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In this episode, Brian and Pastor Jay discuss repentance and good works from Westminster Confession of Faith chapters 15 and 16. They explain repentance as turning away from sin and toward Christ, then show how genuine faith bears fruit in good works without those works becoming the ground of salvation.

Scripture mentioned:

Acts 2:37-38 (ESV) - Peter’s sermon cuts the hearers to the heart, and he calls them to repent and be baptized

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/act/2/37-38/s_1020037

James 2:14-26 (ESV) - Genuine faith is distinguished from dead faith by the presence of good works

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jas/2/14-26/s_1148014

James 2:26 (ESV) - Faith apart from works is dead, compared to a body without the spirit

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jas/2/26/s_1148026

Psalm 51 (ESV) - David’s repentance after his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/psa/51/1/s_529001

Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV) - Saved by grace through faith, then created in Christ for good works

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/2/8-10/s_1099008

Luke 21:1-4 (ESV) - The widow’s offering, mentioned as an example of God’s surprising judgment of true greatness

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/luk/21/1-4/s_994001

2 Corinthians 9:7 (ESV) - God loves a cheerful giver, not giving reluctantly or under compulsion

https://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/2co/9/7/s_1087007

Other sources:

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 15: Of Repentance Unto Life

https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XV

Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 16: Of Good Works

https://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XVI

Augustine, City of God, Book 19, Chapter 25, on true virtue and true religion

https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120119.htm#:~:text=Chapter%2025.%E2%80%94%20That%20Where%20There%20is%20No%20True%20Religion%20There%20are%20No%20True%20Virtues.

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