beleive on the Lord Jesus Christ- and thou shalt be saved.
Metanoia means a transformative change of heart
a Transformative change of the heart is simply going from denying that Christ is Lord to one where you accept Him as Lord and Savior- You believe He existed, and is Savior, and has a Sovereign right to expect that we accept Him in order to be saved.
Some preach that you must renounce all sin before you can be saved- (something called lordship salvation)- this isn’t true- God saves sinners, not perfect people- if we were capable of renouncing all sin, then we would not need a savior- Al that God asks of us is to have a transformation view of His Son- to believe that He truly is the Christ who died for our sins.
Metanoia means to have a ‘change of mind’ to go from thinking “God You have no right to demand that I believe that Christ was God” to “God I humbly accept that Christ is God and that I need to accept Him as Savior in order to be saved” - that’s it-
The modern worn for Metanoia is Repentance- Repentance does NOT mean you must become sinless in order to be saved (such nonsense is preached by lordship salvation preachers)- it does NOT mean you must turn from all your sins before Christ will save you- Repentance does NOT mean you must do a complete U-Turn from sin before God will accept you- Repentance simply means that you must have a change of heart about Christ-
Repentance means that you stop trying to save yourself by your good works- and you accept that you infact can not save yourself, and accept that only Christ can save you- this is the ‘Change of Heart’ that Metanoia is talking about
Metanoia/Repentance means that you accept that you are a sinner in need of salvation- many folks think they are ok because they ‘don’t do such and such’ and that God will accept them on the person’s terms- This is a stubborn and rebellious “Self-Righteous” mind that must be changed before a person can be saved- and only God can bring that change of mind- the sinner is not capable of having that change of mind on his or her own- their sin nature won’t allow it-
As Dr. Mark G. Cambron puts it:
[[The Greek word for repent is metanoeo, which, translated into English is: to change ones mind. It does not mean to turn from sin. That would add works to salvation.
Repentance for salvation means a change of mind from men’s ideas of salvation and religion, to an acceptance of Gods only way of salvation.
Many teach repentance for salvation incorrectly, by including some form of human effort or righteousness, such as willingness to turn from sin, or turning from sin. This is heresy and has confused many people. It adds works to salvation and causes many to not understand Gods great gift. It is probation, not salvation. It is completely unscriptural. It is Galatianism and a counterfeit of the gospel.]]
When you add self effort to salvation- you ‘salvation’ is conditional upon your efforts- if you fail (and you WILL fail) you have proven, ‘in the eyes of lordship salvation preachers’, that you were not serious about your salvation works when you became saved. Such preaching is heresy. God never ever requires us to give up sins in order to be saved- And He tells us that salvation is eternal and NOT conditional upon our works-
Salvation simply means Metanoia/Repentance, which simply means, as Dr Cambron points out, “to change ones mind. It does not mean to turn from sin. That would add works to salvation.”
This message by Paul Washer sums it up nicely... Easy believeism is to the detriment of the church.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oul-9fbp1Ak
Doctrine of Works keeps the coffers full. The Only person we know for sure went to heaven on a prayer was crucified with Jesus. Remember me when you inherit Your Kingdom.
How does Jesus know that you've received him, trusted him??? Does he just read your mind??? At some point doesn't the sinner, even in his head, tell Jesus, "I believe in you"..."I trust you to be my Savior"...Don't you have to acknowledge at some point that you made that decision to Jesus??? Isn't that a prayer???
Act_2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Don't we need to reach out to Jesus???
Luk_18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
To me, that is the sinners' prayer...
Interesting response: all that Biblical theology, but no reference to Christ’s own instruction (The Lord’s Prayer) -
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6%3A9-13&version=NIV
If there is I'm sure it would involve Mary somehow.
/sarc
bkmk
.....”The Bible nowhere records a person’s receiving salvation by a prayer. Saying a prayer is not the biblical way of salvation”.....
Oh but there is.....not the use of ones mouth...and heart.
As is written..... that if you ‘confess with your mouth’ the Lord Jesus and ‘believe in your heart’ that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved..... For ‘with the heart one believes’ unto righteousness, and ‘with the mouth confession’ is made unto salvation. ...Romans 10: 9-10
One error in the article is to think one can receive salvation without facing God and confessing our sins to Him through faith in Christ.
Any other mechanism, implies we can perform something to merit that forgiveness of sin. That is salvation by works.
The author appears to have learned the pivot from Hillary and is trying to pivot salvation by claiming prayer is now a system of works.