Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
Acts 8:26-40
Key Verse: 8:35
Date: Feb. 18, 2019
Question
What is repentance unto life?
Answer
Repentance unto life is a saving grace, by which a sinner, being truly aware of his sinfulness, understands the mercy of God in Christ, grieves for and hates his sins, and turns from them to God, fully intending and striving for a new obedience.
Reference Passages
1
Acts 11:18
2 Timothy 2:25
2
Psalm 51:1-4
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
Joel 2:13
Luke 15:7
Luke 15:10
Acts 2:37
3
Jeremiah 31:18-19
Luke 1:16-17
1 Thessalonians 1:9
4
2 Chronicles 7:14
Psalm 119:57-64
Matthew 3:8
2 Corinthians 7:10