The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

S EMINARS • 23

2. The necessity of repentance 1

a. Repentance: metanoia (the movement of the convicted heart); redirection of the life under God’s reign

(1) Change of mind (Matt. 21.28-29; Luke 15.17-18; Acts 2.38)

(2) Godly sorrow for sin (Ps. 38.18; Luke 18.9-14)

(3) Confession and forsaking of sin (Luke 15.18; 18.13; Prov. 28.13; Isa. 55.7)

(4) Turning to God in Christ (Acts 26.18; 1 Thess. 1.19)

(5) Movement towards restitution and restoration (Luke 19.8-9)

b. The saving power of faith

(1) Faith: pistis (The medium of saving commitment); reorientation of one’s life values and vision

(2) Knowledge of the apostolic witness concerning Jesus of Nazareth (1 Cor. 15.1-4)

(a) The incarnation

(b) The passion

(c) The death

(d) The resurrection

(e) The witness and the testimony

(3) Confession of Jesus as Lord (Rom. 10.9)

(4) Belief in God’s resurrection of Jesus (Rom. 10.9)

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1 Don L. Davis, Evangelism and Spiritual Warfare , Vol. 8, 16 vols. Capstone Curriculum . Wichita, KS: The Urban Ministry Institute, 2005.