Proving
our repentance through our deeds
Acts
26:20
20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in
Jerusalem and in all Judea,
and then to the Gentiles, I preached that
they should repent and turn to God and
demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
Jer
18:11
So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your
actions.
Jer
35:15
15 Again and again I sent all my servants the
prophets to you. They said,
“Each of you must turn from your wicked
ways and reform your actions; do
not follow other gods to serve them. Then
you will live in the land I have given to you
and your ancestors.” But you have not paid attention or listened to me.
Mt
3:8
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
Luke
3:8
8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do
not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can
raise up children for Abraham.
We
learn the following from the above verses
1) Proving our
repentance through our deeds
2) Paul was
preaching to people that they should repent, turn to God and demonstrate their
repentance by their deeds
3) We should
turn from evil ways by reforming our ways and actions
4) We should turn from evil ways by reforming our
ways and actions so that God can bless us
We should produce fruit in
keeping with repentance.