Sacred Roots Workshop

90 Sacred Roots Workshop: Retr ieving the Great Tradi t ion in the Contemporary Church

a. Change of mind, Matt. 21.28-29; Luke 15.17-18; Acts 2.38

b. Godly sorrow for sin, Ps. 38.18; Luke 18.9-14

c. Confession and forsaking of sin, Luke 15.18; 18.13; Prov. 28.13; Isa. 55.7

d. Turning to God in Christ, Acts 26.18; 1 Thess. 1.19

e. Movement towards restitution and restoration, Luke 19.8-9

2. Faith: pistis (the medium of saving commitment)

Reorientation of one’s life values and vision

a. Knowledge of the apostolic witness concerning Jesus of Nazareth, 1 Cor. 15.1-4

b. Confession of Jesus as Lord, Rom. 10.9

c. Belief in God’s resurrection of Jesus, Rom. 10.9

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Note: The movement towards repentance and faith is a spiritual work; no technique or method can suffice to prepare a person’s heart to receive God’s word regarding Christ and his Kingdom outside of the convicting power of the Holy Spirit (John 16.7-11). This work, however, is intimately tied to the Church, who is en- trusted with the Good News, and which received the new convert into the family of God, and took full responsibility to ground the new believer in the Kingdom and its hope.