To be able to believe, there must be a repentance/exchange-change of mind, from “the lie” to “the Truth.”
[Pastor]
Mark recorded: “John (the Baptist) did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto (John) all the land of Judea, and ...Jerusalem, and (they)were all baptized of him ...confessing their sins.”
[Mk 1:4-5]
I might add that those who were not baptized of John were rejecting the counsel of God against themselves, and against unbelief; for without the repentance of faith it is impossible to please God, and receive Christ.
[Lk 7:29; Matt 11:20-22; 13:58; Heb 11:6]
Repentance is to respond to, or choose to believe “the truth” (God's Word), over against “the lie.”
[Pastor]
The release/or preaching of the gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that repents and believes.
[Rom 1:18; Mk 1:14-15]
ThenSingsMySoul:
I'VE BEEN CHANGED, HEALED, FREED, DELIVERED!
I'VE FOUND JOY, PEACE, GRACE, AND FAVOR!
SO, I WON'T GO BACK; CAN'T GO BACK
TO THE WAY LIFE USED TO BE;
BEFORE YOUR SPIRIT CAME AND CHANGED ME!
[William McDowell]
