“I’m glad to hear of a Baptist who is convinced that man must repent of his sins, not just believe.”
There is no belief without repentance. You cannot believe in a God who says “Repent” if you do not repent. And the vast majority of Baptists agree with that statement.
“Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
A. Regeneration, or the new birth, is a work of God’s grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Repentance and faith are inseparable experiences of grace.
Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God. Faith is the acceptance of Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and Saviour.
B. Justification is God’s gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ. Justification brings the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God.
C. Sanctification is the experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him. Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person’s life.
D. Glorification is the culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.”
http://www.sbc.net/bfm/bfm2000.asp
OK, my scholarly friend, when I lived in Texas a man in our town killed himself, his wife and his kids with a gun. At his funeral the Baptist preacher said it sure was a good thing that he had accepted Christ as his personal Savior, so he could go straight to heaven. I found that type of thinking to be a travesty. There was no repentance involved, as he obviously did not live long enough. Just belief, at some random earlier point in his life.
Answer me that please.