Is repentance a one-time event in the life of a Christian?

Curt Daniels explains in this video that repentance is not a one-time event in the life of a Christian – rather, it is something that continues throughout the life of a Christian. The first of Martin Luther’s 95 theses reads: “When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said ‘Repent,’ he intended that the entire life of believers should be repentance.”

The Christian life starts with repentance at conversion and it is something that continues throughout the life of a Christian. In essence, it is at the heart of the Christian life. 

Mark 1:14-15 (NKJV) – “Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”



The first of his 95 theses, which was, if I can quote it correctly, when our Lord Jesus said, repent ye, Mark 1 15, he did not mean the ordinance of penance, but that the whole of the Christian life should be one of repentance. So he says we start with repentance, we continue with it, it's of the heart of the Christian life. Now that's to be balanced with his emphasis on justification by faith.