Repentance In Christian Conversion
Repentance is an act by which we realise we have offended an Holy and righteous God; this act is characterised by a deliberate turn away from the sinful act(s) in question, begging for God’s forgiveness and turning to him and his ways. Repentance is also that window that opens for us to see what we are called to; this being that, we are to represent God’s living and working in human life; how the effects of sin’s offensive attack on God defeats this purpose and how it can be remedied by means of the lordship of God’s Spirit over man’s spirit, soul and body.
5. Even when we
were dead in
sins, hath
quickened us
together with
Christ, (by
grace ye are
saved;)
(Ephesians 2:5)
How ye turned to God
from idols to serve the
living and true God. (1
Thessalonians 1:9b)
“BORN AGAIN”
“ONLY”
Ernest
Seeking
“BORN
AGAIN”
& BEING
CONVERTED
Sanctification
Conviction
Quickening
Work out your own
salvation with fear and
trembling. For it is
God which worketh in
you both to will and to
do of his good
pleasure. (Phil. 2:12b-
13)
The Salvation of Man
Regeneration
Conversion
6. Intuition & Communion Needed
HOLY TRINITY, HOSTS OF GOD
HEAVEN OF HEAVENS (Eph. 1: 20-23; Psa. 110; 134:3)
Recap of Holy Spirit &
The Salvation of Man
(Part 2)
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Principalities, Powers, rulers of the
darkness of this world & spiritual
wickedness in high places. (Eph. 6:12).
PLANETS & STARS
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TRANSCENDENTAL PLAIN
God
Body –
Physical
Functions
Soul – Spirit –
Functions of
Will,
Intellect &
Emotions
Functions of
conscience
ONLY
As the unregenerate man has only the conscience function of his spirit active and the
body and soul also (his heart) exposed to the elements of the first and second heavens;
he will definitely be at odds with God. Intuition & Communion are Needed
Holy
Spirit
How is Intuition & Communion Made Available?
7. Regeneration of the spirit
How is Intuition & Communion Made Available?
This is done through the regeneration of the spirit
(direct operation of the Holy Spirit upon the human
spirit at salvation). The aspects of the regeneration
of the spirit are:
(Quickening)
The activation of Intuition and Communion in the
human spirit
(The Circumcision of the heart)
Release of the conscience from the control of the
soul (as it is the only function of the spirit in the
unregenerate heart)
Recap of Holy Spirit &
The Salvation of Man
(Part 2)
8. Regeneration of the spirit
Functions of conscience released from the control of the soul, and is
brought under the control of the spirit that is now empowered and
buffered up with intuition and Communion with God (Quickened by the
•Atonement
Holy Spirit)
Curtain/veil Rent (Accomplished by
Jesus at the Cross at Calvary
Inner-man Strengthened
Intuition and Communion activated •Quickening
Severing between soul and spirit
Recap of Holy Spirit &
The Salvation of Man
(Part 2)
9. Regeneration of the spirit (Quickening)
Recap of Holy Spirit &
The Salvation of Man
(Part 2)
Quickening is the direct and supernatural operation of the Holy Spirit to
effect a newness of life in the heart of man, so that he is able to receive
the things of God (e.g. Word, directions etc.) Newness of life being the
‘activation’ of the intuition and communion in the spirit of man.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7)
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are
spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63)
Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you
shall live. (Ezekiel 37:5)
Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them,[a] and take the stony
heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh. (Ezekiel 11:19)
Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people,
and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart. (Jeremiah 24:7)
Quickening is a sovereign work of the Holy Spirit; it is characteristic of the
attributes of God as shown through His Spirit. This sovereignty backed up by
the omnipotence of God:
God has spoken once, twice I have heard this: that power belongs to God. (Psalm 62:11)
10. Regeneration of the spirit (Quickening)
Quickening is entirely an act of consistent, instantaneous, unperceived work of
the Grace (unmerited favour) of God. MAN HAS NO PART TO PLAY IN IT
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:6)
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from
and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8)
Quickening is made possible through the work of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ at Calvary:
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a
quickening spirit. (1 Corinthians 15:45)
For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom
He will. (John 5:21)
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and
death. (Romans 8:2)
Recap of Holy Spirit &
The Salvation of Man
(Part 2)
11. IF YOU believe IN Jesus
AND repentANT OF YOUR
SINS THEN you are saved.
