Repentance

Author

John Colquhoun

Category Theology Books

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500 in stock

Weight	0.5 lbs
Dimensions	7.13 × 4.75 × 0.55 in
ISBN	9781848710559
Binding	Paperback
Topic	Repentance, Salvation
Original Pub Date	1826
Banner Pub Date	Feb 1, 2010
Page Count	216
Scripture	Whole Bible
Format	Book

Book Description

In this treatment of the biblical doctrine of repentance the author distinguishes between evangelical or true repentance and legal repentance. Though the latter may be produced by a fear of God’s wrath and lead to reformation of life, it is an experience which falls short of salvation. Evangelical repentance, on the other hand, is the result of the Holy Spirit’s work in regeneration, is inseparable from faith in Jesus Christ, and is evidenced by turning from all sin to God.

John Colquhoun, minister in the Church of Scotland at Leith, deals in turn with the sources, nature, necessity, fruits and evidences of evangelical repentance, how it differs from legal repentance, and how logically (although not in respect of time) it must be preceded by faith and justification. The author leaves his reader in no doubt that without such repentance there is no scriptural warrant to assume that a person is born again of the Spirit. He provides an excellent corrective to a superficial conception of conversion.

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	Biographical introduction	vii
	Introduction	1
1	The sources of true repentance	7
2	The nature and import of true repentance	25
3	The necessity of true repentance	55
4	The difference between true and counterfeit repentance	83
5	The fruits and evidences of true repentance	111
6	The priority of the acting of saving faith to the exercise of true repentance	127
7	The priority of justification to the first exercise of true repentance	147
8	Objections answered	175