You need to qualify. What do you believe about Jesus? If a person believe that Jesus is only a man like INK,etc. that faith is not enough to save him. Yes he believe in Jesus 100% but only as a human prophet, then that is not enough to save him. Yes he believed that Jesus is 100% God and 100% man, but believed that in salvation, you need also to do good works for salvation, etc. Then your faith is defective and cant save you. THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF REPENTANCE, to weed out the false beliefs and correct the object of faith in salvation, that Christ is God who became man, died to pay for our sins, resurrected and I can receive Him as my personal Savior now(GOSPEL). Now about SIN, It is the main reason Christ died for. That is what God really hated and caused our death or separation from Him, and go to hell. So to downgrade REPENTANCE FROM SIN, is like saying, Sin is OK. False beliefs about salvation, no repentance is just OK. THESE ARE THE HINDRANCES of Faith that must be repented of.
REPENTANCE IS TO PURIFY FAITH IN CHRIST TO BE SAVED, IT IS A MUST!
