John the Baptist told people they must bring forth fruits worthy of repentance by changing their conduct. True repentance requires more than just saying you follow Abraham; it means turning from sinful deeds and doing works that show obedience to God. The Bible lists sins like drunkenness, stealing, lying and sexual immorality that must be repented of through a change in behavior, which could require giving up stolen goods, separating from unlawful relationships, or avoiding situations that promote sin. Jesus warned that failure to repent will lead to spiritual death, so self-examination is needed to prove one's repentance is genuine.

1. REPENTANCE
• Luke 3:7-8 7 Then said he to the multitude that
came forth to be baptized of him, O generation
of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?
• 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of
repentance, and begin not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I
say unto you, That God is able of these stones to
raise up children unto Abraham. KJV
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2. REPENTANCE
• Fruits- NT:2590 (II) Metaphorically, fruit,
meaning:
(A) Of deeds, works, conduct (Matt 3:8;
7:16,20; 21:43; Luke 3:8; .
• Repentance - NT:3341 - metánoia;
gen. metanoías, fem. noun
from metanoéœ (3340), to repent. A change
of mind, repentance (Heb 12:17).
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3. REPENTANCE
• So, John tells the multitude who came out to
be baptized that they are going to have to
bring some evidence of their repentance or
change of mind.
• The evidence must consist of deeds or works
that show a change in their conduct from
what it was before they decided they needed
to be baptized. Trusting in being a
descendant of Abraham wasn’t enough.
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4. REPENTANCE
• Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of
Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout
all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the
Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to
God, and do works meet for repentance.
• Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be
converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
when the times of refreshing shall come from
the presence of the Lord; KJV
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5. REPENTANCE
• Turn - NT:1994 - to change one's manner of
life in a particular direction, with the
implication of turning back to God - 'to
change one's ways, to turn to God,
repentance.'
• (from Greek-English Lexicon Based on
Semantic Domain. Copyright © 1988 United
Bible Societies, New York. Used by
permission.)
NT:1994 NT:1994† e)pistre/fwd; e)pistrofh/b, h=$ f: to change one's manner of life in a particular direction, with the implicati
(from Greek-English Lexicon Based on Semantic Domain. Copyright © 1988 United Bible Societies, New York. Used
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6. REPENTANCE
• So, Paul and Peter both preached that one must
first specifically repent or change one’s mind
and turn or convert to God and then do works
that were befitting or consistent for repentance.
• Their conduct could not continue to be in
disobedience to God in the things that they did,
that is, their works or fruit, and then think that
they had really repented as required by the
gospel.
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7. REPENTANCE
• So, let’s look at some of the works or deeds that one
must repent of.
• Gal 5:19-21 19 Now the works of the flesh are
evident, which are: adultery,* fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred,
contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish
ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders,*
drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell
you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past,
that those who practice such things will not inherit
the kingdom of God. NKJV
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8. REPENTANCE
• Revelries - NT:2970 - drinking parties involving
unrestrained indulgence in alcoholic beverages
and accompanying immoral behavior - 'orgy,
revelling, carousing.
• 1 Peter 4:3-4 3 For the time past of our life may
suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness,
lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings,
and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think
it strange that ye run not with them to the same
excess of riot, speaking evil of you: KJV
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9. REPENTANCE
• Banquetings - NT:4224 ( potos drinking (noun),
drinking party* (from Exegetical Dictionary of the
New Testament © 1990 by William B. Eerdmans
Publishing Company. All rights reserved.)
• This refers simply to attending the party itself . The
individual attended the parties before, but now as a
Christian who has repented, he does not attend them
at all. His friends think he is strange for not even
attending. They might say, you can come to the party
and just drink 7 UP.
• Must one stop attending all drinking parties to show
fruits meet for repentance?
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10. REPENTANCE
• Drunkenness - NT 3178 - apparently a primary word;
an intoxicant, i.e. (by implication) intoxication: KJV -
drunkenness.
• Prov 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. KJV
• Hab 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour
drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him
drunken also, ….. KJV
• 1 Tim 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine
for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. KJV
• Must one stop drinking alcohol to show fruits meet
for repentance?
