Is Repentance a One-Time Event?

Dec. 15, 2017

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I've actually heard these teachings. They're out there in the church world that after you repent, you're no longer a sinner. You're a saint now, and you no longer have to repent anymore. You just keep on living, brother, and you just believe, and you name and claim, and you go get your stuff. And I'm thinking, boy, oh boy, what are you missing with the sweet joys of supplication and the tender mercies of God in that place of contrition because somebody taught you that you don't have to keep short accounts with God.

Repentance is absolutely necessary for salvation, but also I think a critical component to walking with Jesus day after day.

Should repentance be a one-time event in the life of a believer?

Carlton McLeod explains in this video that he has heard of some churches that teach that once you are saved, there is no need for repentance. You can keep on living however you want. This is a very unbiblical position.

Repentance is absolutely necessary for salvation but also a critical component of daily walking with the Lord. Repentance helps us to understand how sinful we are and how great our need is for a Savior.

1 John 1:8 (NKJV) – “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”

Speaker

CM

Life Story & Testimony

Dr. Carlton McLeod is the pastor at Calvary Reformation Church. Dr. McLeod earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science from Hampton University and a Master of Theology and Doctor of Ministry from Andersonville Theological Seminary. He and his wife Donna have been married since 1992 and they have two daughters, Dori and Aryanna, and one son, Jonathan. Dr. McLeod is relentless in his pursuit to compassionately teach with a biblical worldview. After spending his early years in ministry attempting to pull young people out of the kingdom of darkness with all the world’s methods, the Lord led Dr. McLeod back to the Bible to see the critical need for constant, fervent, and Spirit-led biblical family discipleship. The D6Reformation.org was created out of this desire. His other passions in ministry include discipleship, debt-free living, the covenant of marriage, the supremacy of Scripture, servant leadership with accountability, integrity, and obedience to God, family integration, biblical manhood/biblical womanhood, and missions.

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