Repentance and becoming a Christian
APOLLOS's study material does not present salvation as passive mental agreement. Along with hearing the gospel and believing in Christ, the New Testament calls people to repent of sin, confess Christ, and be baptized.
Repentance therefore belongs within a response of obedient faith. It is not a work that earns grace; it is part of taking God's message about sin and salvation seriously.
A person cannot understand repentance without first recognizing that sin separates us from God's will and brings a deadly consequence.
The New Testament includes repentance among the responses connected with salvation.
Faith does not remain merely intellectual; it takes God's call seriously and changes direction.
Turning from sin is a response to God's gift, not a payment for it.
This introduction stays within themes already used by APOLLOS's grounded salvation material.