I have been remembering this from Darien’s sermon a couple of months ago –
If we are going to understand sin and the gospel it is important to get this straight.
In the gospel God is calling all people to repent. But the gospel is not God saying, “Clean up your life and I will save you.”
God is calling us to repent. Repentance is admitting “I need to be cleansed.” Believing the gospel is believing and acting on this truth. “I need to be cleansed. There is no way I can cleanse myself. God is the only One who can do this. God has done this in Jesus Christ’s life and death and resurrection.”