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Abundant Life in the Son: A Study of Salvation

Sometimes God uses the example or witness of godly and dedicated
Christians to bring people to repentance. We may be sure that God will
use whatever means are required in order to speak to the hearts of people.

What Are Its Results?

The results of repentance are great indeed. Repentance creates joy in
the heart of the sinner, and at the same time it causes joy in heaven as the
angels of God rejoice (Luke 15:10). Repentance opens the door that leads
to faith and the forgiveness of sins.
John says, “If we confess our sins, he
is faithful and just and will forgive us
Repentance creates our sins and purify us from all

joy in the heart unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

of the sinner and In addition to the wonderful joy

causes joy in heaven the sinner experiences when he
repents, there are other beautiful
as the angels rejoice. benefits. When Job repented,
God healed him and restored his
children and his material blessings
(Job 42:10–17). And when Jonah repented, God rescued him at the point
of death (Jonah 2:1–10). Moreover, God promised that if His people would
repent and turn away from their evil deeds, then He would hear from
heaven, forgive their sins, and make their land fertile and productive
once again (2 Chronicles 7:14).

It is helpful to think of salvation as a chain with links of repentance,
faith, and conversion. Each link is separate, and yet it is linked to each
of the others in the “chain of salvation.” As the process of repentance
begins, it ignites a chain reaction in which faith, conversion, regeneration,
justification, and adoption are joined to produce the miraculous
experience of salvation.

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