REPENTANCE. IS IT A NECESSARY PART OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE?

REPENTANCE

REPENTANCE. IS IT A NECESSARY PART OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE?

MATTHEW 3:1-2 NKJV
1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

MATTHEW 4:17 NKJV
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand."

MATTHEW 9:12-13 NKJV
12 But when Jesus heard that, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a
physician, but those who are sick.
13 "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to
call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

MATTHEW 12:41 NKJV
"The men of Ninevah will rise in the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because
they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

MARK 1:4 NKJV
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission
of sins.

MARK 1:14-15 NKJV
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the
kingdom of God,
15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in
the gospel."

MARK 2:17 NKJV
When Jesus heard it, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but
those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

MARK 6:12 NKJV
So they went out and preached that people should repent.

LUKE 3:3 NKJV
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins,

LUKE 5:31-32 NKJV
31 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but
those who are sick.
32 "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to
repentance."

LUKE 10:13-15 NKJV
13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in
you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented a great while ago, sitting in
sackcloth and ashes.
14 "But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgement than for you.
15 "And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be thrust down to Hades.

LUKE 11:32 NKJV
"The men of Ninevah will rise up in the judgement with this generation and condemn it, for
they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.

LUKE 13:1-5 NKJV
1 There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate
had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse
sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
3 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
4 "Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they
were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."

LUKE 15:7,10 NKJV
7 "I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than
over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
10 "Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who
repents."

LUKE 24:46-47 NKJV
46 Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer
and to rise from the dead the third day,
47 "and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem.

ACTS 2:37-38 NKJV
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the
apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

ACTS 3:18-19 NKJV
18 "But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would
suffer, He has thus fulfilled.
19 "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of
refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

ACTS 5:30-31 NKJV
30 "The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.
31 "Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel
and forgiveness of sins.

ACTS 8:20-22 NKJV
20 But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of
God could be purchased with money!
21 "You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of
God.
22 "Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart
may be forgiven you.

ACTS 13:24 NKJV
"after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people
of Israel.

ACTS 17:30-31 NKJV
30 "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to
repent,
31 "because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the
Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."

ACTS 19:4 NKJV
Then Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that
they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus."

ACTS 20:20-21 NKJV
20 "and how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you
publicly and from house to house,
21 "testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord
Jesus Christ.

ACTS 26:18-20 NKJV
18 'to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to
God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified
by faith in Me.'
19 "Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 "but declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of
Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do works befitting
repentance.

ROMANS 2:4 NKJV
Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that
the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

2 CORINTHIANS 7:9-10 NKJV
9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you
were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the
world produces death.

2 TIMOTHY 2:25 NKJV
in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance,
so that they may know the truth,

HEBREWS 6:4-6 NKJV
4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift,
and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit,
5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves
the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

HEBREWS 12:14-17 NKJV
14 Pursue peace with all men, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
15 looking diligently lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
16 lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his
birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he
found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.

2 PETER 3:9 NKJV
The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering
toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

REVELATION 2:5 NKJV
"Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will
come quickly and remove your lampstand from its place--unless you repent.

REVELATION 2:16 NKJV
'Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My
mouth.

REVELATION 2:21-22 NKJV
21 "And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent.
22 "Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.

REVELATION 3:3 NKJV
"Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. Therefore if you
will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come
upon you.

REVELATION 3:19 NKJV
"As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.

REVELATION 9:20-21 NKJV
20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of
their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and
wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;
21 and they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their
thefts.

REVELATION 16:9-11 NKJV
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has
power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.
10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became
full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.
11 And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not
repent of their deeds.