Believe in Jesus Christ: To be the son of God; died and
rose up again, and that His finished work on the Cross is
more than enough to set you free.
To Repent means: Being sincerely sorry for your sins and
bringing them before God (between you and Him); with the
aim of not going back to them.
13. Almost thou persuadest
me to be a Christian.
(Acts 26:28b)
King Agrippa, believest
thou the prophets? I know
that thou believest.
(Acts 26:27)
BUT THEN:
FOR WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF
THE LORD (JESUS) SHALL BE SAVED
(Romans 10:13)
14. Rabbi, we know that thou
art a teacher come from
God: for no man can do
these miracles that thou
doest, except God be with
him. (John 3:2)
Verily, verily, I
say unto thee,
Except a man
be born again,
he cannot see
the kingdom of
God. (John 3:3)
REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD; FAITH TOWARD OUR
LORD JESUS CHRIST
(Acts 20:21)
BUT THEN:
Born Again?
16. Since the world began
was it not heard that any
man opened the eyes of
one that was born blind.
If this man were not of
God, he could do nothing.
(John 9:32-33)
Thou wast
BUT THEN:
altogether born
in sins, and
dost thou teach
us? (John 9:34)
17. Regeneration
Earnest
Seeking
Conversion
Even when we
were dead in
sins, hath
quickened us
together with
Christ, (by
grace ye are
saved;)
(Ephesians
2:5)
How ye turned to God
from idols to serve
the living and true
God. (1 Thessalonians
1:9b)
“BORN
AGAIN”
“ONLY”
“BORN
AGAIN”
& BEING
CONVERTED
Sanctification
Conviction
Quickening
Work out your own
salvation with fear
and trembling. For it
is God which worketh
in you both to will
and to do of his good
pleasure. (Phil.
2:12b-13)
18. Earnest Seeking
through repentance
towards God and
faith in Jesus IS A
MUST to move
ahead (Acts 20:21)
19. IF YOU believe IN Jesus
AND repentant OF YOUR
SINS THEN you are saved.
Believe in Jesus Christ: To be the son of God; died and
rose up again, and that His finished work on the Cross is
more than enough to set you free.
To Repent means: Being sincerely sorry for your sins and
bringing them before God (between you and Him); with the
aim of not going back to them.
33. Faith, Repentance, Conversion & The Salvation of Man
Quickening
Regeneration
Mercy
Grace
Mercy
Justice
Truth
Even when we
were dead in
sins, hath
quickened us
together with
Christ, (by grace
ye are saved;)
(Ephesians 2:5)
How ye turned to God
from idols to serve the
living and true God. (1
Thessalonians 1:9b)
Conviction
“BORN AGAIN”
“ONLY”
Conversion
Reconciliation (2Corinthians 5:8-19)
Grace
Grace
Justice
Truth
Grace
Truth
Mercy
Justice
Truth
Mercy
Justice
Grace
Truth
Mercy
Justice
Grace
Truth
Mercy
Grace Justice
Truth
Mercy
Justice
Justice
Mercy
Justice
34. IF YOU believe IN Jesus
AND repentANT OF YOUR
SINS THEN you are saved.
Believe in Jesus Christ: To be the son of God; died and
rose up again, and that His finished work on the Cross is
more than enough to set you free.
To Repent means: Being sincerely sorry for your sins and
bringing them before God (between you and Him); with the
aim of not going back to them.
36. Regeneration of the spirit (Quickening)
Eye of The Heart
Which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, (Ephesians 1:8)
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
All these evil things come from within and defile a man.” (Mark 7:22-23)
Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira,
who worshiped God. The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul. (Acts 16:14)
The light of the body is the eye, our spirit is like the power source, the energy
source, or the light source of our life. There is a need for our spirit to be able
to operate outwardly through our soul and communicate with the world
(The sensory powers of the soul being crucified and the soul made to keep it’s
‘powers’ ‘dead’).
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for
me. (Galatians 2:20)
Recap of Holy Spirit &
The Salvation of Man
(Part 2)
37. Recap of Holy Spirit & Regeneration of the spirit (Quickening)
The Salvation of Man
Eye of The Heart
There is a need for the spirit to be able to operate inwardly towards God
and commune with Him.
