this "repent of your sins" heresy. When Peter told the crowd at the day of Pentecost in Acts Chapter 2 to "repent and be baptized", he wasn't telling them to turn from their sin (of your sins is not mentioned). Peter was telling them to turn from their unbelief to their belief. The scripture says in verse 37 of Acts 2 that they were "pricked in their hearts" after they had just got done hearing the gospel. After they had received the gospel they asked"what shall we do?" And of course Peter tells them to repent of turn to God and be baptized. Needless to say, he wasn't telling them to repent of their sins.

 Repenting of your sins is works. And the Bible says all you have to do to be saved is believe. Ephesians 2:8-9 says, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast". Thus heresy is very stupid anyway. If you're saying that you need to repent of your sins to be saved then no one is saved because no one has repented of their sins. Tell an alcoholic to repent of his sins to be saved and he's going to tell you he can't be saved. HE'S BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT ALL HIS LIFE! Tell a man that is addicted to porn that in order to get to heaven you have to stop watching porn and believe in Jesus Christ. He's going to tell you he can't be saved because he's been trying all his life to stop watching porn. This heresy is making salvation difficult when it should be as easy as breathing.

 If you call yourself a Christian, and your salvation testimony is that you repented of your sins and believed in Jesus Christ then you are not saved. All you need to do is believe.

John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

John 6:47 says, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."

John 11:26 says, "And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"

Acts 8:36-38 reads, "And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him."

Let the Holy Ghost interpret the Word Of God.