Acts 5:31

He is the one God has lifted up to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
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  1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites Acts v. 31

    …us, 1 John i. 7, Tit. ii. 14; the exaltation of Christ, which is to give us repentance, Acts v. 31; the doctrine of grace, which teaches us to deny all ungodliness, Tit. ii. 11, 12, to…

  2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The Spirit is the only author of this work cites Acts v. 31

    …“He is exalted and made a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto us,” Acts v. 31; and of our repentance our mortification is no small portion. How doth he do it? Having…

  3. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Act faith on Christ for the killing of thy sin cites Acts v. 31

    …that he is “exalted and made a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance unto Israel,” Acts v. 31; and if to give repentance, to give mortification, without which the other is not, nor…

  4. The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer · Ochorus Originals

    Willing to Be Made Willing cites ACTS 5:31

    …to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. ACTS 5:31 He had an illustration for it that suited his century. Put the sun at the centre, he…

  5. All of Grace (For Teens) · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Turning Around cites Acts 5:31

    …right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.” — Acts 5:31 (ESV) Spurgeon notices that in this verse repentance and forgiveness come from the same…

  6. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility in the Life of Jesus cites Acts 5:31

    …His trust, and did all for Him, and then exalted Him to His own right hand in glory (Acts 5:31). And because Christ had thus humbled Himself before God, and God was ever before Him, He…

  7. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 3 — Regeneration by Faith cites Acts 5:31

    …to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins,” (Acts 5:31). Repentance is preached in the name of Christ, when men learn, through the doctrines of…

  8. The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon · Ochorus Originals

    Repentance Must Go with Forgiveness cites ACTS 5:31

    …to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. ACTS 5:31 A preacher who says as often as Spurgeon did that salvation is simply a look will be…

  9. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

    Confess and Forsake cites Acts 5:31

    …to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins (Acts 5:31). We are commanded to repent, and we must; yet when we do, we should thank God for…

  10. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Acts 5:31

    …A living Redeemer, truly mine, is joy unspeakable. April 22 “Him hath God exalted.” (Acts 5:31) Jesus, our Lord, once crucified, dead and buried, now sits upon the throne of glory. The…

  11. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    September cites Acts 5:31

    …First of a file of men, and therefore their Captain or Commanding Officer (see Acts 3:15; Acts 5:31; Heb 2:10; Heb 12:2). Christ leads from death into Life. Probably Joshua was the first to…

  12. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    December cites Acts 5:31

    …then as Saviour, and that order cannot be altered without injury to our soul-life (Acts 5:31; Ro 10:9; Heb 7:2). The whole content of the New Testament is altered when we view the…

  13. All of Grace · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Repentance Must Go with Forgiveness cites Acts 5:31

    …which we have lately quoted that repentance is bound up with the forgiveness of sins. In Acts 5:31 we read that Jesus is "exalted to give repentance and forgiveness of sins." These two…

  14. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Holiness cites Acts v. 31

    …as remission of sins.—“To as many as receive Him, He gives power to become sons of God.” (Acts v. 31; John i. 12, 13.) Holiness comes not of blood—parents cannot give it to their children…

  15. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    The Church Which Christ Builds cites Acts v. 31

    …repentance. “Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance.” (Acts v. 31.) It is Christ who enables them to become God’s children. “To as many as received Him, to…

  16. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Exaltation cites Acts 5:31

    …of the world. ‘Him has God exalted with his right hand, to be a prince and a Saviour.’ Acts 5:31. It was a great honour to Moses to be a temporal saviour; but what is it to be the…

  17. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites Acts v. 31

    …on His shoulder. He Himself is the door, and by Him all that enter in shall be saved. (Acts v. 31; Rev. i. 18; John x. 9.) Christ, in one word, has purchased a full forgiveness, if we are…

  18. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Repentance cites Acts v. 31

    …Consider Jesus Christ the Lord; and then doubt about repentance no more. (Heb. vii. 25; Acts v. 31; Luke xix. 10; Mark ii. 17; Matt. xi. 28; John vi. 37; John i. 12.) (b) Hear, for another…

  19. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Priest cites Acts v. 31

    …be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance unto Israel, and forgiveness of sins.” (Acts v. 31.) This is another thing. Such is the manner in which Christ exercises the work of a…

  20. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites Acts 5:29 -32

    …to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.” (Acts 5:29 -32). The natural timidity of many a man today vanishes when he is filled with the Holy…

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