For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so
no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. (1 Corinthians 2:11)
There is also a need to make sure that the eye of the heart is ALWAYS BY
FAITH, SURRENDERED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT so that we are by grace able
to make optimum use of it. THIS BEING CHECKED against the state of our
own conscience – A pure conscience leads to keen intuition; with a defiled
conscience, the eye of the heart is handed back to the whims of a deceptive
soul.
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and
from sincere faith. (Timothy 1:5)
To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure;
but even their mind and conscience are defiled. (Titus 1:15)
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:14)
(Part 2)
43. IF YOU believe IN Jesus
AND repentANT OF YOUR
SINS THEN you are saved.
Believe in Jesus Christ: To be the son of God; died and
rose up again, and that His finished work on the Cross is
more than enough to set you free.
To Repent means: Being sincerely sorry for your sins and
bringing them before God (between you and Him); with the
aim of not going back to them.
51. For My thoughts are not
your thoughts, nor are your
ways My ways,” says the
Lord. “For as the heavens
are higher than the earth,
so are My ways higher than
your ways, and My thoughts
than your thoughts
(Isa. 55:8-9)
Intellect
(Mind)
Emotions
& Will
SOUL
BODY
Heart
Conscience
SPIRIT
Empowerment of the
spirit by communion
(fellowship) with God
Intellect
(Mind)
KNOWLEDGE
WISDOM
For what man knows the things of a man
except the spirit of the man which is in
him? Even so no one knows the things of
God except the Spirit of God. ( 1 Cor. 2:11)
But there is a spirit
in man: and the
inspiration of the
Almighty giveth them
understanding. (Job
32:8)
Intellect Intuition
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit
of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned. ( 1 Cor. 2:14)
Release of the conscience from the control of the soul into the control of the spirit(as it is
the only function of the spirit in the heart); triggers the empowerment of the heart from the
inner-man This upgrade from intellect to intuition is the addition of Understanding to
Knowledge to make wisdom:
John answered and said, “A man
can receive nothing unless it
has been given to him from
heaven. (John. 3:27)
= (Grace)
And unto man he said,
Behold, the fear of the Lord,
that is wisdom; and to depart
from evil is understanding.
(Job 28:28)
Jesus = Wisdom[W] = (Knowledge [K} + Understanding[U])
The Veil
Rent
59. Seek ye the Lord while he may be
found, call ye upon him while he is
near: Let the wicked forsake his
way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto
the Lord, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will
abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:6-7)
Spirit –
Functions of
Conscience,
Intuition
Regeneration of the
spirit is completed by
communion (fellowship)
The Veil
Intellect
(Mind)
(Isaiah 55:6-7; Acts
17:30; Acts 17:30;
Acts 8:22; Haggai
1:7; Acts 3:19; Luke
13:5; Isaiah 44:22)
Repent ye therefore, and be
converted, that your sins may be
blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord. (Acts 3:19)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
Movement of the Holy Spirit
through this Curtain is only
by the Blood Of Jesus. Heb.
10:19-20; 1 John 1:7.
YES!!
I WILL
THE SALVATION OF MAN:
Repentance, Faith & Conversion
The sole purpose of Quickening is REPENTANCE.
REPENTANCE being the informing and changing of
the INTELLECT (Mind) to stir and direct the EMOTIONS
to urge the required change; and the action of the yielded
WILL in turning away from sin to God.
60. IF YOU believe IN Jesus
AND repentANT OF YOUR
SINS THEN you are saved.
Believe in Jesus Christ: To be the son of God; died and
rose up again, and that His finished work on the Cross is
more than enough to set you free.
To Repent means: Being sincerely sorry for your sins and
bringing them before God (between you and Him); with the
aim of not going back to them.
61. Believe & Faith
There is a distinctive difference between belief and faith.
What compels the Lord to make the battle His own?
What brings the fourth Man into the fire?
What triggers the confidence for ?
Believe Faith
REPENTANCE
Believe is a principle, proposition,
idea that is accepted as true;
opinion, outlook; conviction; trust
or confidence.
Faith is the confident assurance in the character and
nature of God; a strong or unshakeable belief in
something, without proof or evidence.
When we come before Him to whom nothing and absolutely nothing is hidden –
By Grace Saying: ’MY HANDS ARE CLEAN’
Both spiritually and Morally - Yes! Nothing is hidden
REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD; FAITH TOWARD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
(Acts 20:21)