Necessity of Continuing Repentance

Driving home: All true repentance is permeated with faith and all true faith is permeated with repentance.

Martin uses a diagram of a tree, with soil, roots, trunk, and fruit, to illustrate the various components of the doctrine of repentance: the soil of God's grace, the roots of conviction and faith, the trunk of a changed mind, and the fruit of righteous living.

And then as we sought to work out the essence of the doctrine I kept before you constantly this formal definition of the shorter catechism. I won't read it you have it there before you. And then in the second place we use this extended illustration the diagram of the tree. And as you can see I know artists but at least you can get the idea that sort of the cross section of a tree.

4:01 - 4:23 Read in full sermon

Driving home: All transgression must be renounced or else the gates of heaven must be barred against thee. Let us remember this that repentance to be sincere. Must be. Entire.

Martin quotes Charles Spurgeon to emphasize that true repentance must be 'entire,' meaning a solemn renunciation of every sin, not just some, warning that harboring even one lust will sink the soul.

I'd like to give a quote of Charles Spurgeon on this matter that I did not give that may help enforce this principle that repentance is a change of mind regarding sin. He says and I now quote Spurgeon repentance to be sure must be entire. Many will say sir I will renounce this sin or the other sin. But there are certain darling lusts.

6:03 - 6:26 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin explains that a Christian is to repent whenever and wherever sin and declension are discovered, citing the Lord's calls to repentance to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3…

The story of Peter's denial and subsequent repentance after a glance from the Lord is used to illustrate how God discovers sin and calls His children to repentance through various means.

Because sin will be continually discovered in his heart. With Peter. It was a glance from our Lord. That stirred his slumbering conscience.

17:36 - 17:47 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin explains that a Christian is to repent whenever and wherever sin and declension are discovered, citing the Lord's calls to repentance to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3…

The account of David's repentance after Nathan's searching preaching ('Thou art the man') is used to show another means God uses to awaken a slumbering conscience and bring about repentance.

With David it was the searching preaching of Nathan. Who came to him. And after giving that parable you remember said. David thou art the man.

18:12 - 18:20 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin explains that a Christian is to repent whenever and wherever sin and declension are discovered, citing the Lord's calls to repentance to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3…

The Corinthians' godly sorrow leading to repentance, brought about by Paul's faithful admonition in a letter, serves as an example of yet another means God employs to discover sin and call for repentance.

Peter it was a glance of our Lord. David it was the searching probing ministry of a prophet. With the church at Corinth. Paul could say.

18:29 - 18:39 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: The third statement serves as a warning: repentance that is not perpetual demonstrates itself to be insincere. This is expounded from 2 Peter 2:20-22, which describes those who…

The proverbs of a dog returning to its vomit and a sow to its wallowing in the mire are used to illustrate that those whose repentance is not perpetual reveal that their nature was never truly transformed, proving their repentance insincere.

According to the true proverb. The dog turning to his own vomit again. And the sow that had washed. To her wallowing.

35:57 - 36:05 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin reinforces the reality of apostasy through biblical examples like Saul, Judas, and Demas, and quotes Spurgeon on the necessity of perpetual, entire, and deep repentance…

Martin quotes Spurgeon again to underscore that true repentance is perpetual, a lifelong forsaking of sins, and a radical eradication of the cause of sin, not just a superficial change.

And searching. Lastly upon this point. True repentance must be perpetual. It's not my turning to God.

37:28 - 37:36 Read in full sermon