(A) REPENTANCE
(1) Duty of
2Ki 17:13; 2Ch 30:6; Pr 1:23; Isa 22:12; Jer 25:5
Eze 14:6; Eze 18:31; Eze 33:11; Da 4:27; Ho 14:2; Joe 2:12; Mal 3:7
Mt 3:2; Lu 3; Ac 3:19; Ac 8:22; Ac 17:30; Ac 26:20
--SEEConfession of Sin,CONFESSION
Cleansing,CLEANSING
Divine Pleadings,INVITATIONS
(2) Promises to the Penitent
Answer to Prayer
2Ch 7:14; 2Ch 30:9; Ne 1:9
Pardon,for sin
Isa 55:7; Jer 3:12; Jer 31:9
The Gift of the Holy Spirit
Ac 2:38
For other promises to the Penitent, SeePROMISES, DIVINE
(3) Examples of
Ahab
1Ki 21:27
Josiah
2Ki 22:19
Israel in Ezra's Time
Ezr 10:1
Job
Job 6; Ps 38:18; Jer 3:21; Ho 6:1
The Ninevites
Jon 3:6-9
Peter
Mr 14:72
The Prodigal Son
Lu 15:21
The Publican
Lu 18:13
--SEE 2711
Religious Awakening,AWAKENINGS
Pardon,SALVATION
(4) Ascribed to God(change of purpose)
Ge 6:7; Ex 32:14; 1Sa 15:11; Ps 106:45; Ho 11:8; Joe 2:13; Jon 3:9
(5) Fasts Proclaimed in connection with
1Ki 21:9; 2Ch 20:3; Ezr 8:21; Es 4:16; Jer 36:9; Jon 3:5
(B) RETURNING TO GOD
(1) General References to
1Ki 8:48; Ps 78:34; Isa 19:22; Isa 30:15; Isa 55:7; Ho 6:1; Ho 14:1; Mal 3:7
Lu 15:20; 1Pe 2:25
(2) Promises to those who come in Contrition
Ps 34:18; Ps 51:17; Isa 57:15; Isa 66:2; Joe 2:13; Zec 12:10; 2Co 7:10
--SEEConfession of Sin,CONFESSION
(C) IMPENITENCE
(1) Warnings Against
Le 26:23; Pr 1:24; Ec 8:11; Jer 7:13; Ho 7:10; Am 4:6; Hag 2:17
Mt 11:20
--SEEStubbornness,SELF-WILL
(2) Examples of
2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 28:22; 2Ch 33:23; Ne 9:29; Jer 6:15; Da 9:13
Lu 16:31; Re 9:21
--SEEPerverseness,PERVERSENESS
Stubbornness,SELF-WILL
(D) CORRECTION DESPISED
Isa 1:5; Isa 9:13; Isa 42:25; Jer 2:30; Jer 5:3; Am 4:9; Zep 3:7
Heb 12:5; Re 16:11
--SEEStubbornness,SELF-WILL
&SELF-WILL
Blindness,BLINDNESS-VISION
Perverseness,PERVERSENESS
Divine Call,INVITATIONS
(E) HARDNESS OF HEART
(1) Condemned
Ps 95:8; Pr 28:14; Pr 29:1; Isa 42:25; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13
--SEEStubbornness,SELF-WILL
(E)HARDNESS OF HEART
(2) Examples of
Ex 8:15; 2Ch 36:13; Ne 9:17; Ps 78:32; Jer 5:3; Da 5:20; Zec 7:12
Mr 3:5; Mr 8:17; Mr 16:14
--SEEPerverseness,PERVERSENESS
Self-will,SELF-WILL
Divine Call,INVITATIONS
Despisers,DESPISERS
(F) INSENSIBILITY,physical and spiritual
Pr 23:35; Isa 42:25; Ac 28:27; Eph 4:19; 1Ti 4:2
--SEEDullness,DULLNESS
Spiritual Deafness,DEAFNESS
Dead in Sin, 2164
Spiritual Sleep,SLEEP