Turning Back and Living Forward

Watch the video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nCmZjCyWGRUIn 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 baptizedhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/act/2/37-38/s_1020037James 2:14-26 (ESV) - Genuine faith is distinguished from dead faith by the presence of good workshttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jas/2/14-26/s_1148014James 2:26 (ESV) - Faith apart from works is dead, compared to a body without the spirithttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/jas/2/26/s_1148026Psalm 51 (ESV) - David’s repentance after his sin with Bathsheba and Uriahhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/psa/51/1/s_529001Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV) - Saved by grace through faith, then created in Christ for good workshttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/eph/2/8-10/s_1099008Luke 21:1-4 (ESV) - The widow’s offering, mentioned as an example of God’s surprising judgment of true greatnesshttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/luk/21/1-4/s_9940012 Corinthians 9:7 (ESV) - God loves a cheerful giver, not giving reluctantly or under compulsionhttps://www.blueletterbible.org/esv/2co/9/7/s_1087007Other sources: Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 15: Of Repentance Unto Lifehttps://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XVWestminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 16: Of Good Workshttps://thewestminsterstandard.org/the-westminster-confession/#Chapter%20XVIAugustine, City of God, Book 19, Chapter 25, on true virtue and true religionhttps://www.newadvent.org/fathers/120119.htm#:~:text=Chapter%2025.%E2%80%94%20That%20Where%20There%20is%20No%20True%20Religion%20There%20are%20No%20True%20Virtues.Links:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheLanePodcast?sub_confirmation=1Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7820594Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7GbmsVVjTryD5F0pAaNaKcApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-lane/id1805279371Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church: https://www.carriagelanepres.com/Sermon Livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/@CLPCWorship/streams