Assertion: repentance | /r/CapableOf | precede faith
Facets:
value: logically
type: MANNER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: If repentance preceded faith, then our work of repentance would seem to be part of the ground for God to pardon us, which Scripture doesn’t teach.
text: Second, Louis Berkhof appears to have taken the reverse position: “There is no doubt that, logically, repentance and the knowledge of sin precede the faith that yields to Christ in trusting love” (Systematic Theology, p. 492).
text: In some circles, repentance is a necessary first step to conversion, usually preceding faith.
text: Second, Louis Berkhof appears to have taken the reverse position: “There is no doubt that, logically, repentance and the knowledge of sin precede the faith that yields to Christ in trusting love” (Systematic Theology, p. 492).