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11. REPENTANCE
• Hate - NT:3404 - "to hate," is used especially (a)
of malicious and unjustifiable feelings towards
others, whether towards the innocent or by
mutual animosity, …
• Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes
foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers
lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy,
hateful, and hating one another. KJV
• 1 John 2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and
hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
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12. REPENTANCE
• Sorcery/witchcraft - NT:5331 - 1. pharmakia
(Eng., "pharmacy," etc.) primarily signified
"the use of medicine, drugs, spells"; then,
"poisoning"; then, "sorcery," ..
• Rev 9:21.. and they repented not of their
murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their
fornication, nor of their thefts. ASV
• Must one stop utilizing drugs to show fruits
meet for repentance?
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13. REPENTANCE
• Stealing - NT:2813 kleptoo
• a. to steal; absolutely, to commit a theft: Matt
6:19f
• b. transitive, to steal i. e. take away by stealth:
…….
• Rom 2:21 Thou therefore which teachest
another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that
preachest a man should not steal, dost thou
steal? KJV
• Must one give up what was stolen to show fruits
meet for repentance and stop stealing?
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14. REPENTANCE
• Lie - NT:5579 .. pseudos (psyoo'-dos); from NT:5574; a
falsehood:
KJV - lie, lying.
• He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it
much easier to do it a second and third time, till at
length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without
attending to it, and truths without the world's
believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to
that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good
dispositions.
• http://www.azquotes.com/author/7392-
Thomas_Jefferson/tag/lying
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15. REPENTANCE
• Lying cont’d
• Rev 22:14-15 14 Blessed are they that do his
commandments, that they may have right to
the tree of life, and may enter in through the
gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs,
and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever
loveth and maketh a lie. KJV
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16. REPENTANCE
• Fornication - 4202. porneía; gen. porneías, fem.
noun from porneúœ (4203), to commit
fornication or any sexual sin. Fornication,
lewdness, or any sexual sin.
• 1 Cor 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man
doeth is without the body; but he that
committeth fornication sinneth against his own
body. KJV
• 1 Cor 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let
every man have his own wife, and let every
woman have her own husband. KJV
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17. REPENTANCE
• Adultery - NT:3429 1. moichos , denotes one
"who has unlawful intercourse with the
spouse of another," Luke 18:11; 1 Cor 6:9;
Heb 13:4...
• Matt 5:32 But I say unto you, That
whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for
the cause of fornication, causeth her to
commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry
her that is divorced committeth adultery. KJV
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18. REPENTANCE
• Mark 10:11-12 11 And he saith unto them,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry
another, committeth adultery against her. 12And
if a woman shall put away her husband, and be
married to another, she committeth adultery.
• Matt 5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever
shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of
fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
committeth adultery. KJV
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19. REPENTANCE
• 1 Cor 7:10-11 10 And unto the married I command, yet
not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her
husband: 11 But and if she depart, let her remain
unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let
not the husband put away his wife.
• Must a man or woman living in adultery separate
from the partner to show fruit meet for repentance
when becoming a Christian?
• If it’s true that what was taken unlawfully (stolen)
must be given up and stealing stopped, why would it
be OK to keep a man or woman taken unlawfully in
marriage and continue the adultery or fornication?
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20. REPENTANCE
• Jesus made the following statement :
• Luke 13:2-5 2 And Jesus answering said unto
them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were
sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they
suffered such things?
• 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall
all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, upon
whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,
think ye that they were sinners above all men
that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but,
except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. KJV
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21. REPENTANCE
• Heb 6:4-6 4 For it is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted the
heavenly gift, and have become partakers of
the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good
word of God and the powers of the age to
come, 6 if they fall away,* to renew them
again to repentance, since they crucify again
for themselves the Son of God, and put Him
to an open shame. NKJV
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22. REPENTANCE
• 2 Cor 13: 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye
be in the faith; prove your own selves….. KJV
• John 8:24 Believe
• Lk 13:3 & 5 Repent
• Matt 10:32-33 Confess
• Mk 16:16 Baptized
• Rom 11:22 Continue
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