Repent and Believe: More Than Just Salvation
This past Sunday, Travis Klaassen shared a message that really stuck with me.
He talked about Jesus’ words, “Repent and believe the gospel,” and how we often think of that as the starting point of the Christian life—and it is.
But it’s not just how we begin… it’s how we live.
When Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe,” He wasn’t only calling people to salvation. He was calling them into a whole new way of thinking and living.
Repentance is a change of mind.
Believing is choosing to trust what God says is true.
And that’s where this hit me.
I believe the gospel—but do I believe what God says about me?
Do I really believe I am a new creation?
That I am righteous in Christ?
That I am who He says I am?
If I’m honest… not always.
And that’s where “repent and believe” comes back in—not for salvation again, but for transformation.
Travis made the point that when we read what God says and struggle to accept it, that’s the moment we need to repent and believe.
Repent of wrong thinking.
Believe what God says instead.
Because the real battle is in the mind.
Every day, we’re choosing what we believe—our feelings, the world, the enemy… or God.
And when we start believing God, it changes how we live.
So maybe Jesus’ call isn’t just a one-time response—it’s a daily one:
Repent… and believe.
Not just to be saved.
But to live like we are.
To watch Travis’ message go to Repent and Believe
